Exercise Immunology
Author:   Michael Gleeson (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Nicolette Bishop (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Neil Walsh (Bangor University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415507264


Pages:   456
Publication Date:   20 June 2013
Replaced By:   9781032189161
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael Gleeson (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Nicolette Bishop (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Neil Walsh (Bangor University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9780415507264


ISBN 10:   041550726
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   20 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9781032189161
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Not available   Availability explained

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1. The influence of exercise on infection risk 2. The human immune system 3. Effects of exercise on blood leukocyte numbers 4. Effects of exercise on innate immune function 5. Effects of exercise on acquired immune function 6. Effects of exercise on mucosal immunity 7. Effect of extreme environments on immune responses to exercise 8. Immune responses to intensified periods of training 9. Exercise, nutrition and immune function 10. Practical guidelines on minimising infection risk in athletes 11. Allergy in sport 12. Exercise and the prevention of chronic diseases: the role of cytokines and the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise 13. Exercise, infection risk, immune function and inflammation in special populations Glossary of key terms

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Michael Gleeson is Professor of Exercise Biochemistry at Loughborough University, UK. Over the past 20 years he has published over 150 papers on exercise physiology, biochemistry and immunology and sports nutrition. He is a member of several Sports Science societies in the UK and worldwide, as well as being a past president of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology. He is also an elected Fellow of the European College of Sport Science, a past editor of the Journal of Sports Sciences and is currently associate editor of Exercise Immunology Review. Nicolette Bishop is Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at Loughborough University, UK where she leads the Performance Health Research Theme within the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport. She is widely published in the area of exercise immunology, is a member of the International Society for Exercise and Immunology, a Physiology Advisory Board Member for the Journal of Sports Sciences and acts as a consultant for the English Institute of Sport. Neil Walsh is Professor, and Director of the Extremes Research Group, in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science at Bangor University, UK. He is physiology section editor for the Journal of Sports Sciences, and a full member of BASES, the Physiology Society, the International Society of Exercise and Immunology and the American College of Sports Medicine.

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