Endurance in Sport
Contributors: Astrand, Per-Olof
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Olympic Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, 2; Olympic Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, 2
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 1007
ISBN-13: 9780470694824
Description: Endurance in Sport is a comprehensive and authoritative work on all aspects of this major component of sports science. The book also embraces medical and sport-specific issues of particular relevance to those interested in endurance performance. The scientific basis and mechanisms of endurance - physiological, psychological, genetic and environmental - are all considered in depth. Measurement of endurance is extensively reviewed as is preparation and training for physical activities requiring endurance.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: ENDURANCE IN SPORT; Contents; List of Contributors; Forewords; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Part 1: Definitions; 1 Semantic and Physiological Definitions; 2 Endurance Sports; Part 2: Basic Scientific Considerations; Part 2a: Biological Bases of Endurance Performance and the Associated Functional Capacities; Part 2b: Psychological Aspects of Endurance Performance; Part 2c: Genetic Determinants of Endurance Performance; Part 2d: Physical Limitations of Endurance Performance; Part 3: Measurements in Endurance Sport; 18 Factors to be Measured.; title: 19 Sport-Specific Testing in Laboratory and Field20 Assessment of Environmental Extremes and Competitive Strategies; 21 Maximal Oxygen Intake; 22 Anaerobic Metabolism and Endurance Performance; 23 Metabolism in the Contracting Skeletal Muscle; 24 Body Composition of the Endurance Performer; 25 Personality Structure of the Endurance Performer; 26 Perception of Effort During Endurance Training and Performance; Part 4: Principles of Endurance.