Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women : Scientific and Clinical Aspects

It is well-established, through extensive peer-reviewed published research, that physical activity and exercise training can impact the reproductive endocrine system of women. This ground-breaking, comprehensive title presents a range of unique insights into the opposite question: how the reproducti...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Hackney, Anthony C. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319445588
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-44558-8
Physical DescriptionXIV, 315 p. 26 illus., 5 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Ch1: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and Oral Contraceptives: Regulation and Function
  • Ch2: Sex Hormones and Their Impact on the Ventilatory Responses to Exercise and the Environment
  • Ch3: Sex Hormones and Substrate Metabolism During Endurance Exercise
  • Ch4: Sex Hormone Effects on the Nervous System and their Impact on Muscle Strength and Motor Performance in Women
  • Ch5: Estrogen and Menopause: Muscle Damage, Repair and Function in Females
  • Ch6: Nutritional Strategies and Sex Hormone Interactions Within Women
  • Ch7: The Effect of Sex Hormones on Ligament Structure, Joint Stability and ACL Injury Risk
  • Ch8: Sex Hormones and Physical Activity in Women: An Evolutionary Framework
  • Ch9: Sex Hormones and Environmental Factors Affecting Exercise
  • Ch10: Exercise, Depression - Anxiety Disorders and Sex Hormones
  • Ch11: Stress Reactivity and Exercise in Women
  • Ch12: Sex Hormones, Cancer & Exercise Training in Women
  • Ch13: The Effects of Acute Exercise on Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women
  • Ch14: Sex Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, and Resistance Exercise
  • Ch15: Effects of Sex Hormones and Exercise on Adipose Tissue
  • Ch16: Exercise in Menopausal Women.