ES 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coronary Artery Disease, Low-Density Lipoprotein, Exercise Physiology
22 Feb 2020
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Exercise science: the study of exercise and its impact on the body. Athletic training and sports medicine: prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injury. Clinical exercise physiology: studies exercise and physical activity for prevention and rehabilitation of disease. Biomechanics: studies the mechanical aspects of movement. Psychology: studies the emotional and social aspects of exercise, sport, and athletic performance. Exercise physiology: the study of the physiological response to exercise. Motor behavior: studies the control of body movement. Nutrition: studies nutritional diets in preventing as well as improving athletic performance. Physical activity is any movement that causes a change in energy use and is not organized. For example, walking to class would be physical activity rather than exercise because it is not organized for the purpose of weight loss of to improve physical fitness. Exercise is organized physical activity with a purpose, usually to improve physical fitness or to lose weight.
