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Summary
Summary
Endurance in Sport is an exhaustive and authoritative work on all aspects of this major component of sports science which embraces all medical and sport-specific issues of particular relevance to the endurance competitor, defined as the participant in activities of more than one hour's duration. The scientific basis and mechanisms of endurance - physiological, psychological, genetic and environmental - are considered in depth. Measurement of endurance is extensively reviewed as is training for physical activities requiring endurance as a component of participation. Both editors are expert exercise physiologists highly regarded in the world scientific community and are thus uniquely placed to select expert contributors to this volume.
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This volume brings together contributions by 66 respected world leaders in sports science who present a wide variety of information regarding all aspects of endurance sports. The topics covered are divided into seven sections: Definitions, Basic Scientific Considerations, Measurement of Endurance, Principles of Endurance Preparation, Specific Population Groups and Endurance Training, Clinical Aspects of Endurance Training, and Specific Issues in Individual Sports. To be considered an endurance sport by the editors, an event must last one hour or longer. The individual essays provide information concerning the problems that the athlete actually faces during competition as opposed to purely laboratory exercises. The types of athletes studied are those engaging in international competition requiring the greatest challenge to their body systems. Directed toward students of and professionals in the broad field of sports medicine who have the appropriate technical background.-G. C. Meyer, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Table of Contents
| Part 1 Definitions |
| Semantic and physiological definitions |
| ndurance sports |
| art 2 Basic scientific considerations |
| Part 2a Biological bases of endurance performance and the associated functional capacities |
| eneral considerations |
| natomical and anthropometric fundamentals of endurance |
| ellular metabolism and endurance |
| he pulmonary system and endurance |
| ardiac function and endurance |
| eripheral circulation and endurance |
| entral nervous influence on fatigue |
| uscular factors in endurance |
| ndocrine factors in endurance |
| ood stores and energy reserves |
| art 2b Psychological aspects of endurance performance |
| Psychological aspects of endurance performance |
| art 2c Genetic determinants of endurance performance |
| enetic determinants of endurance performance |
| art 2d Physical limitations of endurance performance |
| echanical constraints upon endurance performance |
| eat exchange in hot and cold environments |
| conomy of movement |
| art 3 Measurements of endurance |
| actors to be measured |
| aximal oxygen intake |
| port-specific ergometric equipment |
| aemoglobin, blood volume and endurance |
| uscular endurance and blood lactate |
| etabolism in the contracting skeletal muscle |
| ody composition and body energy stores |
| ersonality and endurance performance: The state/trait controversy |
| ensory processes and endurance performance |
| nvironmental extremes and endurance performance |
| art 4 Principles of endurance preparation |
| nfluences of biological age and selection |
| ndurance conditioning |
| Diet, vitamins and fluids: intake before and after prolonged exercise |
| Psychology and endurance sports |
| revention of injuries in endurance athletes |
| iochemical causes of fatigue and overtraining |
| eversible reproductive changes with endurance training |
| art 5 Specific population groups and endurance training |
| erobic responses to physical training in children |
| regnant women and endurance exercise |
| he elderly and endurance training |
| art 6 Clinical aspects of endurance training |
| edical surveillance of endurance sport |
| ardiovascular benefits of endurance exercise |
| ardiac problems in endurance sports |
| ung fluid movement |
| yperthermia,ypothermia and problems of hydration |
| roblems of high altitude |
| mbient air pollution and endurance performance |
| ffects of endurance exercise on immune response |
| veruse syndromes |
| ther health benefits of physical activity |
| art 7 Specific issues in individual sports |
| wimming as an endurance sport |
| he energetics of running |
| anoeing |
| owing |
| ross-country ski racing |
| ycling |
| riathlon training and competition |
| ountaineering |
| he physiology of human-powered flight |
| ndurance in other sports |
| ndex |
