Medical Area
Welcome to the Medical area of the IAAF Medical and Anti-Doping Website.
In this section you should find all the information available from the IAAF on these subjects.
By clicking on the link above in grey you can access the following areas;
• IAAF Medical Manual
• Nutrition for Athletics
• Medical Information for Competitions
• Injuries in Athletics
• Policy Statements and Advisories
If you find anything missing or would like to see further information included in this section please contact the IAAF webmaster.
- IntroductionsDownload
- Chapter 1: Federation medical organisationDownload
- Chapter 2: Sports and medicineDownload
- Chapter 3: TrainingDownload
- Chapter 4: Growth and developmentDownload
- Chapter 5: Sports psychologyDownload
- Chapter 6: NutritionDownload
- Chapter 7: Principles of injury preventionDownload
- Chapter 8: Emergency careDownload
- Chapter 9: Soft tissue damage and healingDownload
- Chapter 10: Specific injuries by anatomic siteDownload
- Chapter 11: Enviromental factors influencing human performanceDownload
- Chapter 12: Infectious diseasesDownload
- Chapter 13: Special issues of female athletesDownload
- Chapter 14: Special medical problemsDownload
- Chapter 15: Drugs in sport / doping controlDownload
- Chapter 16: AppendicesDownload