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Exercise physiology : from a cellular to an integrative approach /

There is no doubt that if the field of exercise physiology is to make further advancements, the various specialized areas must work together in solving the unique and difficult problems of understanding how exercise is initiated, maintained and regulated at many functional levels, and what causes us...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Connes, Philippe, Hue, Olivier, Ph.D, Perrey, Stéphane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, ©2010.
Colección:Biomedical and health research ; v. 75.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover13;
  • Title page
  • Foreword (1)
  • Foreword (2)
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Section 1. Muscle Function and Bioenergetics
  • Muscle Contraction and Supplying ATP to Muscle Cells
  • Hormonal and Cellular Control of Bioenergetics
  • Skeletal Muscle Fatigue
  • A Non Invasive Investigation of Training-Induced Metabolic Changes
  • Section 2. Respiratory Function and Activity
  • Lungs (Anatomy) and Mechanics of Ventilation
  • Control of Breathing: Regulation of Exercise Hypernea
  • Pulmonary Diffusion, Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio and Arterial Oxygen Homeostasis
  • Section 3. Cardiac Function and Activity
  • Heart Anatomy, Mechanisms of Contraction, and Cardiac Function During Exercise
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Cardiac Performance and Hemodynamics
  • Heart Rate Variability
  • Section 4. Blood Flow Dynamics, Blood Circulation and Vascular Function
  • Characteristics of Blood Vessels
  • Control of Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation in Exercise
  • Blood Rheology and Exercise
  • Endothelial Function and Physical Activity
  • Exercise, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation
  • Blood Hemostasis in Exercise and Training
  • Section 5. Aerobic Fitness: Indices, Limiting Factors and Effect of Training
  • Time Course of Oxygen Uptake at Exercise
  • Ventilatory Thresholds, Lactic Thresholds and Maximal Lactate Steady State Concept
  • Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope
  • Energetic Cost of Exercise
  • Substrate Oxidation
  • Section 6. Anaerobic Fitness: Indices, Limiting Factors and Effects of Training
  • Anaerobic Power and Capacity
  • Accumulated Oxygen Deficit Issues
  • Repeated Sprint Ability
  • Section 7. Environmental Physiology
  • Exercise in Hot and Cold Environments
  • Altitude, Hypoxia and Exercise
  • Apnea Diving
  • Section 8. Exercise Sudden-Death in Apparently Healthy Subjects
  • Sudden Cardiac Death Related to Physical Exercise
  • A Contemporary Understanding of the Exercise-Related Heat Illnesses
  • Exercise Associated Hyponatremia
  • The Case of Sickle Cell Trait Carriers
  • Section 9. Diseases: Exercise Testing and Training Prescription
  • Exercise Therapy for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Heart Failure
  • Hypertension and Exercise
  • Role of Regular Exercise in the Management of Asthma
  • New Insights on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exercise Physiopathology
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Cancer
  • Ageing
  • Note on the Editors
  • Author Index.