How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?

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PDHPE (Sports Medicine) Mind Map on How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?, created by jakeholland1001 on 25/03/2014.
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How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?
  1. Children and Young Athletes
    1. Medical conditions
      1. Asthma - reduction in airway width
        1. Diabetes - insufficient insulin
          1. Epilepsy - disruption to brain
          2. Overuse Injuries
            1. Repeated us of body part
              1. tissue damage over period of time
                1. runners knee, tennis elbow
                2. Thermoregulation
                  1. Maintenance of stable internal temperature
                  2. Appropriateness of Resistance Training
                    1. Low Resistance
                      1. Not competitive
                    2. Adults and Aged Athletes
                      1. Heat Conditions
                        1. Medical Clearance
                          1. Must be aerobic
                            1. Moderate intensity
                            2. Fractures/Bone Density
                              1. Activity increases bone mass
                                1. Delays Osterporosis
                                  1. Delays post-menopausal bone density
                                  2. Flexibility/Joint Mobility
                                    1. Exercise improves both
                                      1. impact must be to a persons limitations
                                        1. Existing medical conditions must be considered
                                      2. Female Athletes
                                        1. Eating Disorders
                                          1. Purgeing, binge eating, starving
                                            1. Often athletes who need idealised body
                                              1. Gymnasts, dancers
                                            2. Iron Defficiency
                                              1. results in anaemia
                                                1. limits the capacity of blood to transport oxygen
                                                2. Bone Density + Pregnancy
                                                  1. brittle bones/osteoporosis
                                                    1. Low calcium levels
                                                      1. exercise during pregnancy is important
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