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9780443103438

Exercise Physiology in Special Populations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780443103438

  • ISBN10:

    0443103437

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-08-01
  • Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE

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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 cardiac disease, lung disease, arthritis and back pain, ageing and older people, bone health, the female participant, neurological and neuromuscular disorders, and spinal chord injury. The author team includes many of the UK's leading researchers and exercise science and rehabilitation practitioners that specialise in each of the topic areas.

Table of Contents

Dedicationsp. vii
Contributorsp. ix
Forewordp. xi
Prefacep. xiii
Introductionp. 1
Obesity and diabetesp. 21
Cardiac disease and dysfunctionp. 51
Lung disease and dysfunctionp. 97
Arthritis and low back painp. 119
Ageing and older peoplep. 161
Bone healthp. 225
The exercising femalep. 249
Neurological and neuromuscular disorders, a guide to pathological processes and primary symptomsp. 269
Spinal cord injuryp. 309
Indexp. 335
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