Description
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Temperature Regulation
Heat Balance Equation
Models of Thermoregulatory Control
Thermal Stress Scales
Summary
Chapter 2. Heat Stress
The Problem With Heat
Mechanisms of Hyperthermia
Thermal Perception and Exercise
Individual Variability
Cooling Strategies
Summary
Chapter 3. Heat Adaptation
Heat Adaptation
Heat Therapy
Summary
Chapter 4. Hydration Strategies for Exercise
Hydration Terminology
Impact of Fluid Balance on Performance
Developing a Hydration Strategy
Hydration Strategies Following Exercise
Summary
Chapter 5. Cold Air Exposure
Hypothermia
Physiological Responses to Cold Exposure
Exercise in the Cold
Cold Injuries to the Extremities
Thermal Response in the Extremities
Summary
Chapter 6. Cold Water Immersion
Phase 1 Immersion and Cold Shock
Phase 2 Muscle Failure
Phase 3 Hypothermia
Phase 4 Postrescue Collapse
Summary
Chapter 7. Breath-Hold Diving
Gas Laws
Disciplines of Apnea Diving
Static Apnea
Dynamic Apnea
Depth
Training Apnea Diving
Indigenous Diving Populations
Medical Consequences of Apnea Diving
Summary
Chapter 8. Diving and Hyperbaric Physiology
Physics of Diving
Diving Systems
Decompression Sickness
Inert Gas Narcosis
Saturation Diving
Summary
Chapter 9. Physiological Adjustments to Acute Hypoxia
Normoxia and Hypoxia
Physiological Consequences of Exposure to Acute Hypoxia
Neurological Effects of Acute Hypoxia
Fatigue and Hypoxia
Clinical Consequences of Acute Hypoxia
Summary
Chapter 10. High-Altitude Physiology
Acclimatization
High Altitude and the Oxygen Cascade
Cardiovascular Response
High-Altitude Illnesses
Hemoglobin and Oxygen Transport
American Medical Research Expedition to Everest
Metabolism and Body Composition
Adaptation to High Altitude
Summary
Chapter 11. Altitude Training and Performance
Living-Training Hypoxic Models
Genetic Basis of Altitude Performance
Hyperoxia
Considerations in Applying Altitude Training
Summary
Chapter 12. Microgravity and Spaceflight
Physiological Responses to Microgravity
Microgravity Simulations
Spaceflight Countermeasures
Extravehicular Activity Physiology
Spacesuit Design
Summary
Chapter 13. Exercise in Polluted Environments
Major Pollutants
Air Quality Indices
Pollution Effects on Exercise
Managing Air Pollution for Athletes
Summary
Chapter 14. Chronobiology
Nomenclature
Circadian Rhythms and the Sleep–Wake Cycle
Sleep
Sleep Deprivation
Transmeridian Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag
Summary
Chapter 15. Cross-Adaptation
Nomenclature
Cold and Hypoxia Cross-Acclimatization
Heat and Hypoxia Cross-Acclimatization
Other Cross-Adaptation Themes
Summary
Chapter 16. Individual Variability: Sex and Age
Sex Differences in Thermoregulation
Sex Differences in High-Altitude Physiology
Children
Aging
Aerobic Fitness
Summary
