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The Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise

ISBN: 978-0-470-75780-2

May 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

648 pages

Description
This valuable new addition to the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series provides a comprehensive and logical look at the principles and mechanisms of endocrinology as related to sports and exercise. It looks at growth hormone factors involved in exercise and the endocrinology of sport competition.

It considers various factors and stresses on the body that may alter sporting performance. It covers topics from the acute responses and chronic adaptations of the human endocrine system to the muscular activity involved in conditioning exercise, physical labor, and sport activities.

This book is an essential reference for helping to plan better programs of physical fitness, to prepare for sports competitions, and to manage the medical care of athletes.

About the Author

William J. Kraemer is the editor of The Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise, published by Wiley.

A. D. Rogol is the editor of The Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise, published by Wiley.

Features
Essential reference and valuable new addition in the IOC Medical Commission Encyclopaedia Sports Medicine series

  • Provides comprehensive and logical look at principles and mechanisms of endocrinology
  • Looks at growth hormone factors involved in exercise and the endocrinology of sport competition
  • Considers doping control and exercise stress
  • Expert and international authorship