Reilly, Thomas,  1941-2009 <br/><br/>
Ergonomics in sport and physical activity :  enhancing performance and improving safety / 
Thomas Reilly. 
 - xxx, 274 pages :  illustrations ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  Introduction --  Risk Factors --  Physical Properties of Human Structures --  Monitoring Activity Demands --  Assessing Individual Characteristics --  Assessing Physiological Capabilities --  Assessing Mental load --  Overview and Summary --  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 --  Environmental Stress --  Thermoregulation --  Altitude --  Air Quality --  Noise --  Overview and Summary --  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 --  Sport Ergonomics --  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 --  Competitive and Training Stress in Sport --  Physiological Loading --  Spinal Loading --  Physical Loading --  Psychological Loading --  Overview and Summary --  Sports Equipment and Playing Surfaces --  Sports Implements --  Sport Surfaces --  Sports Clothing --  Sport Shoes --  Protective Functions of Sports Equipment --  Personal Protective Equipment --  Overview and Summary --  Ergonomics in Physical Activities --  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 --  Special Populations --  Young People --  Women --  Elderly People --  Athletes With Disabilities --  MatchOfficials --  Overview and Summary --  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 --  A Holistic and Nutritional Ergonomics Perspective --  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.  Part I.  1.  2.  3.  4.  Part II.  5.  6.  7.  Part III.  8.  9.  10.  11.  Part icipatory. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0736069321 9780736069328 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009033693 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Physiological aspects<br/>Human engineering.<br/>Exercise--Physiological aspects.<br/>Human engineering--Methodology<br/>Physical Exertion<br/>Safety Management
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC1235  / .R45 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>613.71