Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology: Anthropometry, measurement and data analysis (Volume 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415236134 ISBN 13: 9780415236133

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Kinanthropometry is the study of human body size and somatotypes (the shape and physical appearance of an individual, disregarding size) and their relationships with exercise, sports performance and nutrition. In this fully updated and revised edition of the classic guide to kinathropometric theory and practice, leading international sport and exercise scientists offer a clear and comprehensive introduction to this important subject.

Each chapter guides the reader through the planning and conduct of practical and laboratory sessions and includes a survey of current theory and contemporary literature relating to that topic. The book is fully illustrated and includes worked examples, exercises, research data, chapter summaries, and guides to further reading throughout.

Volume One – Anthropometry – includes detailed material on topics such as:

• Body composition, proportion, and growth
• Evaluating posture, flexibility and range of motion
• Children's physiology, maturation and sport performance
• Field work
• Statistical methods for kinesiology and sport
• Accurate scaling of data for sport and exercise sciences

The Kinathropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual is essential reading for all serious students and researchers of sport and exercise science, kinesiology and human movement.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Roger Eston is Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

Review

...a comprehensive yet very readable review of the area...an invaluable resource for university and college courses...The editors and contributors should be justifiably proud of this unique contribution to the measurement literature...excellence of its content. - International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) Newsletter

...a truly first class and hugley useful book. Tom Reilly and Roger Eston and the publishers, are to be heartily congratulated, on both their foresight and their effort. - British Journal of Sports Medicine

'...a key resource for lecturers and students of kinanthropometry, sports science, human movement and exercise physiology...' - The Leisure Manager

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415236134
• ISBN 13: 9780415236133
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Eston Roger