**Meet the editors**

Michael J. Hamlin is Associate Professor of Exercise and Sport Science as well as Sport Scholarship Academic Advisor, Department of Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand. Dr. Hamlin is the author of more than 50 articles and book chapters. A member of numerous professional societies, he received his B.Ph.Ed degree (1990)

in exercise prescription from Otago University, Dunedin, his M.H.M.S. degree (1995) in exercise physiology from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, and his Ph.D. degree (1999) from Otago University, Dunedin.

Associate Professor Nick Draper is Head of School of Sport and Physical Education at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. In addition to working as a lecturer and researcher during his career, he has also worked with British Judo, and was Team Manager for Judo at the Sydney Olympic Games. He received his PhD in 1994 from the University of New Mexico and has taught exercise physiology in the UK and New Zealand. His research interests include health and physical activity and the physiology of adventure sports, particularly rock climbing.

Yaso Kathiravel is a Sports Medicine Doctor and a Registrar of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians. Dr.Kathiravel works in a multidisciplinary sports medicine clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand. She has a background in both surgery and sports medicine and has published in both areas. A member of numerous professional societies, she obtained a BsC (Hons) in 1995 and subsequently MB ChB in 2000 from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Sports Medicine 1**

**Section 2 Exercise Medicine 119**

Guolin Li

Chapter 4 **Exercise and Immunity 121** Hilde Grindvik Nielsen

Athanasios Z. Jamurtas

**in Sports Performance 169**

Chapter 1 **Novel Therapies for the Management of Sports Injuries 3**

Chapter 2 **The Physiology of Sports Injuries and Repair Processes 43**

Chapter 3 **Patellofemoral Instability: Diagnosis and Management 87** Alexander Golant, Tony Quach and Jeffrey Rosen

Chapter 5 **Iron Supplementation and Physical Performance 141**

Robi Kelc, Jakob Naranda, Matevz Kuhta and Matjaz Vogrin

Kelc Robi, Naranda Jakob, Kuhta Matevz and Vogrin Matjaz

Chariklia K. Deli, Ioannis G. Fatouros, Yiannis Koutedakis and

Chapter 6 **The Positive and Negative Aspects of Reactive Oxygen Species**

Chapter 7 **Real and Simulated Altitude Training and Performance 205** Michael J. Hamlin, Nick Draper and John Hellemans
