Immune function in sport and exercise / edited by Michael Gleeson ; foreword by David C. Nieman.
Series: Advances in sport and exercise science series2006Description: 1 online resource (xv, 322 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780702036804
- 0702036803
- Immune function
- QP301 .I375 2006
- 2006 C-589
- QT 260

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Exercise and infection risk / Nicolette C. Bishop -- Introduction to the immune system / Michael Gleeson -- Methods of assessing immune function / Graeme I. Lancaster -- Acute exercise and innate immune function / Andrew K. Blannin -- Acute exercise and acquired immune function / Nicolette C. Bishop -- Immune responses to intensified training and overtraining / Michael Gleeson and Paula Robson-Ansley -- Immune response to exercise in extreme environments / Neil P. Walsh and Martin Whitham -- Exercise, nutrition and immune function. I. Macronutrients and amino acids / Neil P. Walsh -- Exercise, nutrition and immune function. II. Micronutrients, antioxidants and other supplements / Michael Gleeson -- Exercise and cytokines / Graeme I. Lancaster -- Psychological stress and immune funciton / Victoria E. Burns -- Monitoring immune function in athletes and guidelines for minimizing the risk of infection / Michael Gleeson -- Exercise, infection risk and immune function in special populations / Nicolette C. Bishop.
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