The second edition of this broadly based book continues to examine and update the basic and applied aspects of strength and power in sport from the neurophysiology of the basic motor unit to training for specific activities. Authorship is, again, international and includes leading physiologists and clinicians.

Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Units of Measurement and Terminology

Part 1: Definitions
1 Basic Definitions for Exercise
H.G. KNUTTGEN AND P.V. KOMI

Part 2: Biological Basis for Strength and Power
2 Neuronal control of functional movement
VOLKER DIETZ
3 Motor Unit and Motor Neuron Excitability during Explosive Movement
TOSHIO MORITANI
4 Muscular Basis of Strength
R. BILLETER AND H. HOPPELER
5 Hormonal Mechanisms Related to the Expression of Muscular Strength and Power
WILLIAM J. KRAEMER AND SCOTT A. MAZZETTI
6 Exercise-related Adaptations in Connective Tissue
RONALD F. ZERNICKE AND BARBARA LOITZ-RAMAGE
7 Contractile Performance of Skeletal Muscle Fibres
K.A. PAUL EDMAN
8 Skeletal Muscle and Motor Unit Architecture: Effect on Performance
RONALD R. ROY, RYAN J. MONTI, ALEX LAI AND V. REGGIE EDGERTON
9 Mechanical Muscle Models and Their Application to Force and Power Production
WALTER HERZOG
10 Stretch-shortening Cyle
PAAVO V. KOMI
11 Stretch-shortening Cycle Fatigue and its Influence on Force and Power Production
CAROLINE NICOL AND PAAVO. V. KOMI

Part 3: Mechanism for Adaptation in Strength and Power Training
12 Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Adaptation in Skeletal Muscle
GEOFFREY GOLDSPINK AND STEPHEN HARRIDGE
13 Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia
J. DUNCAN MACDOUGALL
14 Acute and Chronic Muscle Metabolic Adaptations to Strength Training
PER A. TESCH AND BJORN A. ALKNER
15 Neural Adaptation to Strength Training
DIGBY G. SALE
16 Mechanism of Muscle and Motor Unit Adaptation to Explosive Power Training
JACQUES DUCHATEAU AND KARL HAINAUT
17 Proprocetive Training: Considerations for Strength and Power Production
ALBERT GOLLHOFER
18 Connective Tissue and Bone Response to Strength Training
MICHAEL H. STONE AND CHRISTINA KARATZAFERI
19 Endocrine Responses and Adaptations to Strength and Power Training
WILLIAM KRAEMER AND NICHOLASS A. RATAMESS
20 Cardiovascular Responses to Training
STEVEN J. FLECK

Part 4: Special Problems in Strength and Power Training
21 Aging and Neuromuscular Adaptation to Strength Training
KEIJO HAKKINEN
22 Use of Electrical Stimulation in Strength and Power Training
GARY A. DUDLEY AND SCOTT W. STEVENSON
Part 5: Strength and Power Training for Sports
23 Biomechanics of Strength and Strength Training
VLADIMIR M. ZATSIORSKY
24 Vibration Loads: Potential for Strength and Power Development
JOACHIM MESTER P.(?) SPITZENPFEIL AND ZENGYOUAN YUE
25 Training for Weightlifting
JOHN GARHAMMER AND BOB TAKANO