Exercise Physiology for Health and Sports Performance brings together all the essential human anatomy and applied physiology that students of exercise science, physical education and sports coaching need to know.Written in a friendly, accessible style and containing a wide range of features to help develop understanding, this book provides a complete one-stop-shop for exercise physiology.
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Table of Contents Author AcknowledgementsPrefacePART I: FOUNDATIONS OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGYChapter 1: Exercise physiology, sport and pedagogy: An historical perspectiveChapter 2: Nutrition for health and sports performanceChapter 3: From cells to systemsChapter 4: The control systems: nervous and endocrineChapter 5: The movement systems: skeletal and muscularChapter 6: The transport and exchange systems: respiratory and cardiovascularChapter 7: Physical and functional growth and developmentPART II: APPLIED EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGYChapter 8: General concepts for applied exercise physiologyChapter 9: Power and power endurance: The explosive sportsChapter 10: Anaerobic endurance: The speed endurance sportsChapter 11: High intensity aerobic endurance sportsChapter 12: Lower intensity aerobic endurance sportsChapter 13: Intermittent sportsChapter 14: Applied exercise physiology and healthChapter 15: Applied exercise physiology and the environmentAppendix A: Movement termsAppendix B: Gas conversion correction tableList of AbbreviationsGlossaryReferences
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780273755623
Publisert
2012-10-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson Education Limited
Vekt
1232 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
275 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
05, UU
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
576

Biographical note

Dr Nick Draper is Head of the School of Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Dr Helen Marshall is a Lecturer and Researcher at the School of Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.