Exercise physiology in special populations: advances in sport and exercise science

Exercise Physiology in Special Populations covers the prevalent health conditions that are either linked to an inactive lifestyle or whose effects can be ameliorated by increasing physical activity and physical fitness. The book explores physiological aspects of obesity and diabetes before moving on to cardiacdisease, lung disease, arthritis and back pain, ageing and older people, bonehealth, the female participant, neurological and neuromuscular disorders, andspinal chord injury. The author team includes many of the UK's leading researchers and exercise science and rehabilitation practitioners that specialise ineach of the topic areas.New to the popular Advances in Sport and Exercise Science series, this book covers key aspects of exercise physiology including: .Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiac Dysfunction .Neurological disorders (Strokes, Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Head Injury) .Spinal cord injuries .Obesity and Diabetes .Amputees .Downs syndrome .Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease .Musculo-rheumatological disorders and pain .Bone Health .Older People .HIV/Aids .The female exercise participant

• ISBN: 978-0-443-10343-8
• Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 14/08/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés