[PDF] Physiological Bases Of Human Performance During Work And Exercise eBook

Author : Nigel A. S. Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780443102714

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Physiological Bases of Human Performance during Work and Exercise is a high-level physiology text for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of human physiology, exercise science and applied physiology. Eighty internationally recognised scientists from sixteen countries have written chapters within six areas: * Physiological performance limits and human adaptation * The physiological bases of gender differences in performance * Age and human performance * Performance under environmental extremes * Exercise and health interactions * Optimising performance through supplementation Each section contains state-of-the-art reviews of the scientific literature. To stimulate critical thinking, there are thirteen debates and discussions that focus on some of the controversial topics that exist across these disciplines.

Author : Mark Hargreaves
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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Takes an in-depth look at how the body responds to high physical activity in exercise and sport, and on how to enhance performance through a variety of physiological techniques, such as training, nutrition and ergogenic aids.

Author : Per-Olof Åstrand
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780736001403

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This updated and revised fourth edition of the respected Textbook of Work Physiology combines classical issues in exercise and work physiology with the latest scientific findings. The result is an outstanding professional reference that will be indispensable to advanced students, physiologists, clinicians, physical educators--any professional pursuing study of the body as a working machine. Written by world-renowned exercise physiologists and sports medicine specialists, the new edition retains the important historical background and exercise physiology research conducted by the authors over the past 40 years. In addition, it brings you up-to-date on the growth in the field since the previous edition, presenting today's most current scientific research findings. Beyond the scientific details, the book also addresses the application of this information to the fields of exercise physiology and work physiology, making the resource more useful than ever. Textbook of Work Physiology, Fourth Edition includes these updated features: -More than 1,600 references -"Classical studies" and "additional reading" side boxes for those who wish to study a topic more closely -In-depth studies taken from the working world, recreational activities, and elite sport -More than 380 illustrations, tables, and photos -Comprehensive appendix, including glossary, list of symbols, conversion tables, and definitions of terms and units

Author : Stanley P. Brown
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0781777305

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Bridging the gap between exercise physiology principles and clinical practice, this text provides comprehensive coverage of both traditional basic science and clinical exercise physiology principles. The book presents clinical applications and examples that connect theory to practice. More than 500 full-color illustrations and numerous graphs and tables complement the text. Reader-friendly features including Perspective Boxes, Research Highlights, Biography Boxes, and Case Studies engage readers and reinforce key concepts. A bonus three-dimensional interactive anatomy CD-ROM from Primal Pictures and a Student Resource CD-ROM accompany the book. LiveAdvise online faculty support and student tutoring services are available free with the text.

Author : William D. McArdle
Publisher :
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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Abstract: This third edition of the book integrates basic concepts and relevant scientific information to provide the foundation for understanding nutrition, energy transfer, and exercise and training. Designed for both the beginning and advanced student, the subjects covered include energy for physical activity, systems of energy delivery and utilization, enhancement of energy capacity, work performance and environmental stress, body composition, energy balance, and weight control, and the metric system and SI units.

Author : John P. Buckley
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 32,11 MB
Release : 2008-08-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702036951

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Exercise Physiology in Special Populations covers the prevalent health conditions that are either linked to an inactive lifestyle or whose effects can be ameliorated by increasing physical activity and physical fitness. The book explores physiological aspects of obesity and diabetes before moving on to cardiac disease, lung disease, arthritis and back pain, ageing and older people, bone health, the female participant, neurological and neuromuscular disorders, and spinal chord injury. The author team includes many of the UK’s leading researchers and exercise science and rehabilitation practitioners that specialise in each of the topic areas. · Structured in an easy accessible way for students and lecturers· Well referenced, including a further reading list with each chapter..· Written by a group of highly experienced experts.

Author : Sharon Plowman
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780781784061

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This textbook integrates basic exercise physiology with research studies to stimulate learning, allowing readers to apply principles in the widest variety of exercise and sport science careers. It combines basic exercise physiology with special applications and contains flexible organisation of independent units.

Author : Thomas Rowland
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1527547094

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What is it that limits how fast we can run, or how long we can row, cycle, or swim without tiring? What is exercise fatigue? One dares to say that not a single human being has not experienced those unpleasant feelings of physical exhaustion when taxed by some form of exercise. These effects are common and obvious, but, despite many years of research efforts, still unexplained. This book examines, from an historical perspective, the quest to decipher the underlying factors responsible for—and, indeed, simply the definition of—exercise fatigue. This story is told in the context of those researchers who have led this search for understanding. Some have been motivated by a search for an epiphany-like insight that would define the mechanisms by which living beings can be limited in their functional capacity, and some have sought this answer relative to socio-political issues surrounding human limitations in labor. Others have even been driven by a need to understand resistance to physical fatigue in humans engaged in war. Today, most such efforts to explain the nature and determinants of exercise fatigue involve optimizing performance in athletes and enhancing both the preventive and therapeutic health outcomes of exercise. The picture provided here is that of a multi-factorial nature of exercise fatigue, the determinants of which may be specific to the type, nature, and duration of the exercise involved. A more contemporary viewpoint, however, would suggest that the interaction between physiological factors may best define one’s ceiling of exercise performance. The implication of such a viewpoint would hold that factors defining exercise fatigue may be even more complicated than previously appreciated, meaning that this is a fascinating mystery waiting to be unraveled.