Table of Contents “...Our biological heritage -- The cell and its regulatory mechanisms -- The muscle and its contraction -- Motor function -- Body fluids, blood, and circulation -- Respiration -- Skeletal system -- Physical performance -- Evaluation of physical performance on the basis of tests -- Body dimensions and muscular exercise -- Physical training -- Nutrition and physical performance -- Temperature regulation -- Factors affecting performance -- Fatigue -- Applied sport physiology -- Applied work physiology -- Physical activity and health....”

Table of Contents “...Exercise physiology, sport and pedagogy : an historical perspective -- Nutrition for health and sports performance -- From cells to systems -- The control systems : nervous and endocrine -- The movement systems : skeletal and muscular -- The transport and exchange systems : respiratory and cardiovascular -- Physical and functional growth and development -- General concepts for applied exercise physiology -- Power and power endurance : the explosive sports -- Anaerobic endurance : the speed endurance sports -- High-intensity aerobic endurance sports -- Lower-intensity aerobic endurance sports -- Intermittent sports -- Applied exercise physiology and health -- Applied exercise physiology and the environment....”
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Table of Contents “...Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1: Physiology of Exercise Chapter 0: Introduction to Exercise Physiology Chapter 1: Measurement of Work, Power, and Energy Expenditure Chapter 2: Control of the Internal Environment Chapter 3: Bioenergetics Chapter 4: Exercise metabolism Chapter 5: Cell Signaling and the Hormonal Responses to Exercise Chapter 6: Exercise and the Immune System Chapter 7: The Nervous System: Structure and Control of Movement Chapter 8: Skeletal Muscle: Structure and Function Chapter 9: Circulatory Responses to Exercise Chapter 10: Respiration During Exercise Chapter 11: Acid-Base Balance During Exercise Chapter 12: Temperature Regulation Chapter 13: The Physiology of Training: Effect on VO2 Max, Performance, Homeostasis, and Strength -- SECTION 2: Physiology of Health and Fitness Chapter 14: Risk Factors and Inflammation: Links to Chronic Disease Chapter 15: Work Tests to Evaluate Cardiorespiratory Fitness Chapter 15: Work Tests to Evaluate Cardiorespiratory Fitness Chapter 16: Exercise Prescriptions for Health and Fitness Chapter 17: Exercise for Special Populations Chapter 18: Body Composition and Nutrition for Health -- SECTION 3: Physiology of Performance Chapter 19: Factors Affecting Performance Chapter 20: Laboratory Assessment of Human Performance Chapter 21: Training for Performance Chapter 22: Training for the Female Athlete, Children, Special Populations, and the Masters Athlete Chapter 23: Nutrition, Body Composition, and Performance Chapter 24: Exercise and the Environment Chapter 25: Ergogenic AidsAppendixes....”

Table of Contents “...The adequate stimulus -- Pain theories -- Anatomy of nociceptors -- Molecular biology of the nociceptor/transduction -- Zoster-associated pain and nociceptors -- Ectopic generators -- Sodium channels -- Physiology of nociceptors -- Itch -- Thermal sensation (cold and heat) through thermosensitive TRP channel activation -- The development of nociceptive systems -- Appropriate/inappropriate developed "pain" paths -- Pain control: a child-centered approach - Assaying pain-related genes: preclinical and clinical correlates -- Evolutionary aspects of pain -- Redheads and pain -- Autonomic nervous system and pain -- Sympathetic blocks for pain -- Sprouting in dorsal root ganglia -- Vagal afferent neurons and pain -- Sex, gender, and pain -- Neurotrophins and pain -- Morphological and neurochemical organization of the spinal dorsal horn -- Spinal cord physiology of nociception -- What is a wide-dynamic-range cell? ...”

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