Heat Stress in Sport and Exercise Thermophysiology of Health and Performance /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Périard, Julien D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Racinais, Sébastien (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Sports medicine.; Cardiology.; Human physiology.; Sports sciences.; Sports-Psychological aspects.; Sports Medicine.; Human Physiology.; Sport Science .; Sport Psychology.

The book is designed to provide a flowing description of the physiology of heat stress, the illnesses associated with heat exposure, recommendations on optimising health and performance, and an examination of Olympic sports played in potentially hot environmental conditions. In the first section the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section I -The physiology of heat stress: 1 Basics of thermoregulation
• 2 Cardiovascular function in the heat
• 3 Central nervous system function in the heat
• 4 Skeletal muscle function in the heat
• Section II- Illnesses and countermeasures: 5 Exertional heat illness
• 6 Hydration.-7 Cooling.-8 Heat acclimation. Section III- Application to sport: 9 Football/soccer, AFL and Rugby
• 10 American football
• 11 Tennis
• 12 Athletics - marathon
• 13 Motor sports
• 14 Cycling
• 15 Beach volleyball
• 16 Open water
• 17 Triathlon.