Description
This valuable new addition to the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series provides a comprehensive and logical look at the principles and mechanisms of endocrinology as related to sports and exercise. It looks at growth hormone factors involved in exercise and the endocrinology of sport competition.

It considers various factors and stresses on the body that may alter sporting performance. It covers topics from the acute responses and chronic adaptations of the human endocrine system to the muscular activity involved in conditioning exercise, physical labor, and sport activities.

This book is an essential reference for helping to plan better programs of physical fitness, to prepare for sports competitions, and to manage the medical care of athletes.

TopTable of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Basic Principles and Mechanisms of Endocrinology
3 Exercise Testing: A Bridge Between the High-Tech and The Human - The Need for Innovative Technologies
4 Measurement of Peptide Hormones
5 Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Substances in Doping Control
6 The Reproductive Axis
7 Growth Hormone Variants and Human Exercise
8 Growth Hormone Binding Proteins
9 Resistance Exercise: Acute and Chronic Changes in Growth Hormone Concentrations
10 The Growth Hormone Response to Acute and Chronic Aerobic Exercise
11 Proopiomelanocortin and Exercise
12 Introduction to the Insulin-like Growth Factor Signalling System
13 Exercise, Training and the GH-IGF-I Axis
14 The Role of MGF and other IGF-I Splice Variants in Muscle Maintenance and Hypertrophy
15 Adrenal Gland: Fight or Flight Implications for Exercise and Sports
16 The Adrenal Medulla: Proenkephalins and Exercise Stress
17 Exercise and the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
18 Influence of Energy Availability on LH Pulsatility and Menstrual Cyclicity
19 Oral Contraceptive Use and Physical Performance
20 Energy Balance and Exercise-Associated Menstrual Cycle Disturbances: Practical and Clinical Considerations
21 Regulation of Testicular Function: Changes in Reproductive Hormones During Exercise, Recovery, Nutritional Deprivation, and Illness
22 Hormonal and Growth Factor Related Mechanisms Involved in the Adaptation of Skeletal Muscle to Exercise
23 Resistance Exercise and Testosterone
24 Exercise Response of Beta-Endorphin and Cortisol: Implications on Immune Function
25 Neuroendocrine Modulation of the Immune System with Exercise and Muscle Damage
26 The Impact of Exercise on Immunity: The Role of Neuroendocrine-Immune Communications
27 Exercise Regulation of Insulin Action in Skeletal Muscle
28 Hormone and Exercise-Induced Modulation of Bone Metabolism
29 Diet and Hormonal Responses: Potential Impact on Body Composition
30 Neurohumoral Responses and Adaptations During Rest and Exercise at Altitude
31 Neuroendocrine Influences on Temperature Regulation in Hot Environments
32 Alterations in Arginine Vasopressin with Exercise, Environmental Stress and Other Modifying Factors
33 Human Endocrine Responses to Exercise-Cold Stress
34 Growth, Maturation, and Hormonal Changes During Puberty: Influence of Sport Training
35 Effects of Testosterone and Related Androgens on Athletic Performance in Men
36 Growth Hormone and Sport
37 Endocrinology of Overtraining
38 Endocrinology of Sport Competition