Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Physical Exercise: Emotional and Psychological Benefits
(Marie-Carmen Neipp and Eva León – Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 2. Physical Activity as Supportive Care in Fibromyalgia
(Maria Luiza L. Albuquerque, Marcos C. Alvarez, Diogo Monteiro, Dulce Esteves and Henrique P. Neiva – Universidad da Beira Interior, Portugal, et al.)
Chapter 3. Can Physical Activity Regulate Insulin Resistance?
(Alejandro Ruiz Moreno, María Isabel Ruiz Moreno, Alberto Vilches Pérez, Ricardo Gómez Huelgas and María Rosa Bernal López – Department of Internal Medicine, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 4. Physical Exercise and Higher Brain Functions: Motor, Emotional and Cognitive Benefits (Leonardo Oliveira Bittencourt, Dinair Pamplona-Santos, Kátia Lamarão-Vieira, Dannilo Roberto Ferreira Silva, Luis Felipe Sarmiento Rivera and Rafael Rodrigues Lima – Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil, et al.)
Chapter 5. Physical Exercise and Oral Health
(Victória Santos Chemelo, Deiweson Souza-Monteiro, Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira, Priscila Cunha Nascimento, Railson Oliveira Ferreira and Rafael Rodrigues Lima – Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil, et al.)
Chapter 6. Exercise: Physical, Physiological and Psychological Benefits on Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases
(Edgard Torres dos Reis Neto, Cintia Maso de Sordi, Flávia Maria Matos Melo Campos Peixoto, Washnigton dos Santos Oliveira and Emília Inoue Sato – Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil, et al.)
Chapter 7. Aquatic Exercise in the Healthy Population
(Luís B. Faíl; Henrique P. Neiva and Daniel A. Marinho – Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal, et al.)
Chapter 8. Methodological Strategies, Planned Motor Activities and Motor Assessment in Children and Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Carla Lourenço, Dulce Esteves and Andrew M. Colombo-Dougovito – Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal & University of North Texas, TX, USA, et al.)
Chapter 9. Exercise Benefits in Dementia
(Kiara Lewis, Rob Naughton and Kim Burton – University of Huddersfield & University of Gloucestershire, UK, et al.)
Chapter 10. Benefits of an Active Lifestyle for Women Living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
(Matthew R. Haines, Sharon V. Newson, Amie Woodward and David R. Broom – University of Huddersfield; University of York; Coventry University UK, et al.)
Chapter 11. Work It Out: Exercise as an Anti-Cancer Intervention
(Supa Pudkasam, Katherine Harkin, Kathy Tangalakis, Jack Feehan and Vasso Apostolopoulos – Victoria University, Australia; Assumption University, Thailand and University of Melbourne, Australia, et al.)
Chapter 12. Role of Exercise Training in Preventing Cardiac Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Survivors
(Pedro Antunes and Dulce Esteves – Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal, et al.)
About the Editors
Notes of Contributors
Index
