عنوان

Health and elite sport: is high performance sport a healthy pursuit?

English

Health and elite sport: is high performance sport a healthy pursuit?

London

Routledge

2015

xv, 205 p.; 24 cm

Routledge research in sport, culture and society

38

Includes bibliographical references and index

edited by Joseph Baker, Parissa Safai and Jessica Fraser-Thomas

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Sport and health of the high performance athlete : an introduction to the text -- Personal development and performance? : exploring positive youth development in elite sport contexts -- Talent identification and development : the impact on athlete health? -- Health and the athletic family -- Injury risk and long-term effects of injury in elite youth sports -- In the name of performance : threats, belittlement, and degradation -- Transitional challenges and elite athletes' mental health -- Sport and longevity : does being an elite athlete result in longer life? -- An early grave or the fountain of youth : sport and the malleability of chronological age -- "To thine own self be true" : sports work, mental illness and the problem of authenticity -- Pushing towards excellence : is paralympic sport a healthy pursuit? -- Re-imagining the urban citizen : leveraging physical cultural legacies -- The Olympic movement, sport and health

، Sports - Physiological aspects

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AU Baker, Joe editor 1969-

AU Safai, Parissa editor

AU Fraser-Thomas, Jessica editor

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