Abstract

In recent years, evidence has accumulated to demonstrate that endurance training can have significant positive effects on health. The increasing popularas well as medical interest in this from of preventive medicine has presented the physician with a number of unique questions and problems. This volume has been compiled as a guide to the full range of questions related to the training, health, mood and behavior of the long-distance runner. Most of the specialists contributing to this volume are also endurance athletes. Their qualification has made this volume both an expert review of recent medical evidence and a collection of original observations derived from personal experience. Papers have been organized into 4 sections. The first considers the effects of endurance training on the nervous system. Temperature regulation, heat stroke and postural hypotension are among the topics covered. In the second section, effects on the cardiovascular system are discussed, together with data on the athletes nutritional requirements. A section on behavior includes guidelines for training the therapist as well as contributions discussing jogging and cancer. The final section covers common sidranging from pathological foot types to grossly bloody urine. Klappentext (gekuerzt)