Table of Contents: Preface pp. i-xii
Chapter 1: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) as a Modality of Muscle Strength Training (pp. 1-40)
(Serge S. Colson, Laboratory of Human Motricity, Education and Health University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France)
Chapter 3: A Review of the Role of Muscle Strength in Hamstring Injury (pp. 41-79)
(Kieran O’Sullivan, Cian McGinley, SMISCP, B. Physio, M. Manip Ther, Lecturer, Physiotherapy Department, University of Limerick, Ireland, and others)
Chapter 3: Sport-Specific Strength Training: Background, Rationale, and Program (pp. 81-118)
(Del P. Wong, Michael A. Tse, June Lee-chuen Chin, Christopher Carling, Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, and others)
Chapter 4: The Application of High-Intensity Muscular Contractions for Maximal Training Gains: The Impact of Age on the Continuum of Muscle Injury, Mal-adaptation and Adaptation (pp. 119-148)
(Brent A. Baker, Robert G. Cutlip, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV, USA)
Chapter 5: Advanced Considerations in Strength Training: Stretching, Concurrent Training, and Monitoring of Training Load (pp. 149-169)
(Patrick W.C. Lau, Del Pui-lam Wong, Anis Chaouachi, Aaron Coutts, Karim Chamari, Tze Chung Luk, Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong., and others)
Chapter 6: Effects of a One-Week Planned Period of Overreaching Training in Experienced Weightlifters (pp. 171-188)
(Emidio E. Pistilli, David E. Kaminsky, Leo M. Totten, David R. Miller, Department of Physiology and Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and others)
Chapter 7: Maximal Strength, Motor Learning and Elastic Resistance (pp. 189-204)
(M. Girvan, T. Pizzari,D. Di Pasqua, Elite Sports Performance, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 8: Insulin-Independent Muscle Glucose Uptake Induced by Exercise (pp. 205-214)
(Marcellino Monda, Giovanni Messina, Gennaro Izzo, Sergio Chieffi, Andrea Viggiano, Domenico Tafuri, Bruno De Luca, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, and Clinical Dietetic Service, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, and others)
Chapter 9: Adverse Consequences of the use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Regeneration of Muscle Fibers (pp. 215-222)
(Marcellino Monda, Giovanni Messina, Emanuela Viggiano, Claudia Vicidomini, Eleonora Andreozzi, Andrea Viggiano, Sergio Chieffi, Vincenzo De Luca, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, and others)
Chapter 10: Strength Training and How to Fight Sarcopenia in the Elderly (pp. 227-231)
(Pierre Portero and Annabelle Couillandre, Service de Rééducation Neuro-Orthopédique, Hôpital Rothschild (AP-HP), Paris, France and others)
Chapter 11: Metabolic Damages Induced by Strenuous Exercise (pp.233-235)
(Marcellino Monda, Giovanni Messina, Alessandro Viggiano, Sergio Chieffi, Bruno De Luca, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, and Clinical Dietetic Service, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy)
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