Physical Activity. Human Growth and Development

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Page xi
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv, G. LAWRENCE RARICK
CHAPTER 1 - Exercise and the Growth and Development of Muscle Tissue, Pages 1-31, V.Reggie Edgerton
CHAPTER 2 - Physical Activity and the Growth and Development of Bone and Joint Structures, Pages 32-59, Robert L. Larson
CHAPTER 3 - Growth in Muscular Strength and Power, Pages 60-79, Erling Asmussen
CHAPTER 4 - Factors Affecting the Working Capacity of Children and Adolescents, Pages 80-96, Forrest H. Adams
CHAPTER 5 - Body Composition and Exercise during Growth and Development, Pages 97-124, Jana Parízková
CHAPTER 6 - Growth, Physique, and Motor Performance, Pages 125-153, Robert M. Malina, G. Lawrence Rarick
CHAPTER 7 - Age Changes in Motor Skills, Pages 154-175, Helen M. Eckert
CHAPTER 8 - Motor Learning as a Function of Age and Sex, Pages 176-200, Robert N. Singer
CHAPTER 9 - Stability and Change in Motor Abilities, Pages 201-224, G. Lawrence Rarick
CHAPTER 10 - Motor Performance of Mentally Retarded Children, Pages 225-256, G. Lawrence Rarick
CHAPTER 11 - Play, Games, and Sport in the Psychosocial Development of Children and Youth, Pages 257-302, John W. Lay, Alan G. Ingham
CHAPTER 12 - Becoming Involved in Physical Activity and Sport: A Process of Socialization, Pages 303-332, Gerald S. Kenyon, Barry D. McPherson
CHAPTER 13 - Ethnic and Cultural Factors in the Development of Motor Abilities and Strength in American Children, Pages 333-363, Robert M. Malina
CHAPTER 14 - Competitive Sports in Childhood and Early Adolescence, Pages 364-386, G. Lawrence Rarick
Author Index, Pages 387-399
Subject Index, Pages 400-406