The Transgender Athlete
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The Transgender Athlete

A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers

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The Transgender Athlete

A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers

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About This Book

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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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780323916202
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1. What does transgender mean?
  7. Chapter 2. Special considerations for the transgender and nonbinary athlete
  8. Chapter 3. Introduction to medical transition
  9. Chapter 4. The effects of the gender transition on musculoskeletal health
  10. Chapter 5. Becoming whole: Mental health and psychosocial considerations of the transgender athlete
  11. Chapter 6. Gender affirmation surgery
  12. Chapter 7. The history of transgender athletes in sport
  13. Chapter 8. IOC transgender athlete policies and history
  14. Chapter 9. Transgender athlete sport inclusion polices: the current state
  15. Chapter 10. The transgender military athlete∗
  16. Index