by timeadmin | Dec 19, 2011 | Articles, Featured
This Training and Competition in Warm Conditions article is contributed by Phil Watson – Research Student, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University Medical School, Aberdeen Training and Competition in Warm Conditions For those living in the UK, the summer is now...
by timeadmin | Dec 19, 2011 | Articles, Featured, Skeletal Muscle
The Motor Unit Each fiber of a muscle can contribute to force production only if it is recruited by the brain. One motor nerve can branch into tens, hundreds, or even a thousand branches, each one terminating on a different muscle fiber. One motor nerve plus all of...
by timeadmin | Dec 19, 2011 | Articles, Featured
In the 1940s, William H. Sheldon introduced his theory of Somatypes in two major works, The Varieties of Human Physique (1940) and The Varieties of Human Temperament: A Psychology of constitutional Differences (1941). His theory proposed three basic body types and...
by timeadmin | Dec 6, 2011 | Articles, Featured
This Exercise and the Immune system article is contributed by Phil Watson – Research Student, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University Medical School, Aberdeen Exercise is good for your health. Isn’t it? It is generally accepted that regular participation...
by timeadmin | Oct 8, 2011 | Articles, Featured
Exercise Physiology and its origins The first edition of Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance appeared in 1981; since then, knowledge of the physiologic effects of exercise in general – and the body’s unique and specific responses...
