Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (ESSR) Book

	Preface
	Contributors
1	Muscle Compliance: Implications for the Control of Movement	1
2	The Slow Component of Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Humans	35
3	Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life	71
4	From Motor Unit to Whole Muscle Properties During Locomotor Movements	109
5	Do Physical Activity and Physical Fitness Avert Premature Mortality?	135
6	Force-Sharing Among Synergistic Muscles: Theoretical Considerations and Experimental Approaches	173
7	Effects of Acute and Chronic Exercise on Fat Metabolism	203
8	Growth, Physical Activity, and Bone Mineral Acquisition	233
9	Exercise Training and the Cross-Stressor Adaptation Hypothesis	267
10	Contractile Activity-Induced Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Skeletal Muscle	289
11	Thyroid Hormone: Modulation of Muscle Structure Function, and Adaptive Responses to Mechanical Loading	321
12	Strength and Power Training: Physiological Mechanisms of Adaptation	363
13	Response of the Neuromuscular Unit to Spaceflight: What Has Been Learned from the Rat Model	399
14	Muscle Mechanics: Adaptations With Exercise Training	427
15	Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy in Studying Exercise in Children	475
	Index	501