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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779132603321

Autore

Stewart Arthur D

Titolo

Body Composition in Sport, Exercise and Health [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-280-87428-7

9786613715593

1-136-47830-2

0-203-13304-8

1-136-47829-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SuttonLaura

Disciplina

612.044

613.7

Soggetti

Body composition

MEDICAL / Nutrition

MEDICAL / Sports Medicine

Physical fitness

Sports - Physiological aspects

Sports -- Physiological aspects

SPORTS & RECREATION / General

Recreation

Metabolic Phenomena

Biochemical Phenomena

Human Activities

Musculoskeletal Physiological Processes

Body Constitution

Physiological Phenomena

Leisure Activities

Chemical Phenomena

Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena

Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Exercise

Body Composition

Sports

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Sports Medicine



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BODY COMPOSITION IN SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The concept of body composition and its applications; 2 Laboratory methods of body composition analysis; 3 Portable methods of body composition analysis; 4 Physique: phenotype, somatotype and 3D scanning; 5 Muscle tissue; 6 Bone tissue; 7 Anthropometric surrogates for fatness and health; 8 Body composition change; 9 Body composition in chronic disease and disability

10 Body composition: professional practice and an interdisciplinary toolkieIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The analysis of body composition (fat, bone and muscle) is an important process throughout the biomedical sciences. This is the first book to offer a clear and detailed introduction to the key methods and techniques in body composition analysis and to explain the importance of body composition data in the context of sport, exercise and health. With contributions from some of the world's leading body composition specialists, the book goes further than any other in demonstrating the practical and applied value of body composition analysis in areas such as performance sport and w