Endurance in sport / edited by R.J. Shephard & P.-O. Astrand
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Oxford [England] ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications ; Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics Books [distributor], 1992.Description: xvi, 638 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0632030356
- 9780632030354
- 613.71
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General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 613.71 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 28999 |
"An IOC Medical Commission publication, in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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.
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