Muscle and Exercise Physiology

Muscle and Exercise Physiology is a comprehensive reference covering muscle and exercise physiology from basic science to advanced knowledge including muscle power generating capabilities, muscle energetics, fatigue, aging and the cardio-respiratory system in exercise performance. Written by experts in respective fields, the book presents the clinical importance of body responses to physical exercise, including its impact on the body reactive oxygen species production, body immune system, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, cardiac energetics and its functional reserves as well as the health-related effects of physical activity and inactivity of humans. Novel topics like critical power, ROS and muscle, and heart muscle physiology are explored in context of exercise physiology to provide the perfect balance of science and application for researchers and scientists interested in muscle and exercise physiology as well as students of biological sciences, including medicine, human movements and sport sciences.

The cover image is courtesy of Adam Marczukiewicz.

Contains basic and state-of-the-art knowledge on the most important issues of muscle and exercise physiology, including muscle and body adaptation to physical training, the impact of aging and physical activity / inactivity on human exercise toleranceProvides both basic and advanced knowledge required to understand mechanisms that limit physical capacity from untrained people to top class athletes, including adaptation to physical trainingProvides advanced content on muscle power generating capabilities, muscle energetics, fatigue, and aging as well as the importance of cardio-respiratory system in exercise performance

Skeletal Muscle Morphology 1. Human Body Composition and Muscle Mass 2. Functional Morphology of the Striated Muscle 3. Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction and Relaxation 4. Motor Units and Muscle Receptors

Muscle Energetics and its Performance 5. Muscle Energetics 6. Efficiency of Skeletal Muscle 7. Muscle Function: Strength, Speed, and, Fatigability 8. Critical Power: Possibly the Most Important Fatigue Threshold in Exercise Physiology 9. Energy Cost of Human Locomotion on Land and in Water

Muscle Metabolism and Exercise Physiology 10. The Coupling of Internal and External Gas Exchange During Exercise 11. Carbohydrate Metabolism During Exercise 12. Muscle Lipid Metabolism 13. Muscle as an Endocrine Organ 14. The Role of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Skeletal Muscle 15. Exercise, Immunity and Illness

Body Adaptation to Exercise 16. The Evolution of Skeletal Muscle Plasticity in Response to Physical Activity and Inactivity 17. Muscle Blood Flow and Vascularization in Response to Exercise and Training 18. Metabolic Transitions and Muscle Metabolic Stability: Effects of Exercise Training 19. Human Aging - Impact on Muscle Force and Power 20. The Role of Exercise on Fracture Reduction and Bone Strengthening

Heart Muscle and Exercise 21. Functional Morphology of the Cardiac Myocyte 22. Exercise and the Coronary Circulation 23. Cardiac Energetics 24. Regulation of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure During Exercise in Humans 25. Sympatho-excitation in Heart Failure: Contribution of Skeletal Muscle Reflexes and the Protective Role of Exercise Training