Exercise immunology is an important, emerging sub-discipline within exercise physiology, concerned with the relationship between exercise, immune function and infection risk. This book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date and evidence-based introduction to exercise immunology, including the physiological and molecular mechanisms that determine immune function and the implications for health and performance in sport and everyday life.

Written by a team of leading exercise physiologists, the book describes the characteristics of the immune system and how its components are organised to form an immune response. It explains the physiological basis of the relationship between stress, physical activity, immune function and infection risk, and identifies the ways in which exercise and nutrition interact with immune function in athletes and non-athletes. The book shows students how to evaluate the strengths and limitations of the evidence linking physical activity, immune system integrity and health, and explains why exercise is associated with anti-inflammatory effects that are potentially beneficial to long-term health.

Every chapter includes useful features, such as clear summaries, definitions of key terms, discussions of seminal research studies and practical guidelines for athletes on ways to minimise infection risk, with additional learning resources available on a companion website. This is an essential textbook for any course on exercise immunology or advanced exercise physiology.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2013

ISBN

9781136455865

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Immunology

Cover
Exercise Immunology
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Figures
Tables
Technique boxes and group activities
Contributors
Preface
1 The influence of exercise on infection risk
2 The human immune system
3 The effects of exercise on blood leukocyte numbers
4 Effects of exercise on innate immune function
5 Effects of exercise on acquired immune function
6 Effects of exercise on mucosal immunity
7 Effect of extreme environments on immune responses to exercise
8 Immune responses to intensified periods of training
9 Exercise, nutrition and immune function
10 Practical guidelines on minimising infection risk in athletes
11 Allergy in sport
12 Exercise and the prevention of chronic diseases: the role of cytokines and the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
13 Exercise, infection risk, immune function and intlammation in special populations
Glossary
Bibliography
Index