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Exercise physiologists tend to specialise into either [[health]] and [[Physical fitness|fitness]] or exercise [[physical therapy|rehabilitation]] streams with exercise used as a treatment strategy in physical rehabilitation, prevention of disease, and work conditioning. |
Exercise physiologists tend to specialise into either [[health]] and [[Physical fitness|fitness]] or exercise [[physical therapy|rehabilitation]] streams with exercise used as a treatment strategy in physical rehabilitation, prevention of disease, and work conditioning. |
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The American College of Sports Medicine is an organization founded in 1954 and is dedicated to the research and application of exercise science. ACSM provides guidelines and exercise prescriptions to a variety of medical and health professionals in the field of human health and performance. ACSM is one of the largest sports medicine and exercise science organizations in the world and is dedicated to spreading awareness of health and fitness.[http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_ACSM] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 22:35, 8 February 2008
Exercise physiology draws together exercise science and physiology in the study of how the body adapts to physical movement. It is believed to have originated in ancient Greece by Herodicus.
Topics studied in exercise physiology include human energy transfer, human energy expenditure, evaluation of energy-generating capacities, the nervous system pulmonary system, the cardiovascular system, the musculoskeletal system, endocrine system (including hormones) and the interaction of these, plus training methods, environmental effects on physiology, and ergogenic aids.
Exercise physiologists tend to specialise into either health and fitness or exercise rehabilitation streams with exercise used as a treatment strategy in physical rehabilitation, prevention of disease, and work conditioning.
See also
External links
- American Society of Exercise Physiologists
- Exercise physiology at School of Human Movement and Exercise Science University of Western Australia
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American College of Sports Medicine
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