A text for students in exercise physiology and other disciplines within kinesiology; a resource for sport science researchers and academic libraries as well as athletes and coaches seeking information on improving sport performance through an understanding of the physiological factors that affect athletes.
Tells readers everything they might want to know about their muscles, how they get injured, illnesses to which they are prone and how to keep them healthy. Chapters cover such diverse topics as anatomy, growth and development, physiology, energy, exercise, injury and disease. There are tables of instructional materials, illustrations and numerous ......
Overtraining Athletes: Personal Journeys in Sport seeks to communicate the complex subject of overtraining to help athletes, coaches, parents, and sport science professionals understand the dangers of overtraining and take steps toward prevention. Using history and research, current experts' perspectives, and athletes' personal experiences, ......
This work is an historical discussion and new translation of one of the key works of medicine of the English renaissance. The only two available translations are between one and three and a half centuries old. Because so many errors have crept into translations of Harvey's seminal work a new edition has been called for and a new translation as ......
An indispensable reference for exercise science researchers and graduate students. Nutritionists, human biologists, physiologists, medical researchers, pediatricians, epidemiologists, and others interested in body composition studies will also find this book to be an excellent resource.
A Guide to Physical Disorders That Have Psychiatric Symptoms
This text provides psychotherapists, counsel lors and other mental health professionals with a strong fou ndation for identifying those physiological disorders that m ay be at the root of the mental health problems presented by female clients. '
A Guide to Physical Disorders That Have Psychiatric Symptoms
Many physical disorders suffered by women have psychiatric symptoms. For example, hyperthyroidism can result in depression and anxiety, and temporal lobe epilepsy can have the same symptoms as bipolar disorder. As a result, women are in danger of being misdiagnosed as having psychiatric problems and receiving completely inappropriate treatment. ......
First published in 1985, the revised edition of this text consists of seven chapters describing the muscle, its anatomy, its mechanics, and its chemical and neuro-control systems. It documents empirical, analytical, and experimental analyses and equations in the field of muscle mechanics.
