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Warrior girls : protecting our daughters against the injury epidemic in women's sports

Author: Michael Y Sokolove
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st hardcover edView all editions and formats
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An examination of the relationship between gender and athletics traces a rise in devastating injuries suffered by young women athletes in recent decades, citing a lack of coach awareness and dangerous disallowances for gender differences.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Y Sokolove
ISBN: 9780743297554 0743297555
OCLC Number: 213600990
Description: viii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Amy -- Warrior girls -- Inconvenient truths -- "We can bring it" -- Proving grounds -- Amy : eighteen minutes -- In the OR -- A medical detective story -- Among the plebes -- The ACL witch -- One-trick ponies -- "Are you asking me why I'm doing something I know is bad for kids?" -- "I'm a stressed person" -- Head to toe -- Amy : "I miss it so much" -- Afterword : Prescriptives.
Responsibility: Michael Sokolove.

Abstract:

An examination of the relationship between gender and athletics traces a rise in devastating injuries suffered by young women athletes in recent decades, citing a lack of coach awareness and dangerous disallowances for gender differences.

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