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Advances in Sport and Exercise Science Series
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Edited By
Michael Gleeson, BSc, PhD, Professor of Exercise Biochemistry, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
Neil Spurway, MA, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Exercise Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Don MacLaren, Professor of Sports Nutrition, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Designed to help readers understand
and evaluate the relationship between exercise, immune function and infection risk, this book presents evidence for the "J-shaped" relationship
between exercise load and infection risk. It also describes the components of the human immune system and key functions that protect
the body from disease, the impact of acute and chronic psychological stress on immune function, and practical guidelines for minimizing
the risk of immunodepression and infection in athletes. Further chapters explore different ways of measuring immune function, as well
as the effects of heavy training on innate and specific (acquired) immunity, exercise in environmental extremes, and nutrition. Connections
between exercise, infection risk, and immune function in special populations (elderly, obese, diabetic and HIV patients) are also addressed.
Audience
Undergraduate students in sport science (Undergraduate modules in exercise physiology (BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences)), exercise science,
human physiology, biomedical sciences. The more practical aspects may also be of interest to athletes, coaches and team doctors.
Contents
Preface
1. Exercise and infection risk
2. Introduction to the immune system
3. Methods of assessing immune function
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Acute exercise and innate immune function
5. Acute exercise and acquired immune function
6. Immune responses to intensified
training and overtraining
7. Immune response to exercise in extreme environments
8. Exercise, nutrition and immune function:
I Macronutrients and amino acids
9. Exercise, nutrition and immune function: II Micronutrients, antioxidants and other supplements
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Exercise and cytokines
11. Psychological stress and immune function
12. Monitoring immune function in athletes and guidelines
for minimizing the risk of infection
13. Exercise, infection risk and immune function in special populations
Glossary
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Paperback, 338 pages, publication date: NOV-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10118-2
ISBN-10: 0-443-10118-3
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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