Skeletal muscle form and function
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Skeletal muscle form and function
Human Kinetics, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This logically-organized reference for exercise physiologists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, sports medics, and strength and conditioning specialists refers to classic texts in muscle physiology and to recent discoveries in the field. It also includes research methodology and results. The author first examines the wide-ranging information known about skeletal muscle, and then provides practical examples of how physiological concepts are related to clinical disorders resulting from muscle or nerve fibre defects. He explains how muscle structure translates into function; how muscles develop in the embryo and obtain their nerve supply; the cellular processes which take place when muscles work, and how certain clinical disorders result from specific defects in muscle and nerve.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Structure and development: the muscle fibre
- the motoneuron
- the neuromuscular junction
- muscle receptors
- muscle development
- development of muscle innervation. Part 2 Putting muscles to work: ion channels, pumps and binding proteins
- axoplasmic transport
- resting and action potentials
- neuromuscular transmission
- muscle contraction
- motor units
- exercise
- muscle metabolism. Part 3 The adaptable neuromuscular system: fatigue
- loss of muscle innervation
- recovery of muscle innervation
- neurotrophism
- disuse
- muscle training
- injury and repair
- ageing.
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