Especially for exercise science and physical education students, this text provides a solid foundation in theory illuminated by application and performance models to increase understanding and to help students apply what they've learned in the classroom and beyond.
Key Features
Expert Commentary Presents expert commentary in Ask the Expert, a question-and-answer feature that lets students hear what leading scientists in exercise physiology have to say about important issues. Topics include the effects of space flight on skeletal muscle, reproductive disorders in female athletes, and lactate production in skeletal muscle.
Expert Commentary ? Presents expert commentary in Ask the Expert, a question-and-answer feature that lets students hear what leading scientists in exercise physiology have to say about important issues. Topics include the effects of space flight on skeletal muscle, reproductive disorders in female athletes, and lactate production in skeletal muscle.
New Research Highlights new research in all chapters with topics such as how exercise enhances brain functioning, new ways to estimate the oxygen requirements of cyclists, oxidation-reduction reactions, and the fastest fiber in human skeletal muscle.
New Research ? Highlights new research in all chapters with topics such as how exercise enhances brain functioning, new ways to estimate the oxygen requirements of cyclists, oxidation-reduction reactions, and the fastest fiber in human skeletal muscle.
Updated Book Web Site Features an Online Learning Center that offers valuable resources for both instructors and students. Resources include an Instructor?s Manual, a book-specific PowerPoint presentation, PowerWeb research articles, links to professional organizations, quizzes, and more.
Updated Book Web Site ? Features an Online Learning Center that offers valuable resources for both instructors and students. Resources include an Instructor?s Manual, a book-specific PowerPoint presentation, PowerWeb research articles, links to professional organizations, quizzes, and more.
New Illustrations Presents many new illustrations that complement the text discussion, making the content more appealing and easier for students to understand.
New Illustrations ? Presents many new illustrations that complement the text discussion, making the content more appealing and easier for students to understand.
Updated Throughout Includes new and updated references to support the latest research featured throughout the text.
Suggested Readings ? Expanded Offers expanded Suggested Readings lists to give students additional resources on topics related to each chapter.
Suggested Readings Expanded Offers expanded Suggested Readings lists to give students additional resources on topics related to each chapter.
Supplementation and Performance ? Includes up-to-date information on the effects of creatine supplementation on performance and lean body mass and other new developments in the use of ergogenic aids in sports performance in chapters 3 and 25.
Includes Applications Applies exercise physiology to sports performance and conditioning in Winning Edge boxes, and links it to health-related fitness and rehabilitation concerns through Clinical Applications boxes.
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Includes Applications ? Applies exercise physiology to sports performance and conditioning in Winning Edge boxes, and links it to health-related fitness and rehabilitation concerns through Clinical Applications boxes.
Focus on Research Highlights exciting and new research in exercise physiology through Research Focus boxes and examines special topics in more depth in A Closer Look boxes.
Focus on Research ? Highlights exciting and new research in exercise physiology through Research Focus boxes and examines special topics in more depth in A Closer Look boxes.
Homeostasis ? Develops the concept of regulation of homeostasis as the theme running through the book to show students the impact of exercise on body systems.
Homeostasis Develops the concept of regulation of homeostasis as the theme running through the book to show students the impact of exercise on body systems.
Physical Activity and Health ? Offers the most current information on the effects of physical activity on health in chapter 10.
Supplementation and Performance Includes up-to-date information on the effects of creatine supplementation on performance and lean body mass and other new developments in the use of ergogenic aids in sports performance in chapters 3 and 25.
Weight Loss Issues ? Looks at the role of diet composition on ?syndrome X,? diet supplements, drugs and weight loss, and fad diets and weight loss in chapter 18.
Physical Activity and Health Offers the most current information on the effects of physical activity on health in chapter 10.
Endurance Exercise and Muscle Fibers ? Provides the latest research on the effects of endurance exercise training on skeletal muscle fiber types in chapter 8.
Weight Loss Issues Looks at the role of diet composition on "syndrome X," diet supplements, drugs and weight loss, and fad diets and weight loss in chapter 18.
Enhances Student Learning ? Beginning-of-chapter learning objectives, outline and key terms; summary boxes throughout each chapter; and end-of-chapter study questions, suggested readings and references provide student support.
Endurance Exercise and Muscle Fibers Provides the latest research on the effects of endurance exercise training on skeletal muscle fiber types in chapter 8.
Enhances Student Learning Beginning-of-chapter learning objectives, outline and key terms; summary boxes throughout each chapter; and end-of-chapter study questions, suggested readings and references provide student support.
Table of Contents
Section I Physiology of Exercise
1 Physiology of Exercise in the United States: Its Past, Its Future
2 Control of the Internal Environment
3 Bioenergetics
4 Exercise Metabolism
5 Hormonal Responses to Exercise
6 Measurement of Work, Power, and Energy Expenditure
7 The Nervous System: Structure and Control of Movement
8 Skeletal Muscle: Structure and Function
9 Circulatory Adaptations to Exercise
10 Respiration during Exercise
11 Acid-Base Balance during Exercise
12 Temperature Regulation
13 The Physiology of Training: Effect on V02 Max, Performance, Homeostasis, and Strength
Section II Physiology of Health and Fitness
14 Patterns in Health and Disease: Epidemiology and Physiology
15 Work Tests to Evaluate Cardiorespiratory Fitness
16 Exercise Prescriptions for Health and Fitness
17 Exercise for Special Populations
18 Body Composition and Nutrition for Health
Section III Physiology of Performance
19 Factors Affecting Performance
20 Work Tests to Evaluate Performance
21 Training for Performance
22 Training for the Female Athlete, Children, and Special Populations
23 Nutrition, Body Composition, and Performance
24 Exercise and the Environment
25 Ergogenic Aids
Appendices
A Calculation of Oxygen Uptake and Carbon Dioxide Production
B Estimated Energy Expenditure During Selected Activities
C Physical Activity Prescriptions
D Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)
E Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes (ESADDIs) of Selected Minerals
F Median Height and Weight and Recommended Energy Intake
G Percent Fat Estimate for Men: Sum of Triceps, Chest, and Subscapula Skinfolds
H Percent Fat Estimate for Women: Sum of Triceps, Abdomen, and Suprailium Skinfolds
Glossary
Supplements
Packaging Version CD Media Phys: An Introduction to Human Physiology ISBN: 0072551402 Author(s): STAVRAKY
Instructor's Resource CD-ROM with Instructor's Manual, Computerized Testbank and PowerPoint Imagebank to accompany Exercise Physiology ISBN: 0072557303 Author(s): POWERS
