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Sports Physiology

By Arthur C. Guyton, M.D.† and John E. Hall, Ph.D. on April 15th 2008

There are few stresses to which the body is exposed that even nearly approach the extreme stresses of heavy exercise. In fact, if some of the extremes of exercise were continued for even moderately prolonged periods, they might be lethal. Therefore, in the main, sports physiology is a discussion of the ultimate limits to which […]

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