Endurance in sport / edited by R.J. Shephard & P.-O. Astrand.

Format Book
Publication InfoOxford [England] ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications ; Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics Books [distributor], ©1992.
Descriptionxvi, 638 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

Other author/creatorShephard, Roy J.
Other author/creatorÅstrand, Per-Olof.
Other author/creatorIOC Medical Commission.
Other author/creatorInternational Federation of Sports Medicine.
SeriesEncyclopaedia 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 noteLittle-282146
General note"An IOC Medical Commission publication, in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 91019548
ISBN0632030356