Foundations of Injury in Athletics -- Classification of Injuries in Athletics -- Science of Training and Injury in Athletics -- Balance as a Risk Factor for Athletic Injuries -- Fatigue-Related Injuries in Athletes -- Nutrition as a Risk Factor for Injury in Elite Athletes -- Coaches and Athletes' Perspectives of Injury -- Injury in Athletics: Coaches' Point of View -- Injury from Athletes' Perspectives -- Interviews with Injured Athletes -- Overuse Injuries: Students' Points of View -- Fitness Assessment in Athletes -- Psychological Traumas in Athletes -- Psychological Trauma: Unfortunate Experience in Athletics -- Fear as Adaptive or Maladaptive Form of Emotional Response -- Fear of Injury, Kinesiophobia & Perceived Risk -- Multiple Facets of Pain due to Injury -- Psychological Trauma: Case Studies -- Psychological Trauma: Age & Gender Factors -- Concussion in Athletes -- Concussion: Why Bother? -- Concussion Classification: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends -- Evaluation of Concussion: Signs and Symptoms -- Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children -- Injury Rehabilitation -- Integrated Injury Rehabilitation -- EEG & Neurofeedback in Rehabilitation -- Virtual Reality in Injury Rehabilitation.

INJURIES IN ATHLETICS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES Despite dramatic advances in the physical education of coaches, as well as in the fields of medicine, athletic training and physical therapy, sport-related traumatic injuries are our major concern. It is a matter of fact that athletic injuries, both single and multiple, have a tendency to grow dramatically. Accordingly, prediction and prevention of sport-related injuries is the athletic community’s major challenge. Injuries in Athletics: Causes and Consequences stresses that there is still confusion among coaches and medical personnel in terms of injured athletes’ readiness for sport participation and readiness for competition criteria. It is important to note that an "injury physical symptoms resolution is not an indication of injury resolution per se." This book focuses on both applied and conceptual issues regarding the classification of injuries, common coaches’ errors leading to injury, coaches and athletes’ viewpoints on injury, the development of psychological trauma in athletes, traumatic brain injuries and basic principles of rehabilitation. It is organized into five parts: Foundations of injuries in athletics Coaches and Athletes’ perspectives of injury Psychological traumas in athletes Concussion in athletics Injury rehabilitation This reference book accumulates the latest developments in the science of athletes' training, from "injury-free" perspectives along with psychological analyses, evaluation, and management of sport-related injuries. It is an ideal resource for coaches, clinical practitioners, researchers and students interested in kinesiology, sport psychology and athletic training.