Paediatric exercise science and medicine
by Armstrong, Neil Van Mechelen, Willem
Now in its second edition, Paediatric Exercise Science and Medicine is the leading reference work designed to support and challenge those involved in developmental exercise science and medicine. Since the publication of the first edition, the paediatric sub-specialty has become firmly established as a major component of sport and exercise medicine and this is reflected by a marked increase in research activity and publication. Experimental methods pioneered with adultshave been successfully ada…
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- Full title :Paediatric exercise science and medicine / edited by Neil Armstrong and Willem Van Mechelen.
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Now in its second edition, Paediatric Exercise Science and Medicine is the leading reference work designed to support and challenge those involved in developmental exercise science and medicine. Since the publication of the first edition, the paediatric sub-specialty has become firmly established as a major component of sport and exercise medicine and this is reflected by a marked increase in research activity and publication. Experimental methods pioneered with adultshave been successfully adapted for use with children and new non-invasive techniques have been developed and applied to paediat.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 650 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191552557, 0191552550
- oclc:ocn801405884
- LC Classification:RC1218.C45
- Dewey Decimal:617.1/027
Table of Contents
Preface; List of contributors; PART I: Assessment in Paediatric Exercise Science; 1 Ethics in paediatric research: principles and processes; Introduction; Principles; Processes; Summary; References; 2 Interpreting exercise performance data in relation to body size; Introduction; Scaling for body size differences in cross-sectional data sets; Scaling for body-size differences in longitudinal data sets; Summary; References; 3 Anthropometry, physique, body composition and maturity; Introduction; Anthropometry in assessing size and proportional characteristics.
Estimating physique by somatotypingBody composition assessment: models, methodological aspects, and techniques; Assessing biological maturity; Summary; References; 4 Muscle strength; Introduction; Terminology; Skeletal muscle active states; Determinants of a strength assessment method; Electrically evoked muscle strength testing; Interpretative considerations; Summary; References; 5 Maximal intensity exercise; Introduction; Maximal intensity exercise tests; Jump tests; Monoarticular force-velocity tests; Cycle tests; Running tests; Summary; References; 6 Pulmonary function; Introduction.
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