The Running Athlete. A Comprehensive Overview of Running in Different Sports

Part 1: General aspects

1 Biomechanics of running
2 Physiology of running-Sprint and short distances
3 Training principles
4 Nutrition For Track Running And Ultrarunning: Practical Recommendations
5 Age and running: children and adolescents, elder people
6 Sex difference between women and men in running
7 Running and metabolic diseases
8 Running activities in times of COVID-19 pandemic
9 Shoes for running
10 Wearable Technology for Long Distance Runners
11 Return to running after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

 

 

Part 2: Specific Aspects

 

12 athletics running disciplines
13 Running in Football
14 Running in rugby
15 Running in gymnastics
16 Running in Tumbling
17 Running in basketball
18 Running in tennis
19 Running in Paddle
20 Running in volleyball
21 Running in handball
22 Running in trail running
23 Running in Ironman triathlon
24 Running in Parkour
25 Running in Field hockey
26 Running in Cycling
27 Running in Alpine skiing
28 Running in Kiteboarding
29 Running in Sailing
30 Running In Rowers
31 Running in Space

This book explores running in a broad range of sport disciplines, providing a full spectrum coverage on this extremely important and commonly diffused activity.

 

The volume opens with basic information, such as biomechanics, physiology, training principles, nutrition and then presents discipline-specific aspects of running in several individual and team sports. Each chapter is structured organically to offer a uniform and thorough information. For each sport, the authors examine biomechanical, physiological and training specificities as well as injury epidemiology and preventive measures.

 

Filling a gap in literature, this book appeals not only to sports physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, trainers, coaches, fellows, and researchers but also to athletes in the various disciplines. Written in collaboration with ESSKA, it provides a useful toolkit to those readers interested in the state-of the-art update on the running athlete.

 

Contributor Bio(s)

 

Gian Luigi Canata is Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialized in Orthopaedics and Traumatology and in Sports Medicine. He is Director of the Centre of Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopic Surgery at Koelliker Hospital, Turin, Italy. He is also Director of the Medical Services of CUS Torino (University Sports Centre), ESSKA-ESMA Chairman and Chair of the ISAKOS Ankle and Foot Committee.

 

Henrique Jones is Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist. He works at the Hospital da Luz, Setubal and is the Clinical Director of the Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Clinic, Montijo, Lisbon. He is the Former Vice President of the UEFA Medical Committee, Past President of ESSKA - ESMA, and SPAT (Portuguese Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology). He is invited Professor of Lusofona University, Lisbon, and member of the Portuguese Speciality College of Sports Medicine Doctors. He is also a Reviewer of the JEO Journal, Acta Medica Portuguesa, and Ic Sports (Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support).

 

Werner Krutsch is Orthopaedic Surgeon and Specialist for Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine in the private institute SportDocsFranken in Nürnberg, Germany. He is Professor in the Department of Trauma Surgery at the University Medical Centre Regensburg and Head of the FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence Regensburg, Germany. Professor Krutsch is Member of the Medical Committee and Co-Director of the Football Medicine Programme at the German Football Association DFB. He is additionally Member of the Task Force Sports Medicine of the Deutsche Fußball Liga and Team Physician of the Football Club 1. FC Nürnberg.

 

Patricia Thoreux is professor of orthopaedic and traumatology surgery at University Sorbonne Paris Nord. She is specialized in Knee and Shoulder surgery and Sports traumatology. She is head department of CIMS (Centre d’Investigations en Médecine du Sport) at Hôtel Dieu hospital – APHP and of Sports and Exercice department at Hôpital Jean Verdier – APHP.
She is also president of the CSMF (Conseil Scientifique, Medical et de la Formation) of INSEP (Institut National des Sports, de l’Expertise et de la Performance) and member of the CA (Administration Council) of INSEP and member of the IOC Research Center REFORM since its creation.

 

Alberto Vascellari specialized in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Bologna, and in Arthroscopic Surgery at the University of Milan Bicocca, Italy. He is specialized in Shoulder, Knee and Ankle surgery and Sports traumatology. He is orthopaedic doctor of Universo Treviso Basket. He is currently member of the ISAKOS, ESSKA, ESSKA-ESMA and SIAGASCOT Sports Commettee.