Endurance in sport / edited by R.J. Shephard & P.-O. Astrand.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford [England] ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications ; Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics Books [distributor], ©1992. |
| Description | xvi, 638 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Shephard, Roy J. |
| Other author/creator | Åstrand, Per-Olof. |
| Other author/creator | IOC Medical Commission. |
| Other author/creator | International Federation of Sports Medicine. |
| Series | Encyclopaedia of sports medicine ; v. 2 Encyclopaedia of sports medicine v. 2. ^A300689 |
| 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. |
| Contents | 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. |
| Contents | 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 | Little-282146 |
| General note | "An IOC Medical Commission publication, in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 91019548 |
| ISBN | 0632030356 |