The Active Female

Table of Contents

Part I- Focusing on Active Female's Health Issues: Unique Gender
Related Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Females

Chapter 1: Body Image Concerns Throughout the Lifespan
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 2: Reproductive Changes in the Female Lifespan
Reid Norman, PhD

Chapter 3: Considerations of Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Phillip S. Sizer, PT, PhD and C. Roger James, PhD, FACSM

Part II - Preoccupation with Body Image Issues and Disordered Eating
Issues in the Active Female

Chapter 4: Body Image and Eating Disturbances in Children and
Adolescents
Marilyn Massey-Stokes, EdD, CHES

Chapter 5: The Female Athletic Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea,
and Osteoporosis
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 6: Disordered Eating in Active Middle Aged Women
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 7: Eating Disorder and Menstrual Dysfunction Screening Tools
for the Allied Health Professional
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 8: Education and Intervention Programs for Disordered Eating
in the Active Female
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Part III- Reproductive Health
Chapter 9: The Human Menstrual Cycle
Reid Norman, PhD

Chapter 10: Abnormal Menstrual Cycles
Reid Norman, PhD

Chapter 11: Psychological Stress and Functional Amenorrhea
Reid Norman, PhD

Chapter 12: Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on the Acquisition of Peak
Bone Mass
Mimi Zumwalt, MD

Part IV -Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal
Injuries in Active Females

Chapter 13: Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal
Injuries in Pre Adolescent and Adolescent Female Athletes
Mimi Zumwalt, MD

Chapter 14: Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal
Injuries in the Adult Female Athlete
Mimi Zumwalt, MD

Chapter 15: Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal
Injuries incurred through Exercise during Pregnancy
Mimi Zumwalt, MD

Chapter 16: Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal
Injuries in Aging Female Athlete
Mimi Zumwalt, MD

Chapter 17: Osteoporosis and Current Therapeutic Management
Kellie F. Flood-Shaffer, MD, FACOG

Part V-Safe Exercise Guidelines Throughout the Lifespan
Chapter 18: Physical Activity Recommendations and Exercise Guidelines
Established by Leading Health Organizations
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 19: Specific Exercise Guidelines and Recommendations for
Children and Adolescence
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM and Chelsea Barker, MS, NASM-CPT

Chapter 20: Exercise Precautions of the Female Athlete: Signs of
Overtraining
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM and Abigail Schubert, BS, PT
Graduate Student

Chapter 21: Exercise Guidelines and Recommendations during Pregnancy
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM and Jessica Stovall, BS

Chapter 22: Mindful Exercise, Quality of Life, and Cancer: A
Mindfulness-Based Exercise
Rehabilitation Program for Women with Breast Cancer
Anna M. Tacón, PhD

Chapter 23: Resistance Training Guidelines for the Postmenopausal Woman
Shawn Anger MS, NSCA-CPT and Chelsea Barker MS, NASM-CPT

Part VI- Nutrition, Energy Balance, and Weight Control

Chapter 24: Estimating Energy Requirements
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 25: Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for Active Children
Karen S. Meaney, EdD, Kelcie Kopf, MS and Megan Simons, BS

Chapter 26: Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for the Female
Athlete- Determining Energy and Nutritional Needs to Ameliorate
Functional Amenorrhea Caused by Energy Imbalance
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, PhD, FACSM

Chapter 27: Ergogenic Aids and the Female