Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-430) and indexes.

Acute physiological responses to dynamic exercise / Roger A. Fielding and Jonathan Bean -- Adaptations to endurance exercise training / Martin D. Hoffman -- Adaptations to strength training / Bette Ann Harris and Mary P. Watkins -- Training flexibility / Lisa S. Krivickas -- Testing exercise capacity : cardiopulmonary/neuromuscular models / James C. Agre -- A behavioral approach to prescribing physical activity for health and fitness / Gregory W. Heath -- Exercise and the prevention of chronic disabling illness / Carolos J. Crespo and Edith M. Williams -- Heart diseases / Ruy S. Moraes and Jorge P. Ribeiro -- Respiratory disease / Bartolome R. Celli -- Diabetes mellitus / Edward S. Horton -- Major inflammatory and non-inflammatory arthritides / Maura Daly Iversen, Matthew H. Liang, and Axel Finckh -- Neuromuscular disease / David D. Kilmer and Susan Aitkens -- Spinal cord injury / Mark S. Nash -- Stroke / Joel Stein -- Osteoporosis / David M. Slovik -- Human immunodeficiency virus / Susan D. Driscoll and Steven Grinspoon -- Obesity / Ronenn Roubenoff -- Cancer / Kerry S. Courneya, Lee W. Jones, and John R. Mackey -- End-stage renal disease / Pelagia Koufaki and Tom Mercer -- Aging, function, and exercise / Jonathan F. Bean and Charles T. Pu -- Elite athletes with impairments / Rory A. Cooper ... [et al.].

All age.