Gender, Physical Activity, and Aging (Hardcover)

Preface
Technical Problems in Comparing Data for Male and Female Subjects, Roy J. Shephard

Physical Activity Patterns, Assessment, and Motivation in Older Adults, Sara Wilcox, Catrine E. Tudor-Locke, and Barbara E. Ainsworth

Constitution or Environment? The Basis of Regional and Ethnic Differences in the Interactions Between Gender, Age and Functional Capacity, Roy J. Shephard

Limitations to Oxygen Transport with Aging, Jack R. Goodman and Scott W. Thomas

Physical Activity, Fitness and Gender in Relation to Morbidity, Survival, Quality of Life and Independence in Older Age, Donald H. Paterson and Liza Stathokostas

Aging of the Neuromuscular System: Influences of Gender and Physical Activity, Charles L. Rice and David A. Cunningham

Aging and Sarcopenia: Influences of Gender and Physical Activity, Mark A. Tarnopolsky and Gianni Parise

Aging, Gender and Susceptibility to Muscle Damage and Overtraining, Peter M. Tiidus

Aging of Joints and Skeletal System: Influence of Gender and Physical Activity, Charlotte F. Sanborn and Maureen J. Simmonds

Aging, Obesity, and Metabolic Regulation: Influence of Gender and Physical Activity, Wendy M. Kohrt

Aging of Immune and Humoral Responses, S. Shinkai

Conclusions: Implications for Health and Society, Roy J. Shephard

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. R.J. Shephard is Professor Emeritus of Applied Physiology in the Faculty of Physical Education & Health and the Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. He holds four scientific and medical degrees from London University (B.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D. and M.D.) and honorary doctorates from Gent University, Belgium and the Universite de Montreal. He is a former president of the Canadian Association of Sports Sciences and a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Shephard's research has covered many facets of sport, fitness, exercise and environmental physiology, biochemistry and immunology. In addition to being the former editor-in-chief of a variety of sports medicine journals, he is author, contributor, or editor of some 100 books and over 1400 scientific papers on related issues.