Oxford textbook of children's sport and exercise medicine / Neil Armstrong, Willem Van Mechelen.

Other author Armstrong, Neil, editor.
Other author Van Mechelen, Willem, editor.
Format Electronic
EditionForth edition.
PublicationOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023.
Description1 online resource : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
Subjects
Pediatric sports medicine.
Physical fitness for children.
Sports medicine.
Physical Fitness--physiology.
Sports Medicine.

Portion of title Children's sport and exercise medicine
Variant title Oxford textbook of children's sport and excercise medicine
SeriesOxford Textbooks
Oxford textbooks. ^A1470350
Contents Cover -- Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Exercise science -- 1. Growth and maturation -- Introduction -- Prenatal to postnatal growth -- The curve of growth -- Types of growth data -- Growth in stature -- Patterns of growth -- Growth in body composition -- Development of shape -- Adolescence and puberty -- Regulation of growth and maturation -- Biological maturity -- Skeletal age -- Secondary sex characteristics -- Menarcheal status -- Somatic age
Contents Age at peak height velocity -- Conclusions -- Summary -- References -- 2. Development of motor control -- Introduction -- Theories of development -- Perception and action -- Reflexes -- Spontaneous movements -- Development of fundamental movement skills -- Postural development -- Development of locomotion from crawling to running -- Reaching, grasping, throwing, and catching -- Conclusions -- Summary -- References -- 3. Developmental biodynamics: the development of coordination -- Introduction -- Motor development -- Degrees of freedom -- Kinematics of coordination -- Kinetics of coordination
Contents Modelling -- Free body diagram -- Components of net joint moment -- Motor modules and central pattern generators -- Dynamical systems approach to motor development -- Self-​organisation and constraints -- Coordinative structures, control parameters, and order parameters -- Patterns, attractors, and stability -- Cyclicity in biological systems -- Force-​driven harmonic oscillators -- Self-​optimisation of coordinative structures -- Energy sources -- A dynamical systems perspective of walking in children with cerebral palsy -- Conclusions -- Summary -- References
Contents 4. Development of muscle strength -- Introduction -- Defining muscle strength -- Definitions of force and torque -- Assessment of muscle strength -- Determining strength in paediatric populations -- Development of muscle strength -- Age-​ and sex-​associated changes in force/​torque -- Determinants of strength development -- Stature, mass, and strength development -- Maturation and hormonal influences on strength development -- Fat-​free mass and strength development -- Muscle cross-​sectional area and strength development -- Biomechanical factors and strength development
Contents Muscle strength and tendon/​limb stiffness -- Torque/​force kinetics -- Neuromuscular function -- Methodological issues of measuring neuromuscular function in children -- Neuromuscular feedforward and feedback mechanisms in children -- Conclusions -- Summary -- References -- 5. Molecular exercise physiology -- Introduction -- Development of biological sex and of key exercise organs -- The development of muscle: myogenesis -- The development of tendons: tenogenesis -- The formation of bone: chondrogenesis and osteogenesis -- Mechanical signals and cell differentiation
General notePreviously published under title: Paediatric exercise science and medicine
General noteEpigenetic regulation of development: does maternal nutrition and exercise affect the offspring?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
Source of descriptionDescription based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed September 1st, 2023)
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Oxford textbook of children's sport and exercise medicine. Forth edition. Oxford New York Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2023 9780192657763
ISBN9780192657756 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9780192657763
ISBN0192657763
ISBN9780191926556 electronic book
ISBN0191926558 electronic book
ISBN0192657755 electronic book

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