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Skeletal Muscle

A Textbook of Muscle Physiology for Sport, Exercise and Physiotherapy

  • 1st Edition - March 1, 2004
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: David Anthony Jones, Arnold De Haan, Joan Round
  • Language: English

Understanding the function of skeletal muscle requires knowledge of its structure from the level of gross anatomy down to that of molecular organization. This book is mainly… Read more

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Understanding the function of skeletal muscle requires knowledge of its structure from the level of gross anatomy down to that of molecular organization. This book is mainly concerned with skeletal muscle physiology sand biochemistry and covers from embryonic development, muscle organization, energy metabolism, structure of the muscle fibre to mechanisms of fatigue. The text is fully illustrated with appropriate photographs of fibres and drawings/graphs to illustrate biochemistry.

Key features

  • Outstanding number of photographs, illustrations and graphs assist the reader in understanding with great visual aids.
  • Its thorough coverage offers the most in-depth information available on the various topics important to the field.

Readership

Sport Science students, physiotherapists. The book is intended to be of use to those interested in how muscles work, whether from the point of view of training for sport, treating physical problems and diseases, or understanding the basic cellular physiology and how the function interrelates with other body systems.

Table of contents

1. Structure of the muscle fibre2. Mechanisms of force generation3. Control of the contractile process4. Fibre types and motor units5. Recruitment and control of motor units6. Energy metabolism during exercise7. Muscle working in situ8. Effect of temperature and activity on muscle contractile properties9. Introduction to fatigue10. Mechanisms of fatigue11. Fatigue during endurance exercise12. Muscle pain and damage13. Muscle energetics and efficiency during exercise14. Muscle growth, development, adaptations and ageing15. Muscle diseases

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 15, 2004
  • Language: English

About the authors

DJ

David Anthony Jones

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Children's Orthopaedic Clinic of the NHS Trust and Morriston Hospital, Swansea; Honorary Clinical Teacher in Orthopaedics, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK

AD

Arnold De Haan

Affiliations and expertise
Institute for Fundamental & Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands

JR

Joan Round

Affiliations and expertise
School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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