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Ergonomics in sport and physical activity : enhancing performance and improving safety / Thomas Reilly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xxx, 274 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0736069321
  • 9780736069328
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.71 22
LOC classification:
  • RC1235 .R45 2010
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Risk Factors -- 1. Physical Properties of Human Structures -- Monitoring Activity Demands -- Assessing Individual Characteristics -- Assessing Physiological Capabilities -- Assessing Mental load -- Overview and Summary -- 2. Health and Safety -- Injuries -- Predisposition to Injury -- Overtraining and Overreaching -- Immunosuppression -- Risk Assessment -- Risk Taking and Fun -- Spectator Safely -- Human Ethics and Risk -- Overview and Summary -- 3. Environmental Stress -- Thermoregulation -- Altitude -- Air Quality -- Noise -- Overview and Summary -- 4. Circadian Rhythms -- Training and Time of Day -- Sleep-Wake Cycle -- Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag -- Sleep Deprivation or Disruption -- Nocturnal Shift Work -- Overview and Summary -- Part II. Sport Ergonomics -- 5. Ergonomics Models and Training Modes in Sport and Leisure -- Fitting the Task to the Person -- Generic Models -- The Training Component -- Technological Training Aids -- Overview and Summary -- 6. Competitive and Training Stress in Sport -- Physiological Loading -- Spinal Loading -- Physical Loading -- Psychological Loading -- Overview and Summary -- 7. Sports Equipment and Playing Surfaces -- Sports Implements -- Sport Surfaces -- Sports Clothing -- Sport Shoes -- Protective Functions of Sports Equipment -- Personal Protective Equipment -- Overview and Summary -- Part III. Ergonomics in Physical Activities -- 8. Fitness for Work -- Military Personnel -- Prison Officers -- Police Officers -- Firefighters -- Bus Workers and Postal Workers -- Drivers -- Ambulance Workers -- Forestry Workers -- BeachLifeguards -- Professional Divers -- Workplace Fitness Programs -- Overview and Summary -- 9. Special Populations -- Young People -- Women -- Elderly People -- Athletes With Disabilities -- MatchOfficials -- Overview and Summary -- 10. Clinical Aspects -- Predispositions to Injury -- Musculoskeletal Loading -- Overreaching -- Worming Up and Cooling Down -- Recovery Processes -- Prophylactic Measures -- Supplements in Clinical Contexts -- Artificial Neural Networks -- Overview and Summary -- 11. A Holistic and Nutritional Ergonomics Perspective -- Part icipatory. Ergonomics -- Human Enhancement Technologies -- Performance and Cognitive Enhancement -- Historical Perspective on Drug Use -- From Clinic to Gymnasium -- Nutritional Supplements and Over-the-Counter Drugs -- Global Ergonomics -- Overview and Summary.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Risk Factors -- 1. Physical Properties of Human Structures -- Monitoring Activity Demands -- Assessing Individual Characteristics -- Assessing Physiological Capabilities -- Assessing Mental load -- Overview and Summary -- 2. Health and Safety -- Injuries -- Predisposition to Injury -- Overtraining and Overreaching -- Immunosuppression -- Risk Assessment -- Risk Taking and Fun -- Spectator Safely -- Human Ethics and Risk -- Overview and Summary -- 3. Environmental Stress -- Thermoregulation -- Altitude -- Air Quality -- Noise -- Overview and Summary -- 4. Circadian Rhythms -- Training and Time of Day -- Sleep-Wake Cycle -- Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag -- Sleep Deprivation or Disruption -- Nocturnal Shift Work -- Overview and Summary -- Part II. Sport Ergonomics -- 5. Ergonomics Models and Training Modes in Sport and Leisure -- Fitting the Task to the Person -- Generic Models -- The Training Component -- Technological Training Aids -- Overview and Summary -- 6. Competitive and Training Stress in Sport -- Physiological Loading -- Spinal Loading -- Physical Loading -- Psychological Loading -- Overview and Summary -- 7. Sports Equipment and Playing Surfaces -- Sports Implements -- Sport Surfaces -- Sports Clothing -- Sport Shoes -- Protective Functions of Sports Equipment -- Personal Protective Equipment -- Overview and Summary -- Part III. Ergonomics in Physical Activities -- 8. Fitness for Work -- Military Personnel -- Prison Officers -- Police Officers -- Firefighters -- Bus Workers and Postal Workers -- Drivers -- Ambulance Workers -- Forestry Workers -- BeachLifeguards -- Professional Divers -- Workplace Fitness Programs -- Overview and Summary -- 9. Special Populations -- Young People -- Women -- Elderly People -- Athletes With Disabilities -- MatchOfficials -- Overview and Summary -- 10. Clinical Aspects -- Predispositions to Injury -- Musculoskeletal Loading -- Overreaching -- Worming Up and Cooling Down -- Recovery Processes -- Prophylactic Measures -- Supplements in Clinical Contexts -- Artificial Neural Networks -- Overview and Summary -- 11. A Holistic and Nutritional Ergonomics Perspective -- Part icipatory. Ergonomics -- Human Enhancement Technologies -- Performance and Cognitive Enhancement -- Historical Perspective on Drug Use -- From Clinic to Gymnasium -- Nutritional Supplements and Over-the-Counter Drugs -- Global Ergonomics -- Overview and Summary.

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