Strength and Endurance Guide for Athletic Trainers (Athletic Training Library) - Softcover

Wiksten, Denise L.; Peters, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556424310 ISBN 13: 9781556424311

Publisher: SLACK Incorporated, 2000

Synopsis

The 18 chapters in this guide to strength and endurance for athletic trainers are broken down into six sections: strength training, endurance training, nutritional aids for sports performance, injury prevention, and specific sport strength training programmes. Wihtin these sections chapters cover a broad range of topics including: safety issues, techniques of speed training, flexibility training, special concerns, and basic dietary requirements for athletes.

About this title

About the Author

Denise Wiksten, PhD, ATC

Denise Wiksten is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University. She is also the Program Director of the CAAHEP accredited Athletic Training Program at San Diego State University. She received her PhD in Sports Medicine from the University of Virginia in 1994. Work from her dissertation examined the relationship between muscle strength and balance as a function of age. The results of this research can be found in the international journal, Isokinetic Science and Exercise. Subsequently, her research efforts have centered on balance and muscle performance testing in a variety of age groups and populations. She has also focused her research interests in the area of multimedia education and the effects of classroom integration. She is the co-author of the textbook, Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination and has authored a multimedia two-disc series titled, Upper and Lower Extremity Injury Evaluation: An Interactive Approach.

Carolyn Peters, MA, ATC, CSCS

Carolyn Peters began her career in strength and conditioning as a Division 1 shot putter and basketball player. After a successful career at San Diego State University, she became a Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Working as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at SDSU for 3 years gave her the opportunity to work closely with, and instruct, both men’s and women’s varsity and club teams. An abstract of her Master’s thesis, A Comparison of Two Basketball Specific Stretching Programs on Vertical Jumping Ability and Incidence of Injury was published in The Basketball Bulletin. She was selected to participate on an expert panel for the evaluation of United States Marine Corp recruit training in San Diego, where the panel created recommendations for modifying the USMC recruit-training program to reduce military training related injuries. Recently Carolyn instructed approximately 400 firefighters and paramedics on Strength Training and Core Stabilization for Job Performance and Injury Reduction. Currently she is working as a Certified Athletic Trainer at San Diego State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: SLACK Incorporated
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556424310
• ISBN 13: 9781556424311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200