Immune function in sport and exercise /
Immune function
edited by Michael Gleeson ; foreword by David C. Nieman.
- Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier : British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, 2006.
- 1 online resource (xv, 322 pages) : illustrations.
- Advances in sport and exercise science series .
- Advances in sport and exercise science series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.