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  • Physical Activity and the Abdominal Viscera

    Responses in Health and Disease

    by Roy J. Shephard ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Physical Activity and Health
    Physical Activity and the Abdominal Viscera is the first book to examine the response of the visceral organs to acute and chronic physical activity, in cases of both health and disease. Bringing together a previously disparate body of research, Professor Roy Shephard sets out the physiology, function during exercise, pathology of disease, and role of physical activity in preventing and managing ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Year Book of Sports Medicine 2012

    by Roy J Shephard ...
    Series Book 2012 - Year Books
    The Year Book of Sports Medicine brings you abstracts of articles carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Editor-in-Chief Roy Shephard states: ". . . Not only does a team of top international experts select the very best articles from a bewildering plethora of recent ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Year Book of Sports Medicine 2011

    by Roy J Shephard ...
    Series Book 2011 - Year Books
    Year Book of Sports Medicine 2011 ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Physical Activity and the Gastro-Intestinal Tract

    Responses in health and disease

    by Roy J. Shephard ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Physical Activity and Health
    The organs of the gastro-intestinal tract play an essential role in sustained physical activity, but their consideration in exercise-related literature has, to this point, been limited. Physical Activity and the Gastro-Intestinal Tract is the first book to explain the function and response to exercise of the gastro-intestinal system, in cases of both health and disease, and helps to shed light on ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

    by Roy J. Shephard ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book examines the health/fitness interaction in an historical context. Beginning in primitive hunter-gatherer communities, where survival required adequate physical activity, it goes on to consider changes in health and physical activity at subsequent stages in the evolution of “civilization.” It focuses on the health impacts of a growing understanding of medicine and physiology, and the ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • A History of Health & Fitness: Implications for Policy Today

    by Roy J. Shephard ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides a unique and succinct account of the history of health and fitness, responding to the growing recognition of physicians, policy makers and the general public that exercise is the most potent form of medicine available to humankind. Individual chapters present information extending from the earliest reaches of human history to the present day, arranged in the form of 30 thematic ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Year Book of Sports Medicine 2013

    by Roy J Shephard, MD, PhD, DPE ...
    Series Book 2013 - Year Books
    The Year Book of Sports Medicine brings you abstracts of articles carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Editor-in-Chief Roy Shephard states: ". . . Not only does a team of top international experts select the very best articles from a bewildering plethora of recent ... Read more

    $132.29 USD

  • Optimizing Physical Performance During Fasting and Dietary Restriction

    Implications for Athletes and Sports Medicine

    by Ezdine Bouhlel, Roy J. Shephard ...
    Optimizing Physical Performance During Fasting and Dietary Restriction examines the effects of sustained fasting and food restrictions on metabolism and physical performance in athletes. It provides broad coverage including both religious and non-religious fasting and dietary restrictions.This practical and evidence-based guide outlines recent find ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Obesity: A Kinesiology Perspective

    by Roy Shephard ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Physical Activity and Health
    There have been many books written on the subject of obesity, but most have approached the topic from the standpoint of the nutritionist, concluding from the somewhat fallacious evidence of changes in body mass that exercise has little place in the prevention or the treatment of obesity.This new volume, written by an exercise physiologist, approaches the topic through a thoughtful lens, suggesting ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Physical Activity and Aging

    Second Edition

    by Roy Shephard ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Aging
    In the late 1980s, the relationship between physical activity or exercise and aging was one of great contemporary interest. On the one hand there was a growing elderly population in industrialized societies seeking an active rather than a passive retirement, while on the other hand there was much current interest in the benefits to health of physical activity.The first edition of this book, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The Objective Monitoring of Physical Activity: Contributions of Accelerometry to Epidemiology, Exercise Science and Rehabilitation

    Edited by Roy J. Shephard, Catrine Tudor-Locke ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book examines the new knowledge that has been gained from the objective monitoring of habitual physical activity by means of pedometers and accelerometers. It reviews current advances in the technology of activity monitoring and details advantages of objective monitors relative to physical activity questionnaires. It points to continuing gaps in knowledge, and explores the potential for ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Gender, Physical Activity, and Aging

    Edited by Roy J. Shephard ...
    Why do women live longer than men? Does ownership of paired X chromosomes confer more prolonged survival on females, or is the gender difference in life-expectancy a cumulative consequence of differing life experiences for women and men? The areas of gender differences in aging, functional capacity, and the response to physical activity have often been the basis for speculation rather than ... Read more

    $87.99 USD