Overview
- It’s the only book surveying the physiologic systems impacted by Spinal Cord Injury in the context of exercise to date
- The book is written for experts in physical and rehabilitation medicine, integrative physiology of exercise, adaptive exercise and sports, as well as for those with a spinal cord injury, their caregivers, and even their physicians
- The contributing authors are among the most cited research scientists in the fields of spinal cord injury and exercise physiology
Part of the book series: Physiology in Health and Disease (PIHD)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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About this book
Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI). Those with an SCI are two to five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and middle-income countries. Dynamic aerobic requires integrated physiologic responses across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, autonomic, pulmonary, thermoregulatory, and immunologic systems. Moreover, regular aerobic exercise beneficially impacts these same systems, reducing the risk for a range of diseases and maladies. This book will present comprehensive information on the unique physiologic effects of SCI and the potential role of exercise in treating and mitigating these effects. In addition, it will incorporate work from scientists across a number of disciplines and have contributors at multiple levels of investigation and across physiologic systems. Furthermore, SCI can be considered an accelerated form of aging due to the severely restricted physical inactivity imposed, usually at an early age. Therefore, the information presented may have a broader importance to the physiology of aging as it relates to inactivity. Lastly, the need for certain levels of regular aerobic exercise to engender adaptations beneficial to health is not altered by the burden of an SCI. Indeed, the amounts of exercise necessary may be even greater than the able-bodied due to ‘passive’ ambulation. This book will also address the potential health benefits for those with an SCI that can be realized if a sufficient exercise stimulus is provided.
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Book Title: The Physiology of Exercise in Spinal Cord Injury
Editors: J. Andrew Taylor
Series Title: Physiology in Health and Disease
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6664-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The American Physiological Society 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6662-2Published: 22 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8265-3Published: 28 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-6664-6Published: 20 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2625-252X
Series E-ISSN: 2625-2538
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 286
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Physiology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Sports Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention