History of exercise physiology
From studying great thinkers of antiquity and work done by pioneers at research institutions, to exploring the inner workings of all the body's systems, this book helps researchers gain a precise understanding of what happens when human bodies move and who influenced and furthered that understa...
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Champaign, IL
Human Kinetics
2014
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Table of Contents:
- Antiquity to the early years of the 20th century / Charles M. Tipton
- Influence of Scandinavian scientists in exercise physiology / P.-O. Åstrand
- Contributions from the Harvard Fatigue Laboratory / Charles M. Tipton and G. Edgar Folk Jr.
- Contributions from German laboratories / Wildor Hollmann
- PhD specialization and incorporating molecular biology into exercise biology and physiology research / P. Darrell Neufer and Charles M. Tipton
- Contributions from Copenhagen Muscle Research Center / Peter B. Raven, Michael Kjaer, and Ylva Hellsten
- Genomics, genetics, and exercise biology / Claude Bouchard and Robert M. Malina
- The sensorimotor nervous system / Phillip F. Gardiner and V. Reggie Edgerton
- The autonomic nervous system in exercise : an integrative view / Katarina T. Borer
- The respiratory system / Brian J. Whipp and Susan A. Ward
- The oxygen transport system : maximal oxygen uptake / Peter G. Snell, Benjamin D. Levine, and Jere H. Mitchell
- The cardiovascular system : central influences / Charles M. Tipton
- The cardiovascular system : peripheral circulation / Grant H. Simmons, Bruno Roseguini, Jaume Padilla, and M. Harold Laughlin
- The muscular system : muscle plasticity / Kenneth M. Baldwin and Fadia Haddad
- The endocrine system : actions of select hormones / Peter A. Farrell and Henrik Galbo
- The gastrointestinal system / G. Patrick Lambert
- Metabolic systems : substrate utilization / Andrew R. Coggan
- Metabolic systems : the formation and utilization of lactate / George A. Brooks
- The temperature regulatory system / Suzanne Schneider and Pope Moseley
- The renal system / Jacques R. Poortmans and Edward J. Zambraski
- The immune system / Roy J. Shephard
- The skeletal system / Sarah L. Manske, Grant C. Goulet, and Ronald F. Zernicke