Overview
- Offers a comprehensive synthesis of the research on how the reproductive endocrine system affects female exercise ability
- Presents unique overview of how oral contraceptives influence the capacity to exercise in women
- Addresses the physiology and psychology behind the endocrine-female exercise interplay, placing them in context for use by researchers as well as clinicians who work with women during injury rehabilitation or development of exercise training programs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Department of Nutrition; Department of Exercise & Sport Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, US
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women
Book Subtitle: Scientific and Clinical Aspects
Editors: Anthony C. Hackney
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44558-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83079-7Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44558-8Published: 09 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 315
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Sports Medicine, Cardiology, Gynecology