Neuromuscular Aspects of Physical Activity - Tapa dura

A study of the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology and their impact on the physiology of exercise. It features research compiled from an array of sources and is organized in a logical way, building from a foundational discussion of muscle fibres and motor units to cover the neuromuscular responses to physical activity. It includes discussions of current issues in the field, especially the debate surrounding the sources and significance of fatigue at different levels of the nervous system and whether the spinal cord can "learn". There are over 155 diagrams giving references about fatigue, endurance training, resistance training and inactivity.

Philip Gardiner, PhD, is currently a professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He also is an associate member of the school of physical and occupational therapy at McGill University and associate researcher at the institute de kinesitherapie at the Free University of Brussels. For 25 years, Dr. Gardiner has conducted and published research pertaining to the effects of physical activity on the neuromuscular system, and his work has appeared in leading physiology journals. He is president of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. The former editor of the Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, Dr. Gardiner obtained his doctorate in exercise physiology from the University of Alberta at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.