Thomas Reilly, Jim Waterhouse

Sport Exercise and Environmental Physiology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Collates the relationships between exercise and the environment. This text aims to provide a coverage of the environmental influences that impact on the individual when exercising or competing in sport. The main environmental factors, the physiological reactions to discrete environmental stresses, and methods of adaptation or coping are explained.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Churchill Livingstone / Elsevier Health Science
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2009-0-54648-X
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 234mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780443073588
• Artikelnr.: 22242291

Inhaltsangabe

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