The Physiology Of Exercise In Spinal Cord Injury (physiology In Health And Disease)
by J. Andrew Taylor /
2016 / English / PDF
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Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people
suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI). Those with an SCI are two to
five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a
spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and
middle-income countries. Dynamic aerobic requires integrated
physiologic responses across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular,
autonomic, pulmonary, thermoregulatory, and immunologic systems.
Moreover, regular aerobic exercise beneficially impacts these
same systems, reducing the risk for a range of diseases and
maladies. This book will present comprehensive information on the
unique physiologic effects of SCI and the potential role of
exercise in treating and mitigating these effects. In addition,
it will incorporate work from scientists across a number of
disciplines and have contributors at multiple levels of
investigation and across physiologic systems. Furthermore, SCI
can be considered an accelerated form of aging due to the
severely restricted physical inactivity imposed, usually at an
early age. Therefore, the information presented may have a
broader importance to the physiology of aging as it relates to
inactivity. Lastly, the need for certain levels of regular
aerobic exercise to engender adaptations beneficial to health is
not altered by the burden of an SCI. Indeed, the amounts of
exercise necessary may be even greater than the able-bodied due
to ‘passive’ ambulation. This book will also address the
potential health benefits for those with an SCI that can be
realized if a sufficient exercise stimulus is provided.
Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people
suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI). Those with an SCI are two to
five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a
spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and
middle-income countries. Dynamic aerobic requires integrated
physiologic responses across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular,
autonomic, pulmonary, thermoregulatory, and immunologic systems.
Moreover, regular aerobic exercise beneficially impacts these
same systems, reducing the risk for a range of diseases and
maladies. This book will present comprehensive information on the
unique physiologic effects of SCI and the potential role of
exercise in treating and mitigating these effects. In addition,
it will incorporate work from scientists across a number of
disciplines and have contributors at multiple levels of
investigation and across physiologic systems. Furthermore, SCI
can be considered an accelerated form of aging due to the
severely restricted physical inactivity imposed, usually at an
early age. Therefore, the information presented may have a
broader importance to the physiology of aging as it relates to
inactivity. Lastly, the need for certain levels of regular
aerobic exercise to engender adaptations beneficial to health is
not altered by the burden of an SCI. Indeed, the amounts of
exercise necessary may be even greater than the able-bodied due
to ‘passive’ ambulation. This book will also address the
potential health benefits for those with an SCI that can be
realized if a sufficient exercise stimulus is provided.