Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease (2nd Edition) [#1032395]

Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease
English | 2026 | ISBN: 3032059879 | 1229 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 109 MB
The Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease is intelligently structured, easy accessible and user-friendly: A-Z format, clear, concise language and uniform essay structure as well as extensive cross references between keywords and related articles enables efficient searches in a user-friendly manner both for experts and newcomers. This second edition has been extensively updated and definitions have been enlarged and elaborated in detail. It is intended to be a comprehensive up-to-date data base on the adaptation of the human body and metabolism to exercise and on the therapeutic use of exercise with up to 2,000 keywords. It covers all aspects within the full range of modern exercise medicine of each particular scientific discipline (cardiovascular, neurology, aging, etc.). This includes information on methodological approaches to measuring the principle components of motor fitness, and practical aspects of their enhancement by trainings regimes as well as by nutrition and the application of drugs. The encyclopedia further provides an overview on the molecular components of human biochemistry and informs about metabolic processes in health and disease. Such a wide range of entries, all written by leading experts in their respective fields, will therefore address both the basic&clinical scientist as well as the practitioner. Moreover, the Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine is aimed at people in related fields, health care professionals, physiotherapists, trainers, students, informed athletes and interested laypersons. It is available both in print and as a fully searchable and hyperlinked electronic online edition.