Performing in Extreme Environments by Lawrence E Armstrong

Performing in Extreme Environments by Lawrence E Armstrong

Based on research and interactions with athletes, coaches and soldiers, Dr Armstrong offers a guide which includes details about the body organs that are affected by extremes, ways that physical factors alter performance, medical disorders and tips to avoid performance decrements and illness.

Lawrence E. Armstrong, PhD, Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Human Performance Laboratory, at the University of Connecticut. He received the Provost's Award for Academic and Research Excellence (1994), the Aerospace Medical Society's Environmental Science Award (1986), and the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Presidential Award for contributions to the NSCA Journal in Environmental Physiology (1989 and 1994). Since 1982, he has written more than 60 research articles for scientific journals and nearly 50 articles for educational and consumer publications. He also has contributed chapters to numerous books and has coauthored numerous articles for government technical reports.

Armstrong likewise has hands-on experience relative to extreme environments. In addition to completing 14 marathons and climbing Mt. Washington three times, he has collected research data in the medical tent for the Boston Marathon and contributed to ACSM position stands on fluid replacement during exercise as well as on heat and cold illnesses contracted during distance running. He graduated cum laude as a scholar-athlete from University of Toledo in 1971 with a BEd in Biology and Comprehensive Science, earned a MEd from Toledo in 1976, and a PhD from Ball State University in 1983 as a student of David L. Costill. He is a past president with the New England Chapter of the ACSM and conducted numerous research studies as a physiologist at the Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, MA, from 1983 to 1990. Armstrong lives in Mansfield Center, Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9780880118378
ISBN 10	0880118377
Title	Performing in Extreme Environments
Author	Lawrence E Armstrong
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Human Kinetics Publishers
Year published	1999-10-14
Number of pages	344
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