Sport Exercise and Environmental Physiology

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-443-07358-8
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 344 g

The book collates the relationships between exercise and the environment in a single volume. The human interacts with environmental factors in complex ways. The aim of this text is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the environmental influences that impact on the individual when exercising or competing in sport. The main environmental factors are considered in turn, the physiological reactions to discrete environmental stresses are described and methods of adaptation or coping are explained. - Evidence-based information and highly respected references dominates the text, lending credibility to the material.
- The coverage maintains strong focus throughout, placing constant emphasis on the physics and physiology of the environmental stress.
- Helpful information on the impact on the individual doing activity offers other important information, necessary to real-world practice.
- The issues of acclimatization are addressed before recommendations, helping practitioners to cope with common issues.

Zielgruppe

Students doing the Sport Science degree( there are specialist modules concerned with environmental physiology in sport science, coaching science, science in football, exercise science, human science, sport studies in BA and BSc degrees.) The text would be relevant for ergonomics courses, environmental sciences and human biology. Also to be used at Masters level of both sport and exercise programmes (e.g. sport physiotherapists) and in sports medicine. Professionals working in Sport, e.g. trainers, coaches. Will be suitable n Australia, Canada, USA and UK.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reilly, Thomas

Waterhouse, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS:Introduction: Environmental exercise physiology1. Exercise and the environment - an ergonomics approach2. Exercise in the heat3. Exercise in the cold4. Altitude stress and hypoxia5. Underwater sports6. Space7. The traveling athlete8. Air quality9. Noise10. Living and exercising in hostile environments