Climbing Medicine: A Practical Guide
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Add to basketThis book comprehensively discusses the medical aspects of sports climbing, a still young but emerging sport, which will be one of the disciplines at the Tokyo Olympics. Its rapid development from niche to popular sport has been accompanied by an increase in the number of climbing-sports-specific injuries and has attracted growing interest within the sports medicine community.
Gathering expertise from around the globe, the book covers all aspects related to this discipline – from physiology, biomechanics and anatomy through upper and lower extremity injuries to cardiology, gynecology, pediatric and adolescent conditions. Following a coherent structure, each chapter equips readers with evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines.Enriched by a wealth of pictures, this manual offers a timely and up-to-date resource for sports physicians, orthopedic surgeons and traumatologists, as well as trainers, physiotherapists and other health professionals involvedin climbing.
Prof. Volker Schöffl, MHBA is Section Head of Sports Medicine and is a clinical board certified specialist in orthopedic and trauma surgery, general surgery, emergency medicine and sports medicine. He is a fellow of the Academy of Wilderness medicine, Adjunct Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Visiting Professor at Leeds Becket University and Adjoint Assistant Professor at the University of Denver. He is the team physician to the German National Climbing and Ski Mountaineering team, and a member of the Medical Commissions of the IFSC and the UIAA. He is the author of 5 books, including “One move too many” – a major international textbook on climbing medicine for non-experts, which has been translated into 5 languages with 3 more in progress. He has authored more than 150 scientific papers and 70 book chapters, mostly on climbing medicine. He is the senior editor of the Springer book “Klettermedizin” (climbing medicine) in German, released in 2020.
Dr.Dr. Isabelle Schöffl holds a PhD in Biomechanics and an MD, and is board certified in pediatrics and sports medicine. She currently works in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Erlangen and is a team physician to the German national climbing team. She is a visiting Professor at Leeds Becket University and has published more than 30 papers on climbing medicine, 20 book chapters and is editor of the Springer book “Klettermedizin” (climbing medicine) in German, released in 2020.
PD. Dr. Christoph Lutter MHBA, MSc is an MD/PhD at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Rostock, focusing on climbing medicine and research. He completed a research fellowship at CvPath Inst. Inc. Gaithersburg MD, USA and has published 20 papers on climbing as well as numerous book chapters and posters. He is editor of the Springer book “Klettermedizin” (climbing medicine) in German, released in 2020.
Dr. Thomas Hochholzer is an orthopedic surgeon and was the physician to the German climbing team for many years. He is the author of 5 books, including “One move too many” – a major international textbook on climbing medicine for non-experts, which has been translated into 5 languages with 3 more in progress. He published numerous papers on climbing medicine and is editor of the Springer book “Klettermedizin” (climbing medicine) in German, released in 2020. He currently works at a private clinic in Innsbruck, where he also teaches at the University.
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