Strength and Power in Sport: Olympic Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine (The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine)

✍ Scribed by Paavo Komi

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 540
• Edition: 2nd Edition, Volume III
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The second edition of this broadly based book continues to examine and update the basic and applied aspects of strength and power in sport from the neurophysiology of the basic motor unit to training for specific activities. Authorship is, again, international and includes leading physiologists and clinicians.

✦ Table of Contents

STRENGTH AND POWER IN SPORT......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 9
Forewords......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Units of Measurement and Terminology......Page 15
Part 1: Definitions......Page 17
1 Basic Considerations for Exercise......Page 19
Part 2: Biological Basis for Strength and Power......Page 25
2 Neuronal Control of Functional Movement......Page 27
3 Motor Unit and Motoneurone Excitability during Explosive Movement......Page 43
4 Muscular Basis of Strength......Page 66
5 Hormonal Mechanisms Related to the Expression of Muscular Strength and Power......Page 89
6 Exercise-Related Adaptations in Connective Tissue......Page 112
7 Contractile Performance of Skeletal Muscle Fibres......Page 130
8 Skeletal Muscle and Motor Unit Architecture: Effect on Performance......Page 150
9 Mechanical Muscle Models and Their Application to Force and Power Production......Page 170
10 Stretch-Shortening Cyle......Page 200
11 Stretch-Shortening Cycle Fatigue and its Influence on Force and Power Production......Page 219
Part 3: Mechanisms for Adaptation in Strength and Power Training......Page 245
12 Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Adaptation in Skeletal Muscle......Page 247
13 Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia......Page 268
14 Acute and Chronic Muscle Metabolic Adaptations to Strength Training......Page 281
15 Neural Adaptation to Strength Training......Page 297
16 Mechanisms of Muscle and Motor Unit Adaptation to Explosive Power Training......Page 331
17 Proprioceptive Training: Considerations for Strength and Power Production......Page 347
18 Connective Tissue and Bone Response to Strength Training......Page 359
19 Endocrine Responses and Adaptations to Strength and Power Training......Page 377
20 Cardiovascular Responses to Strength Training......Page 403
Part 4: Special Problems in Strength and Power Training......Page 423
21 Ageing and Neuromuscular Adaptation to Strength Training......Page 425
22 Use of Electrical Stimulation in Strength and Power Training......Page 442
Part 5: Strength and Power Training for Sports......Page 453
23 Biomechanics of Strength and Strength Training......Page 455
24 Vibration Loads: Potential for Strength and Power Development......Page 504
25 Training for Weightlifting......Page 518
Index......Page 533