The Active Female. Health Issues throughout the Lifespan

ABOUT THIS BOOK

· Written by a team of experts on women's health issues
· This second edition expands and updates the content to increase the awareness of health and fitness issues specific to the active female
· Includes four new chapters

The purpose of the The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition is twofold: (1) to increase the awareness of wellness and fitness issues for active females and their family members; and (2) to provide an avenue for medical practitioners, allied health professionals, health educators, and certified individuals in sports medicine to gain critical, updated knowledge of a field specific to active females. Part I of the book offers a foundation to help the reader understand the interrelationship among body image concerns, the female reproductive cycle, and musculoskeletal anatomy/physiology of females that makes their health risks and concerns unique. Reproductive health is discussed by a prominent researcher in reproduction/endocrinology. An overview of the Female Athlete Triad which is a syndrome of three interrelated conditions (isordered eating, menstrual disturbances and bone loss) is presented in Part II. Physicians and certified professionals in sports medicine discuss the individual components of the triad, relating not only to the athletic female but also to the recreationally active woman throughout the lifespan. In Part III, Prevention and management of common musculoskeletal injuries is addressed by a female orthopedic surgeon who sub-specializes in treating female athletes. Finally, appropriate exercise and nutritional guidelines for active females are discussed in Parts IV-V of the book by certified professionals and licensed physicians in sports medicine. An invaluable addition to the literature, The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition will be of great interest to physicians, allied health care practitioners, medical/other wellness educators, and students who are interested in advancing women's health issues. Sports medicine specialists, family practitioners, gynecologists, team physicians, residents in sports medicine, athletic trainers, health educators, nurses, physicians assistants, physical therapists, sport psychologists, counselors, athletic trainers, and other members of the sports medicine team should also find this title of significant interest.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Related subjects » Gynecology - Internal Medicine - Medicine – Orthopedics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I- Focusing on Active Female’s Health Issues: Unique Gender Related Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Females

Chapter 1. Body Image Concerns Throughout the Lifespan
Jacalyn J. McComb and Marilyn Massey-Stokes

Chapter 2. Reproductive Changes in the Female Lifespan
Reid L. Norman

Chapter 3. Considerations of Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Phillip S. Sizer and C. Roger James

Chapter 4. The Human Menstrual Cycle
Reid L. Norman

Chapter 5. Abnormal Menstrual Cycles
Reid L. Norman

Chapter 6. Nutritional, Physical, and Psychological Stress and Functional Amenorrhea
Reid L. Norman and Melissa R. Inigo

Chapter 7. Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on the Acquisition of Peak Bone Mass
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling

Part II –Disordered Eating Issues in the Active Female

Chapter 8. Menstrual Dysfunction Screening and Management for Active Females
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Jennifer J. Mitchell

Chapter 9. Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: a global perspective.
Ascension Blanco Fernandez, Maria Fernandez del Valle, Marta Montil Jimenez, and Maesy Indigo

Chapter 10. Disordered Eating Issues in Active Children & Adolescence
María Fernández del Valle, Marta Montil Jiménez, and Lesley Carraway

Chapter 11. The Physiology of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Kembra D. Albracht, and Annette Gary

Chapter 12. The Female Athletic Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Andrew Cisneros

Chapter 13. Screening for Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders in Female Athletes
Jennifer J. Mitchell and Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb

Chapter 14. Evidence Based Disordered Eating Prevention Programs for Active Females
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Anna M. Tacón

Part III –Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Active Females

Chapter 15. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Female Athletes
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling

Chapter 16. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Adult Female Athlete
Brittany Dowling and Mimi Zumwalt

Chapter 17. Prevention and Management of Common Exercise-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries during Pregnancy
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling

Chapter 18. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Aging Female Athlete
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling

Chapter 19. Osteoporosis and Current Therapeutic Management
Kellie F. Flood-Shaffer

Part IV- Exercise Guidelines & Precautions for Active Females

Chapter 20. Traditional and Non-Traditional Empirically Based Exercise Programs for Active Females
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Anna Tacon

Chapter 21. Cardiovascular Exercise Guidelines for Children and Adolescent Women
Melissa R. Iñigo and Maria Fernandez Del Valle

Chapter 22. Resistance Training Guidelines for Active Females throughout the Lifespan: Children, Adolescences, Adult Women, and the Aging Woman
Maria Fernandez del Valle and Tyrel S. McCravens

Chapter 23. Exercise Precautions for the Female Athlete: Signs of Overtraining
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Lauren Gates

Chapter 24. Excessive Exercise and Immunity: The J Shaped Curve
Carolina Chamorro-Viña, María Fernández del Valle, and Anna Tacon

Chapter 25. Screening Tools for Excessive Exercise in the Active Female
María Fernández del Valle

Chapter 26. Exercise Prescription and Pregnancy
Elvis Álvarez Carnero, Claudia Cardona Gonzalez, and Jacalyn McComb

Part V- Nutrition, Energy Balance, and Weight Control

Chapter 27. Estimating Energy Requirements
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, Elvis Álvarez Carnero, and Eduardo Iglesias Gutiérrez

Chapter 28. Nutritional Guidelines for Active Children
Shelby D. Kloiber and Eduardo Iglesias-Gutiérrez

Chapter 29. Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for the Female Athlete: Preventing Low Energy Availability and Functional Amenorrhea through Diet
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Ángela García González

Chapter 30. Ergogenic Aids and the Female Athlete
Shannon L. Jordan and Fernando Naclerio

Chapter 31. Nutritional Guidelines And Energy Needs During Pregnancy And Lactation
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Ángela García González, and Lesley Arbona

Chapter 32. Nutritional Guidelines, Energy Balance, and Weight Control: Issues for the Aging Active Female
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Natalia E. Bustamante-Ara, José E. Almaraz Marroquin