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Sport and physical health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

E. Joan Bassey  and
P.H. Fentem
E. Joan Bassey
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
P.H. Fentem
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
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Summary

The role of sport is considered in the light of the health and physical capabilities of the average members of the population. It is shown how the different aspects of physical capacity can be extended, not only in the average sedentary person, but also in the elderly and the physically incapacitated. The efficacy of sport in the prevention of disease is also discussed.

Type
II. Sport and health
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , supplement S7: Biosocial Aspects of Sport , 1981 , pp. 71 - 82
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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