Objective: The case for exercise and health has primarily been made on its impact on
diseases such coronary heart disease, obesity and diabetes. However, there is a very high …

Regular physical activity plays a crucial role in health maintenance and disease prevention.
However, excessive exercise has the potential to have adverse effects on both physical and …

What is happiness? Why are some people happier than others? This new edition of The
Psychology of Happiness provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research …

As modern lifestyles offer ever more opportunities for a sedentary existence, physical activity
has become, for many, a marginal aspect of life. Too little physical activity is linked to …

Emotions in Sport is the first comprehensive treatment of how individual and team emotions
affect athletic performance. Edited by renowned Olympic advisor, researcher, and teacher …

The 'feel-good'effect of physical activity is often reported by exercisers but has not been
sufficiently recognised in health services and health promotion. In the modern world of stress …

A comparative study has been made of the positive moods generated by four common
leisure activities: sport/exercise, music, church and watching TV soaps. Some 275 …

Purpose: To determine whether isokinetic training can improve the strength of the
hemiparetic knee musculature, functional mobility, and physical activity and to evaluate its …

Exercise addiction is an area of great speculation with only limited evidence for its existence.
Despite a growing body of such literature, there have been few empirical reports and very …

Este trabajo analiza dos modelos conceptuales o paradigmas sobre las relaciones entre la
actividad física, la condición física y la salud. Posteriormente aborda el papel de la escuela …