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Introduction
Chapter 1: To Help You Learn Exercise Physiology
Brian R MacIntosh; Michael Tschakovsky; and Jared R Fletcher
Chapter 2: Historical Perspective on Canadian Exercise Physiology*
Roy J Shephard
Chapter 3: Neural Control of Movement in Exercise
Jayne Kalmar; Greg Pearcey; and Simon Sharples
Chapter 4: Skeletal Muscle Structure, Form for Function
Brian R MacIntosh and R. John Holash
Chapter 5: Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Brian R MacIntosh
Chapter 6: Energy Supply at Rest and During Exercise
Brian R MacIntosh; Shivam Ghandi; and Christopher Perry
Chapter 7: Pulmonary Function; Gas Exchange Between the Environment and Blood
Glen E. Foster; Michael S. Koehle; Anne Lasinsky; and A. William Sheel
Chapter 8: The Circulatory System Response to Exercise and Training
Michael Tschakovsky; R. John Holash; and Brian R MacIntosh
Chapter 9: Homeostasis And its Disturbance During Exercise
Michael Lindinger
Chapter 10: Measuring Metabolic Rates and Capacities
Chapter 11: Nutrition and Energy Balance in Active People
Raylene Reimer; Lindsay K. Eller; and Jill A. Parnell
Chapter 12: Body Composition; the Stuff We Are Made of
Chapter 13: Potentiation and Fatigue, the Consequences of Repetitive Activation of Muscle
Brian R. MacIntosh and S. Jayne Garland
Chapter 14: Molecular Basis of Exercise Training Adaptations in Skeletal Muscle
David Hood; Nashwa Cheema; Ayesha Saleem; Heather Carter; Anna Vainshtein; Olga Ostojic; and Sobia Iqbal
Chapter 15: The Immune System Response to Acute and Chronic Exercise
Kevin Milne
Chapter 16: Physiological Determinants of Athletic Performance
Brian R MacIntosh and Jared R Fletcher
Chapter 17: The Child: Responses and Adaptations to Physical Activity and Training
Panagiota (Nota) Klentrou and Bareket Falk
Chapter 18: The Role of Physical Activity and Lifestyle in the Elderly
Jennifer Jakobi and Catherine Amara
Chapter 19: What are the Health Benefits of Regular Physical Activity?
Ian Janssen
Chapter 20: High Altitude Physiology: Climbing Earth’s Highest Peak
Phil Ainslie and Joseph Donnelly
GLOSSARY
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