From 21-24 June 1989 the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IF APA) held its 7th International Symposium "e;Adapted Physical Activity -An Interdisciplinary Approach"e; in Berlin (West).
As indicated in the Preface, the contributions to this volume are based upon the papers presented at the symposium on Thermoreceptors and Temperature Regula- tion held in July 1988 at the Institute of Physiology of the University of Marburg (Federal Republic of Germany) to celebrate and commemorate the life and achievements of HERBERT HENSEL, who directed that Institute from 1955 until his death in 1983, and whose most notable and significant contributions to thermo- physiology were in the areas of the properties and characteristics of thermo sensors, mammalian thermoregulation more generally, and the psychophysiology of ther- mal sensation.
Der auf dem Gebiet der Sportmedizin und Sportwissenschaften weltweit als Autorität anerkannte Autor präsentiert mit diesem Buch eine Gesamtdarstellung von Randgebieten der Sportmedizin, denen bislang wenig Beachtung geschenkt wurde.
Frühkindliche funktionelle Seitneigeasymmetrie in der oberen Halswirbelsäule ist altersspezifischer Ausdruck menschlicher Lateralität und Hintergrund für die Entwicklung funktioneller und morphologischer Asymmetrien in anderen Regionen des Haltungs- und Bewegungssystems.
Sportliche Höchstleistungen werden heute oft nur noch unter Schmerzen erbracht und viele Sporttreibende leiden unter schmerzhaften Bewegungs- und Leistungseinschränkungen.
Within the field of general medicine, the last two decades have seen the curative procedures increasingly supplemented by func- tions that can be summed up under the heading of "e;preventive health care.
This volume provides a multimodality imaging approach to the pathology of the foot and the ankle, covering both the various imaging techniques and all clinical aspects of diseases of these anatomic areas.
Das Buch vermittelt dem Radiologen wertvolle Hinweise auf die klinischen Zusammenhänge und gibt auf der anderen Seite dem Kliniker Einblick in die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten der kernspintomographischen Diagnostik.
In recent years, research studies into sports injuries have provided healthcare professionals with a better understanding of their etiology and natural history.
This is a comprehensive textbook on imaging of the bony pelvis and hip joint that provides a detailed description of the techniques and imaging findings relevant to this complex anatomical region.
For eight decades the Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases has been the standard text from which most medical students and house ofcers have learned rheumatology.
Comparatively little is known about the risk of sudden death associated with exercise in young competitive athletes, and whether the benefits of sports activity outweigh the hazards of exercise-related fatal events is a clinical dilemma.
Growth and interest in resurfacing hip arthroplasty is due entirely to one surgeon, Mr Derek McMinn, who developed a resurfacing hip implant that is both conservative and a sustainable alternative to total hip replacement.
