Developmental Exercise Physiology
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-87322-640-0 (ISBN)
Description
A review of the current knowledge about physiologic responses to exercise in children, this text focuses on changes that occur during childhood and documents physiologic differences between adults and children. The text traces the evolution of exercise physiology in children; the exericse pysiologic changes that accompany growth; and the exercise physiology of childhood.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 292 mm
Width: 229 mm
Weight
1134 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87322-640-0 (9780873226400)
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Content
Part 1 Experimental approach to the exercising child: the process of biological maturation; accounting for size - the biologist's dilemma; exercise testing; body composition; ethical aspects of research with children. Part 2 Physiological responses to exercise: maturation of aerobic fitness; the plasticity of aerobic fitness; response to endurance exercise - cardiovascular system; response to endurance exercise - ventilation; response to endurance exercise - peripheral factors; submaximal energy expenditure; short burst activities and the development of anaerobic fitness; the development of muscular strength; metabolic and endocrine responses to exercise; adaptions to thermal stress.