The role of physical exercise in preventing disease and improving the quality of life
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Vilberto Stocchi; Pierpaolo De Feo; David A Hood
- ناشر : Milan ; New York : Springer,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9788847003750
Description
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle plasticity -- Physical inactivity is the main cause of the metabolic syndrome -- Exercise-induced mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle -- Genetic vs. acquired fitness: cardiomyocyte adaptations -- Molecular modifications induced by physical exercise: a significant role in disease prevention -- The contribution of reactive oxygen species in sarcopenia and muscle aging -- Mitochondria: the dark side -- Mitochondrial pathogenesis of myopathies due to collagen VI mutations -- Mitochondria in cell life and death -- Evaluation of nutritional state in individuals that practice fitness -- Physical exercise of the prevention and treatment of obesity -- Techniques for assessing the quality of life with a particular emphasis on physical exercise -- Effects of physical exercise on the quality of life of indivduals with diabetes and obesity -- A longitudinal investigation of physical activity and health behaviors in Italian university students.
Promoting physical activity helps preventing major health challenges, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiorespiratory diseases, obesity, osteoporosis, arthritis, and cancer. This volume is a useful reading for all health professionals and for residents in medicine and in health and physical exercise.
