Sport Exercise and Environmental Physiology
- 1st Edition - October 28, 2004
- Authors: Thomas Reilly, Jim Waterhouse
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 0 7 3 5 8 - 8
The book collates the relationships between exercise and the environment in a single volume. The human interacts with environmental factors in complex ways. The aim of this text is… Read more
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The book collates the relationships between exercise and the environment in a single volume. The human interacts with environmental factors in complex ways. The aim of this text is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the environmental influences that impact on the individual when exercising or competing in sport. The main environmental factors are considered in turn, the physiological reactions to discrete environmental stresses are described and methods of adaptation or coping are explained.
- Evidence-based information and highly respected references dominates the text, lending credibility to the material.
- The coverage maintains strong focus throughout, placing constant emphasis on the physics and physiology of the environmental stress.
- Helpful information on the impact on the individual doing activity offers other important information, necessary to real-world practice.
- The issues of acclimatization are addressed before recommendations, helping practitioners to cope with common issues.
Students doing the Sport Science degree( there are specialist modules concerned with environmental physiology in sport science, coaching science, science in football, exercise science, human science, sport studies in BA and BSc degrees.) The text would be relevant for ergonomics courses, environmental sciences and human biology. Also to be used at Masters level of both sport and exercise programmes (e.g. sport physiotherapists) and in sports medicine. Professionals working in Sport, e.g. trainers, coaches. Will be suitable n Australia, Canada, USA and UK.
1 Exercise and the environment: an ergonomics approach. 2 Exercise in the heat. 3 Exercise in the cold. 4 Altitude stress and hypoxia . 5 Underwater sports. 6 The stress of travel . 7 The effects of space flight . 8 Air quality . 9 Noise. 10 Living and exercising in hostile environments.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 28, 2004
- Language: English
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Thomas Reilly
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK