CHAPTER 9 The respiratory system: Anatomy, physiology, and adaptations to exercise and training PIERRE LEKEUX, TATIANA ART and DAVID R. HODGSON Introduction Importance of the respiratory system in the athletic…
CHAPTER 3 Energetic considerations of exercise MATHEW P. GERARD, E.DE GRAAF-ROELFSEMA, DAVID R. HODGSON and J.H. VAN DER KOLK* The horse is a superb athlete, the result of the evolutionary…
Chapter 29 Clinical exercise testing A. COUROUCÉ-MALBLANC and DAVID R. HODGSON Exercise testing has been used routinely for the past 50 years in human medicine to evaluate fitness and the…
CHAPTER 12 Muscle anatomy, physiology, and adaptations to exercise and training STEPHANIE J. VALBERG As illustrated throughout this book, the horse has evolved into the supreme athlete, being capable of…
CHAPTER 2 Comparative aspects of exercise physiology DAVID R. HODGSON and J.H. FOREMAN* Besides appreciating their own athletic ability, humans, uniquely, have also trained other animals to compete in athletic…
CHAPTER 13 Tendon, ligament, bone, and cartilage: Anatomy, physiology, and adaptations to exercise and training JANET C. PATTERSON-KANE and ELWYN C. FIRTH The musculoskeletal system of the horse is highly…
CHAPTER 6 Physiology of acid–base balance and fluid shifts with exercise KENNETH H. McKEEVER and ROBERT A. LEHNHARD Food of any specific nature provides the energy needed by any specific…
CHAPTER 14 Age and disuse in athletes: Effects of detraining, spelling, injury, and age KENNETH H. McKEEVER and ROBERT A. LEHNHARD Exercise is an acute perturbation, a stress on the…
CHAPTER 11 The cardiovascular system: Anatomy, physiology, and adaptations to exercise and training DAVID R. HODGSON* The cardiovascular system is a transport system consisting of a muscular pump, the heart,…
CHAPTER 4 Nutrition of the performance horse SHANNON E. PRATT-PHILLIPS and LAURIE M. LAWRENCE Equine digestion, absorption, and metabolism Digestion and absorption Being nonruminant herbivores, horses utilize both enzymatic digestion…
