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Open Textbook of Exercise Physiology (MacIntosh)
This is an introductory textbook of exercise physiology, with some advanced material. It is unique in that it contains chapters on immunology, muscle cell signaling and the child in exercise physiology that are not typically contained in a book of this nature. In addition, there is a unique introductory chapter that reviews some of the basics of learning exercise physiology.
- Author
- Brian R. MacIntosh
- Publisher
- University of Calgary
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
Contents· 24 sections
- 01: Introducing this Open Textbook
- 1.01: Chapter 1 - To Help You Learn Exercise Physiology
- 1.02: Chapter 2 - Historical Perspective on Canadian Exercise Physiology
- 02: The Fundamentals of Exercise Physiology
- 2.01: Chapter 3 - Neural Control of Movement in Exercise
- 2.02: Chapter 4 - Skeletal Muscle Structure Form for Function
- 2.03: Chapter 5 - Skeletal Muscle Contraction
- 2.04: Chapter 6 - Energy Supply at Rest and During Exercise
- 2.4.01: Energy Supply for Exercise
- 2.05: Chapter 7 - Pulmonary Function Gas Exchange Between the Environment and Blood
- 2.06: Chapter 8 - The Circulatory System Response to Exercise and Training
- 2.07: Chapter 9 - Homeostasis And its Disturbance During Exercise
- 2.08: Chapter 10 - Measuring Metabolic Rates and Capacities
- 2.09: Chapter 11 - Nutrition and Energy Balance in Active People
- 03: Integration of Exercise Physiology
- 3.01: Chapter 12 - Body Composition the Stuff We Are Made of
- 3.02: Chapter 13 - Potentiation and Fatigue the Consequences of Repetitive Activation of Muscle
- 3.03: Chapter 14 - Molecular Basis of Exercise Training Adaptations in Skeletal Muscle
- 3.04: Chapter 15 - The Immune System Response to Acute and Chronic Exercise
- 3.05: Chapter 16 - Physiological Determinants of Athletic Performance
- 3.06: Chapter 17 - The Child- Responses and Adaptations to Physical Activity and Training
- 3.07: Chapter 18 - The Role of Physical Activity and Lifestyle in the Elderly
- 3.08: Chapter 19 - What are the Health Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
- 3.09: Chapter 20 - High Altitude Physiology- Climbing Earths Highest Peak