Sport Exercise and Environmental Physiology

Thomas Reilly (Author), Jim Waterhouse (Author)

9780443073588, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 9 September 2004

256 pages, 100 ills.
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.35 kg

The book collates the relationships between exercise and the environment in a single volume. The human interacts with environmental factors in complex ways. The aim of this text is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the environmental influences that impact on the individual when exercising or competing in sport. The main environmental factors are considered in turn, the physiological reactions to discrete environmental stresses are described and methods of adaptation or coping are explained.

• Evidence-based information and highly respected references dominates the text, lending credibility to the material.
• The coverage maintains strong focus throughout, placing constant emphasis on the physics and physiology of the environmental stress.
• Helpful information on the impact on the individual doing activity offers other important information, necessary to real-world practice.
• The issues of acclimatization are addressed before recommendations, helping practitioners to cope with common issues.

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

Subject Areas: Physiotherapy [MQS], Sports injuries & medicine [MMS], Physiology [MFG]