Cycling / / Stephen Currie
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| Autore: |
Currie Stephen <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Cycling / / Stephen Currie
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| Pubblicazione: | Detroit : , : Lucent Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Disciplina: | 796.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cycling |
| Sports sciences | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-97) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: The bicycle -- chapter 1. Force, friction, and forward motion -- chapter 2. Stability, steering, and aerodynamics -- chapter 3. Basic bicycle components -- chapter 4. Muscles and body systems -- chapter 5. Nutrition, training, and injuries -- chapter 6. Performance-enhancing drugs. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Explores the scientific principles behind some of the most popular team and individual sports. Covers origins, history and changes, the biomechanics and physiology of playing, related health and medical concerns, and the causes and treatment of sports-related injuries. This volume covers the sport of cycling. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cycling |
| ISBN: | 1-4205-1120-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910135126803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Science behind sports.