Exercise : benefits, limits, and adaptations / edited by Donald Macleod ... [et al.]. - London ; New York : E. & F.N. Spon, 1987. - xvii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Edinburgh Postgraduate Board for Medicine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Exercise and medicine: Exercise and coronary heart disease / J. N. Morris, M. G. Everitt and A. M. Semmence -- Exercise and chronic disease / A. Young -- Exercise and ageing / J. A. Muir Gray -- Exercise and sport for mentally handicapped people / W. I. Fraser and R. A. Stuart -- Part II Short term activity: Energy metabolism and fatigue in working muscle / E. Hultman, L. L. Spriet and K. Sodelund -- Muscle pH glycolytic ATP turnover and the onset of fatigue / L. L. Spriet -- Influence of carbohydrate stores on maximal human power output / I. Jacobs -- Metabolic aspects of fatigue during sprinting / L. H. Boobis -- Lactate production during exercise: xidizable substrate versus fatigue agent / G. A. Brooks -- Part III Endurance: a multi-disciplinary perspective: Central cardiovascular factors as limits to endurance; with a note on the distinction between maximal oxygen uptake and endurance fitness / G. Savard, B. Kiens and B. Saltin -- Application of metabolic logic to the questions of causes of fatigue in marathon races / E. A. Newsholme -- Biomechanical aspects of endurance / E. C. Frederick -- Cartilage and joint limitations on exercise / D. S. Muckle -- Part IV Women and sport: Exercise-related adaptive changes of the menstrual cycle / J. C. Prior -- Skeletal demineralization in the amenorrheic athlete / A. B. Loucks -- The psychological effects of exercise for women / N. Mutrie -- Physiological profiles of the male and the female / E. Nygaard and K. Hede -- Part V Environmental factors: Exercise at extreme altitude / J. R. Sutton -- Air pollution and exercise: physiological effects / P. B. Raven -- Circadian rhythms and exercise / T. Reilly -- Fluid balance as a limiting factor for exercise / M. H. Harrison -- In conclusion: Physiological compared with clinical aspects of physical activity / P. O. Astrand.

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Exercise--Physiological aspects--Congresses.
Adaptation (Physiology)--Congresses.
Fatigue Congresses.
Sports--Congresses.

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