ERIC Number: ED260042
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1985-Feb-28
Pages: 137
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ISBN: ISBN-0-931250-99-4
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Limits of Human Performance. Annual Meeting (56th, Eugene, Oregon, July 19-26, 1984). American Academy of Physical Education Papers, No. 18.
Clarke, David H., Ed.; Eckert, Helen M., Ed.
The following papers are included in this collection: (1) "The Scientific Study of Athletes and Athletics" (Henry J. Montoye); (2) "The Limits of Human Performance" (David H. Clarke); (3) "Observations of Extraordinary Performances in an Extreme Environment and in a Training Environment" (E.R. Buskirk); (4) "Metabolic Requirements of Distance Running" (F.J. Nagle and D.R. Bassett, Jr.); (5) "Aspects of Anaerobic Performance" (James S. Skinner and Don W. Morgan); (6) "Body Composition and Athletic Performance" (Wayne E. Sinning); (7) "Age as a Limiting Factor in Human Neuromuscular Performance" (Waneen Wyrick Spirduso); (8) "Selected Psychological Factors Limiting Performance: A Mental Health Model" (William P. Morgan); (9) "The Limits of Female Performance" (Christine L. Wells); (10) "Heat as a Limiting Factor in Endurance Sports" (Barbara L. Drinkwater); (11) "Factors Limiting Springboard Diving Performance: Historical and Biomechanical Perspectives" (Doris I. Miller); (12) "Morphological Factors Limiting Human Performance" (J.E. Lindsay Carter); (13) "Philosophical Considerations in Human Performance" (Hans Lenk); and (14) "Limits to Human Performance--The View from Space" (Harold Sandler and Victor A. Convertino). (JD)
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Human Body, Muscular Strength, Performance Factors, Physical Activities, Physiology
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., Box 5076T, Champaign, IL 61820 ($12.00).
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Books
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: American Academy of Physical Education, Washington, DC.
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