<p>This logically-organized reference for exercise physiologists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, sports medics, and strength and conditioning specialists refers to classic texts in muscle physiology and to recent discoveries in the field. It also includes research methodology and results. The author first examines the wide-ranging information known about skeletal muscle, and then provides practical examples of how physiological concepts are related to clinical disorders resulting from muscle or nerve fibre defects. He explains how muscle structure translates into function; how muscles develop in the embryo and obtain their nerve supply; the cellular processes which take place when muscles work, and how certain clinical disorders result from specific defects in muscle and nerve.</p>

Skeletal Muscle : Form and Function

Medical Books

Alan J. McComas

Basic Sciences

Human Kinetics Publishers

Born in Australia and educated in the UK, Dr. Alan McComas has spent most of his working life in Canada, where he was the first Head of Neurology and the founding Chair of Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. An ardent neurophysiologist, his research has spanned many topics including muscle development, nerve and muscle regeneration after injury, muscle fatigue, again, muscle reflexes and touch sensation. He is, however, best known for having devised a simple electrophysiological method for estimating the number of nerve fibers supplying individual himan muscles. The co-author of 6 books and 170 peer-reviewed chapters and journal articles, he regards The Artful Chameleon as his most significant publication to date.Set within the context of the author's life and work, The Artful Chameleon is an extraordinary story. Migraine is shown to be a far more complex disorder than commonly supposed, and its symptoms to clearly result from overactivity of specific areas of the cerebral cortex. Excitingly, in some patients all symptoms can be abolished by magnetic stimulation of the brain. The book also touches on the history of neurology and neuroscience...

The Artful Chameleon an Exploration of Migraine and Medicine

McMaster University

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Skeletal Muscle : Form and Function

The Artful Chameleon an Exploration of Migraine and Medicine