Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease

2012. In 2 volumes, not available separately.
ISBN: 978-3-540-36065-0
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 897 Seiten, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 266 mm, Gewicht: 2431 g

The Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine is intelligently structured, easy accessible and user-friendly: A-Z format, clear, concise language and uniform essay structure as well as extensive cross references between keywords and related articles enables efficient searches in a user-friendly manner both for experts and newcomers. It is intended to be a comprehensive up-to-date data base on the adaptation of the human body to exercise and on the therapeutic use of exercise with up to 2,000 keywords. It covers all aspects within the full range of modern exercise medicine of each particular scientific discipline (cancer, parasitology, aging, etc.). This includes information on methodological approaches to measuring the principle components of motor fitness, and practical aspects of their enhancement by trainings regimes as well as by nutrition and the application of drugs. Such a wide range of entries, all written by leading experts in their respective fields, will therefore address both the basic/clinical scientist as well as the practitioner. Moreover, the Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine is aimed at people in related fields, health care professionals, physiotherapists, trainers, students, informed athletes and interested laypersons. It is available both in print and as a fully searchable and hyperlinked electronic online edition.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mooren, Frank C.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Sportmedizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sportmedizin, Medikamentenmissbrauch, Doping
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie Rehabilitation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Content divided in: General Principles.-Techniques.-Molecular Mechanisms of Exercise Physiology.-Training.-Prevention.-Sport Therapy.-Diseases.-Rehabilitation.-Nutrition.-Drugs.-Agents.-Adaptation.-Maladaptation.

From the Content: Acid-Base Buffering Systems.- Acidosis.- Acute Mountain Sickness.-Acute Phase Reaction.-Adipositas.-Adrenergic Receptors.-Aerobic Metabolism.-Aerobic-Anaerobic Threshold.-Aging.-Aids.-Altitude.-Alzheimer's Disease.-Amenorrhea.-Anabolic Steroids.-Anaerobic Metabolism.-Angiogenesis.-Antioxidants.-Apoptosis.-Arteriosclerosis.-Arthrosis.-Athlete's Diet.-Blood.-Blood Doping.-Bone Mineral Density.-Caffeine.-Cancer.-Carbohydrate Loading.-Cardiac Arrhythmias.-Cardiac Function.-Cardiac Hypertrophy.-Cardiac Infarction.-Cardiovascular Disease.-Catecholamines.-Children.-Cholesterol Metabolism.-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.-Coagulation.-Cold.-Coordination.-Coronary Heart Disease.-Cytoskeleton...