| Description |
xii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Exercise and Resistance to Infectious Illness -- Ch. 2. Overview of the Immune System -- Ch. 3. Exercise and Leukocytes: Number, Distribution, and Proliferation -- Ch. 4. Exercise and Innate Immunity: Phagocytes, Complement, and Acute Phase Proteins -- Ch. 5. Exercise and Humoral Immunity: Immunoglobulin, Antibody, and Mucosal Immunity -- Ch. 6. Exercise and Cytokines -- Ch. 7. Exercise and Cytotoxic Cells -- Ch. 8. Immune Response to Exercise: Potential Clinical Applications -- Ch. 9. Exercise and Immunology: Current Knowledge and Future Directions |
| Summary |
You'll learn why athletes are susceptible to illness during intense training, how various immune system components respond to exercise, how regular exercise may influence disease progression - including cancer and HIV / AIDS - and whether exercise may help restore immune function in the aged and during spaceflight. Research efforts in the field of exercise immunology have expanded and intensified as more exercise scientists and health care professionals recognize the importance of this discipline. Advances in Exercise Immunology is the vital resource you need to keep abreast of this flourishing field of study |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and index |
| Subject |
Exercise -- Immunological aspects.
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Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
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Exercise -- physiology.
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Immunity.
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Exercise -- physiology.
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Immunity.
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| LC no. |
98038797 |
| ISBN |
0880115629 |
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