The Transgender Athlete: A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers presents sports medicine practitioners insights into the unique issues and concerns of transgender athletes in order to help them understand rules regarding transgender athlete participation and learn how to better provide competent care to transgender athletes. There are over 1.4 million transgender adults in the United States. Transgender individuals undergo gender-affirming treatments including sex hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery. An increasing number of transgender people are participating in sports and presenting to sports medicine clinics with injuries, yet there is little research about this athlete population.
It is important that sports medicine providers understand the types of hormone treatments and surgeries and how these changes affect the musculoskeletal health of transgender people. Additionally, transgender people may require specific considerations when interacting with medical providers. Furthermore, sports medicine providers are often consulted to formulate transgender athlete inclusion policy. These policies are continuously changing, as new evidence becomes available, which may be difficult to understand without knowledge of the gender transition process.
- Covers the types of treatments, surgeries and affects of musculoskeletal health of transgender athletes
- Intended for sports medicine providers, including physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and researchers who work with athletes
- Written by experts in the sports medicine field
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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70 illustrations (60 in full color)
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978-0-323-91620-2 (9780323916202)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. What does Transgender mean?2. Special considerations for the clinical care of transgender athletes3. The medical process of gender transition4. Effects of gender transition on Musculoskeletal Health5. Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations of the Transgender Athlete6. Gender Affirming Surgery7. The history of transgender athletes in sport8. IOC Transgender Athlete Inclusion Policies and Evolution9. Transgender Athlete Sport Inclusion Polices: The current state10. The Transgender Military Athlete