Routledge Handbook of Ergonomics in Sport and Exercise

Youlian Hong is a professor in the Department of Sports Medicine, Chengdu Sports University, China. He received his PhD from the German Sports University of Cologne. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal, and Fellow, Live Member and former President and Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.

• Section 1 - Muscular adaptation to sports and exercise  1. Resistance training and endurance performance: physiological adaptations and recommendations for performance enhancement  2. Respiratory muscle and breathing entrainment training for rowing  3. Neuromuscular adaptations in running  4. Biomechanical adaptation in ice hockey skating  Section 2 - Environmental factors of injury and fatigue  5. Fatigue and injury in soccer  6. Environmental factors for fatigue and injury in ultra-endurance sports  7. Environmental factors for fatigue and injury in breath hold / SCUBA diving  8. Biomechanical and physiological study on adaptability to cold environment  Section 3 - Environmental condition and sports performance  9. Effects of environmental conditions on performance in winter sports  10. Applied ergonomics of cycling performance  11. Effects of environmental conditions on competitive swimming performance  12. The effects of environmental condition on performance in soccer  Section 4 - Effects of load weight on body posture and performance  13. Effect of backpack types and loads on children’s mediolateral spinal posture during stair walking  14. The effect of unilateral load carriage on the muscle activities of the trunk and lower limb of young healthy males during gait  15. Differences in physiology, biomechanics, and motor control of walking with backpack loads between children and adults  16. The effect of backpack load and gait speed on plantar force during treadmill walking  Section 5 - Measurement in sports and exercise  17. Resistive force selection and upper body contraction dynamics: Relationships with anaerobic cycle ergometry performance  18. Measurement of power in mechanically braked cycle ergometers for performance evaluation  19. Metabolic testing

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