Tělovýchovné lékařství – Pastucha Dalibor (2024)

This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate education in the field of sports medicine, which focuses on human physical and sports activity in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The completely revised and expanded edition of the book, which was published ten years ago, provides current data regarding the physiology and genetics of physical load, sports training, nutrition and recovery, sports orthopedics, and traumatology. Separate chapters are dedicated to the psychological aspects of sports performance, the issue of physical activity in various diseases, movement in childhood, doping, transgender athletes, and sex testing in sports. The publication offers a comprehensive view of health and sports issues, taking into account the possible risks and benefits of regular physical activity for the prevention of the most common lifestyle diseases. The book is well-documented, containing over 60 images and nearly 40 tables that suitably complement the didactic text. Human health can be improved through physical movement, but on the other hand, quantitatively or qualitatively inadequate load can have negative effects and lead to health damage. Therefore, the content of sports medicine touches on the entire human organism and requires...