Exercise and Sport Science

Exercise and Sport Science
Author: William E. Garrett
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1016
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780683034219

Written by experts in exercise physiology, exercise science, and biomechanics, this volume focuses specifically on exercise science in relation to athletic performance and to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of athletic injuries. The text is logically organized into sections on energy metabolism, exercise physiology, organ system responses to exercise, general concerns in applied exercise science, sports biomechanics, and applied sports physiology. The biomechanics and sports physiology sections focus on particular sports, to determine specific diagnosis and treatment aspects. The book also includes chapters on exercise in children and the elderly, environmental influences on physical performance, overtraining, chronobiology, and microgravity.

Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine

Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine
Author: Michael Kent
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191574880

The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine provides comprehensive and authoritative definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms. All major areas are covered, including exercise psychology, sports nutrition, biomechanics, anatomy, sports sociology, training principles and techniques and sports injury and rehabilitation The dictionary will be an invaluable aid to students, coaches, athletes and anyone wanting instant access to the scientific principles, anatomical structures, and physiological, sociological and psychological processes that affect sporting performance. It will also be of interest to the general reader interested in sports science and medicine terminology.

Sport and Exercise Science

Sport and Exercise Science
Author: Jack W. Berryman
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1992
Genre: Sports medicine
ISBN: 9780252018961

Sports medicine and the scientific study of exercise, sports, and physical education are enjoying a steady rise in popularity. This volume reveals that a number of current debates concerning the body, physical health, types and degrees of exercise, athletic contest, the use and abuse of aids to performance, and much more, have their roots in the nineteenth century and earlier.

Sport and Exercise Science

Sport and Exercise Science
Author: Murray Griffin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1444119737

Sport and Exercise Science is a groundbreaking new textbook for first year students.

Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine

Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Author: Domhnall MacAuley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 782
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199660158

Fully revised and updated, with a new section on the older patient and expanded advice on physiotherapy and rehabilitation programmes, this handbook is an indispensable companion for any professional working in sport and exercise medicine.

Textbook of Sports Medicine

Textbook of Sports Medicine
Author: Michael Kjaer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1405140577

The Textbook of Sports Medicine provides comprehensive coverage of both basic science and clinical aspects of sports injury and physical activity. More than one hundred of the World's leading authorities within exercise physiology, clinical internal medicine, sports medicine and traumatology have contributed with evidence-based state-of-the-art chapters to produce the most complete integration ever of sports medicine science into one book. Great attention has been given to providing balanced coverage of all aspects of sports medicine, with respect to the relevance and clinical importance of each area. The book isolates solid principles and knowledge, and the documentation to support these, as well as identifying areas where further scientific investigation is needed. The topics dealt with and the degree of detail in the individual chapters, makes the book ideal for both educational programs at University level within exercise science and sports medicine, as well as for post-graduate courses within all aspects of sports medicine. In addition, the book will be excellent as a reference book in any place where professionals whether doctors, exercise scientists, physiotherapists or coaches are dealing with supervision or treatment of sports-active individuals. Finally, the book is well structured to act as an introduction to research in the field of sports medicine.

Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Sport, Exercise and Medicine

Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Sport, Exercise and Medicine
Author: Andrew M. Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2013-07-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134404492

Despite its crucial importance, scientists interested in the limitations of human physical performance have only just started to give the field of oxygen uptake kinetics the attention it deserves. Understanding the principal determinant of the oxygen uptake kinetics is fundamental to improving human performance or the quality of life. This book provides a detailed overview of the current state of knowledge of this emerging field of study, and features: * an introduction to oxygen uptake kinetics and historical development of the discipline * measurement and analysis of oxygen uptake kinetics * control of and limitations to oxygen uptake kinetics * applications of oxygen uptake kinetics in a range of human populations. Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Sport, Health and Medicine is richly illustrated and structured to enable easy access of information and represents an invaluable resource for students and researchers in exercise physiology, as well as for respiratory physiologists and pulmonary clinicians.

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1609136055

The flagship title of the certification suite from the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is a handbook that delivers scientifically based standards on exercise testing and prescription to the certification candidate, the professional, and the student. The 9th edition focuses on evidence-based recommendations that reflect the latest research and clinical information. This manual is an essential resource for any health/fitness and clinical exercise professional, physician, nurse, physician assistant, physical and occupational therapist, dietician, and health care administrator. This manual give succinct summaries of recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased patients.

Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine

Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine
Author: Gregory P. Whyte
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2010
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780736081948

Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicineguides readers from theory to applied interpretation of normal and abnormal ECG traces using over 70 real-life ECG readouts.

Key Topics in Sports Medicine

Key Topics in Sports Medicine
Author: Amir Ali Narvani
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2006
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 041541122X

In an accessible and easy-to-follow manner, this concise textbook on sports medicine provides a useful resource for those students and practitioners of sports medicine and rehabilitation, athletic training, physiotherapy and orthopedic surgery.