Endurance in Sport: vol 2 (The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0632030356 ISBN 13: 9780632030354

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1991

Synopsis

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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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,

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0632030356
• ISBN 13: 9780632030354
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Shephard R. J., Astrand P.–O.