Advanced Neuromuscular Exercise Physiology

Advanced Neuromuscular Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive synthesis of knowledge and research in the field, covering biochemistry, molecular biology, neurophysiology, and muscle physiology. It assists readers in identifying current directions in research and new avenues for exploration, with a new chapter on clinical considerations and updated content on blood flow restriction, pain, surface EMG signals, motoneuronal initial segment, exerkines, and small extracellular vesicles. The text covers a variety of important issues in the field, beginning with a discussion of motor unit types, muscle blood flow, and metabolic pathways in control of metabolism. Chapter objectives, review questions, and practical examples help readers engage with the content, and analyses of research findings and research applications are highlighted in special sidebars.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2024
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers

Advanced Neuromuscular Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, is a comprehensive resource that provides a synthesis of knowledge and research in the field of neuromuscular exercise physiology. It covers a wide range of topics, including biochemistry, molecular biology, neurophysiology, and muscle physiology, and assists readers in identifying current directions in research and new avenues for exploration. The text simplifies complex concepts with illustrations and graphs, and includes a new chapter on clinical considerations, focusing on conditions that involve a compromise in the neuromuscular mechanisms necessary for movement. Other chapters have been updated with new or expanded content, including blood flow restriction during exercise as a training method, the influence of pain on motor unit recruitment, surface EMG signals and the role that high-density surface EMG has played in motor unit recruitment research, updates on the role of the motoneuronal initial segment in the activation and adaptation of motoneurons, an exploration of the "onion skin" pattern and neuromechanical matching for an explanation of motor unit recruitment, the role of exerkines and small extracellular vesicles in adaptation to exercise, and the role of the motoneuronal initial segment in the activation and adaptation of motoneurons. The text covers a variety of important issues in the field, beginning with a discussion of motor unit types, muscle blood flow, and metabolic pathways in control of metabolism. Possible periph.

Weight: 726g
Dimension: 215 x 280 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781718215566
Edition number: 2 ed