| Boxing: Medical Aspects Contributor(s): Unterharnscheidt, Friedrich (Editor), Taylor Unterharnscheidt, Julia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0127091300 ISBN-13: 9780127091303 Publisher: Academic Press OUR PRICE: $289.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: This book neither argues for or against the continuation of boxing, but lays out the literature and the body of scientific knowledge that are necessary to provide a meaningful background for the ensuing debate. It provides a comprehensive resource for those who are involved in regulating boxing and those who participate directly, as well as for the medical and scientific communities. Includes carefully quoted case histories and research as well as an extensive body of medical literature on boxing injuries to demonstrate that brain damage is a natural consequence of boxing. * Presents in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of "punch drunkness" * Includes detailed case histories of the clinical and pathomorphological findings uncovered by current medical research * Extensively reviews medical literature |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Sports Medicine - Medical | Neurology - Sports & Recreation | Boxing |
| Dewey: 617.102 |
| LCCN: 2003044333 |
| Physical Information: 1.76" H x 7.68" W x 10.64" (5.66 lbs) 900 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book neither argues for or against the continuation of boxing, but lays out the literature and the body of scientific knowledge that are necessary to provide a meaningful background for the ensuing debate. It provides a comprehensive resource for those who are involved in regulating boxing and those who participate directly, as well as for the medical and scientific communities. Includes carefully quoted case histories and research as well as an extensive body of medical literature on boxing injuries to demonstrate that brain damage is a natural consequence of boxing. |