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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Périard, Julien D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Racinais, Sébastien (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.