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School of Physiotherapy

Exercise Physiology Educational Resources 1996

Index of Brief Reviews

Maintained by Geoffrey R. Strauss, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

Introduction

Brief (3000 to 5000 word) literature reviews are a required assignment for the Exercise Physiology 552 unit. This unit is taken by students in the Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy and Postgraduate Diploma in Physiotherapy (Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation) courses. In 1996, the suggestion was made that the assignment be presented in www format.

Contents

The topics reviewed are listed and linked in the index below.

Topics of Review

(These pages will be available in the near future)

  • Pre-exercise Carbohydrate Nutrition in Endurance Athletes - Natasha Fernandes and Tambudzai Masaya
  • Free Radicals - Gavin Jones and Tracy Gregson
  • The Red Blood Cell and the Athlete - Amanda Bozikovic and Linda Rose
  • The Lactate Threshold and its Prediction from Heart Rate Break Point - Ally Wharton
  • Creatine and Carnitine - Murray Spittles and Craig Neale
  • The Effects of High Altitude Training, Does it Improve Performance at Sea Level - Michal Lashkar
  • Exercise and the Attainment of Peak Bone Mass as an Importan Factor in Preventing Postmenopausal Osteoporosis - Jill Lowry
  • Caffeine as an Ergogenic Aid - Loretta O'Sullivan and Liza Devlin
  • Exercise Rehabilitation after Cardiac Transplantation - Kevin Lau Sing Lun
  • Exercise Training in Patients with Hypertension - Ester HoYuk-lai

Exercise Physiology Educational Resources