**AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON TOPICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE AND SPORTS INJURY**

Edited by **Kenneth R. Zaslav**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1503 Edited by Kenneth R. Zaslav

#### **Contributors**

Jean-Frederic Brun, Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Olubusola Esther Johnson, Xiaolin Yang, Sylwia Mętel, Agata Milert, Elżbieta Szczygieł, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Asghar Abbasi, Mehdi Eghbali, Siamak Asri-Rezaei, Hinnak Northoff, Mark Hutchinson, Jeffrey R. Thormeyer, James P. Leonard, Luis Casais, Miguel Martinez, Juan Carlos Cruz- Marquez, Erik A Wikstrom, Patrick McKeon, Tricia Hubbard, Candido Coimbra, Laura Hora Rios Leite, Danusa Dias Soares, Rodrigo Hohl, Thanos Badekas, Yeong-Fwu Lin, Mei-Hwa Jan, Da-Hon Lin, Cheng-Kung Cheng, Chien-Ho Janice Lin, Jiu Jenq Lin, Maria Rosaria Bonsignore, Nicola Scichilone, Laura Chimenti, Giuseppe Morici, Daniele Zangla, Jonathan Scott Leventhal, Brook Tlougan, Judy Kruger, Juliette Hussey, Candice Christie, Baruch Wolach, Sanne De Vries, Francisca Galindo-Garre, Denise Vaz De Macedo, Fernanda Lorenzi Lazarim, Lázaro Alessandro Soares Nunes, Rene Brenzikofer, Ian George Horsley, Carolin Hildebrandt, Christian Raschner, Karlheinz Zeilberger, Edward Francis John Ring, Athanasios Jamurtas, Ioannis Fatouros, Paul M. Vanderburgh, Alice S. Ryan, Monica C. Serra, Shawna L. McMillin, Melanie Franklyn, Barry Oakes

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An International Perspective on Topics in Sports Medicine and Sports Injury Edited by Kenneth R. Zaslav p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0005-8

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