This book examines the new knowledge that has been gained from the objective monitoring of habitual physical activity by means of pedometers and accelerometers. It reviews current advances in the technology of activity monitoring and...

This book examines the health/fitness interaction in an historical context. Beginning in primitive hunter-gatherer communities, where survival required adequate physical activity, it goes on to consider changes in health and physical...

Das "Year Book of Sports Medicine 2005" von Roy J. Shephard bietet eine umfassende Übersicht über die wichtigsten Entwicklungen und Forschungsergebnisse im Bereich der Sportmedizin des Jahres 2005. Das Buch fasst aktuelle Studien,...