| Description |
xvi, 638 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Encyclopaedia of sports medicine ; v. 2
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| Note(s) |
"An IOC Medical Commission publication, in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine." |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Semantic and physiological definitions -- Endurance sports -- General considerations --Anatomical and anthropometric fundamentals of endurance -- Cellular metabolism and endurance -- The pulmonary system and endurance -- Cardiac function and endurance -- Peripheral circulation and endurance -- Central nervous influence on fatigue -- Muscular factors in endurance -- Endocrine factors in endurance -- Food stores and energy reserves --Psychological aspects of endurance performance -- Genetic determinants of endurance performance -- Mechanical constraints upon endurance performance -- Heat exchange in hot and cold environments -- Economy of movement and endurance performance -- Factors to be measured -- Maximal oxygen intake -- Sport-specific ergometric equipment -- Haemoglobin, blood volume and endurance -- Muscular endurance and blood lactate. |
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Metabolism in the contracting skeletal muscle -- Body composition and body energy stores -- Personality and endurance performance: the state-trait controversy -- Sensory processes and endurance performance -- Environmental extremes and endurance performance -- Influences of biological age and selection -- Endurance conditioning -- Diet, vitamins and fluids: intake before and after prolonged exercise -- Psychology and endurance sports -- Prevention of injuries in endurance athletes -- Biochemical causes of fatigue and overtraining -- Reversible reproductive changes with endurance training -- Aerobic responses to physical training in children -- Pregnant women and endurance exercise -- The elderly and endurance training -- Medical surveillance of endurance sport -- Cardiovascular benefits of endurance exercise -- Cardiac problems in endurance sports -- Lung fluid movement -- Hyperthermia, hypothermia and problems of hydration. |
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Problems of high altitude -- Ambient air pollution and endurance performance -- Effects of endurance exercise on immune response -- Overuse syndromes -- Other health benefits of physical activity -- Swimming as an endurance sport -- The energetics of running -- Canoeing -- Rowing -- Cross-country ski racing -- Cycling -- Triathlon training and competition -- Mountaineering -- The physiology of human-powered flight -- Endurance in other sports. |
| Local Note / Price |
51.00 |
| Subject(s) |
Endurance sports.
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Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
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Physical fitness.
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Sports Physical fitness
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Sports Physical fitness
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| Alt Author |
Shephard, Roy J.
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Åstrand, Per-Olof.
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IOC Medical Commission.
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International Federation of Sports Medicine.
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| ISBN |
0632030356 |
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