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Physiological Determinants of Exercise Tolerance in Humans

Edited by BJ Whipp and AJ Sargeant

St. George's Hospital Medical School, London and Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Studies in Physiology

This book is designed to confront the challenges of identifying the causes of exercise intolerance, i.e. what causes an individual to be unable to sustain a particular work rate sufficiently long enough for the successful completion of the task.

The strength of this book lies in its integrative approach. That is, there is a logical progression from considerations of individual organ system responses to their interaction in constraining or limiting exercise tolerance, and how this may be influenced by physical training.

In this context, the book considers the following issues: skeletal muscle mechanics; the control of intramuscular energetics and tissue gas exchange; circulatory and cardiovascular system function; and pulmonary limitations.

This book will prove particularly attractive for advanced undergraduate groups in physiology, biochemistry, sport and exercise science, intercalated BSc in medicine, sports medicine, physiotherapy, nursing science, and also for researchers, lecturers and postgraduates in the area of exercise physiology and pathophysiology.

Contents:

• Muscle fatigue during high intensity exercise DA Jones
  
• Neuromuscular determinants of human performance AJ Sargeant
  
• Muscle energetics - aerobic strategies DL Turner and H Hoppeler
  
• Skeletal muscle metabolism during high-intensity exercise in humans
  ME Nevill and PL Greenhaff
  
• The balance of carbohydrate and lipid use during sustained exercise: the "crossover concept" GA Brooks
  
• Water and electrolyte loss and replacement in the exercising human
  RJ Maughan
  
• Cardiovascular function and oxygen delivery during exercise NH Secher
  
• Determinants and limitations of pulmonary gas exchange during exercise
  SA Ward
  
• The performance of the pulmonary system during exercise in athletes
  BJ Whipp
  
• The effects of aging on exercise capacity EJ Bassey
  
• Index
  

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