Endurance in Sport (eBook)

R. J. Shephard is the editor of Endurance in Sport, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Per-Olof Astrand was a Swedish professor of physiology at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute in Stockholm 1970-1977, and 1977-1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.

ENDURANCE IN SPORT 1
Contents 7
List of Contributors 11
Forewords 15
Preface to the First Edition 16
Preface to the Second Edition 18
Part 1: Definitions 21
1 Semantic and Physiological Definitions 23
2 Endurance Sports 29
Part 2: Basic Scientific Considerations 37
Part 2a: Biological Bases of Endurance Performance and the Associated Functional Capacities 39
3 Determinants of Endurance Performance 41
4 Body Size and Endurance Performance 57
5 Pulmonary System and Endurance Exercise 72
6 The Athlete's Heart 88
7 Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow and Endurance Exercise: Limiting Factors and Dynamic Responses 104
8 Endurance Exercise and the Regulation of Visceral and Cutaneous Blood Flow 123
9 Cellular Metabolism and Endurance 138
10 Influence of Endurance Training and Detraining on Motoneurone and Sensory Neurone Morphology and Metabolism 156
11 Muscular Factors in Endurance 178
12 Endocrine Factors in Endurance 204
13 The Importance of Carbohydrate, Fat and Protein for the Endurance Athlete 217
Part 2b: Psychological Aspects of Endurance Performance 229
14 Psychology in Endurance Performance 231
Part 2c: Genetic Determinants of Endurance Performance 241
15 Genetic Determinants of Endurance Performance 243
Part 2d: Physical Limitations of Endurance Performance 264
16 Biomechanical Constraints and Economy of Movement in Endurance Performance 265
17 Endurance in Hot and Cold Environments 279
Part 3: Measurements in Endurance Sport 289
18 Factors to be Measured 291
19 Sport-Specific Testing in Laboratory and Field 293
20 Assessment of Environmental Extremes and Competitive Strategies 307
21 Maximal Oxygen Intake 321
22 Anaerobic Metabolism and Endurance Performance 331
23 Metabolism in the Contracting Skeletal Muscle 348
24 Body Composition of the Endurance Performer 366
25 Personality Structure of the Endurance Performer 386
26 Perception of Effort During Endurance Training and Performance 394
Part 4: Principles of Endurance Preparation 415
27 Influences of Biological Age and Selection 417
28 Endurance Conditioning 422
29 Food and Fluids Before, During and After Prolonged Exercise 429
30 Haemoglobin, Blood Volume and Endurance 443
31 Smoking, Alcohol, Ergogenic Aids, Doping and the Endurance Performer 458
32 Psychological Preparation of Endurance Performers 471
33 Prevention of Injuries in Endurance Athletes 478
34 Monitoring for Overtraining in the Endurance Performer 506
Part 5: Specific Population Groups and Endurance Training 525
35 Endurance Training and Children 527
36 Endurance Training for Women 537
37 Pregnant Women and Endurance Exercise 551
38 The Elderly and Endurance Training 567
39 Endurance Training for Persons with Disabilities 585
Part 6: Environmental Aspects of Endurance Training 609
40 Hyperthermia, Hypothermia and Problems of Hydration 611
41 Problems of High Altitude 634
42 Air Pollutants and Endurance Performance 648
43 Endurance Performers and Time-Zone Shifts 659
Part 7: Clinical Aspects of Endurance Training 671
44 Medical Surveillance of Endurance Sport 673
45 Considerations for Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening in Young Competitive Athletes 687
46 Lung Fluid Movements in Endurance Sport 702
47 Cardiovascular Benefits of Endurance Exercise 708
48 Cardiovascular Risks of Endurance Sport 728
49 Reproductive Changes and the Endurance Athlete 738
50 Endurance Exercise and the Immune Response 751
51 Other Health Benefits of Physical Activity 767
52 Overuse Syndromes 786
53 Countering Inflammation 820
Part 8: Specific Issues in Individual and Team Sports 831
54 Energetics of Running 833
55 Swimming as an Endurance Sport 844
56 Rowing 856
57 Cross-Country Ski Racing 864
58 Cycling 877
59 TheTriathlon 892
60 Canoeing 908
61 Endurance Aspects of Soccer and Other Field Games 920
62 Mountaineering 951
63 The Physiology of Human-Powered Flight 962
64 Endurance in Other Sports 965
Index 967

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practice and the theory of endurance in sports.'

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