scholarly journals Exercise physiology and human performance: systems biology before systems biology!

2008 ◽  
Vol 586 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Joyner ◽  
Bengt Saltin
Keyword(s):  
Systems Biology ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Exercise Physiology

Exercise Physiology From 1980 to 2020: Application of the Natural Sciences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jane A. Kent ◽  
Kate L. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Exercise Physiology ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

The field of exercise physiology has enjoyed tremendous growth in the past 40 years. With its foundations in the natural sciences, it is an interdisciplinary field that is highly relevant to human performance and health. The focus of this review is on highlighting new approaches, knowledge, and opportunities that have emerged in exercise physiology over the last four decades. Key among these is the adoption of advanced technologies by exercise physiologists to address fundamental research questions, and the expansion of research topics to range from molecular to organismal, and population scales in order to clarify the underlying mechanisms and impact of physiological responses to exercise in health and disease. Collectively, these advances have ensured the position of the field as a partner in generating new knowledge across many scientific and health disciplines.

scholarly journals Professor Bengt Saltin Symposium – Environmental challenges to human performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-107
Author(s):  
Philip N. Ainslie
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Exercise Physiology ◽  
Muscle Metabolism ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The North ◽  
The Andes ◽  
High Altitude Natives

This short review is from a presentation made at the Bengt Saltin Symposium, October 15–17, at the 2015 Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology conference, Hamilton, Canada. The review provides context of the important work of the late Dr. Saltin’s contributions to environmental physiology. In addition to well-controlled laboratory experiments to better understand the influence of hypoxia or temperature, or both, Dr. Saltin also led several field expeditions to the North Greenland, Kenya, Himalayas, and the Andes, where he studied several aspects of human adaptation to environment. The 1998 Danish High-Altitude Expedition to the Andes, in particular, resulted in many major contributions to the field of altitude physiology including, but not limited to, mechanisms of reductions in maximal oxygen uptake, the lactate paradox, acclimatization, muscle metabolism, gas exchange, cerebrovascular physiology, etc. Of note, many of these related studies were conducted in both Danish sojourners to altitude and Bolivian altitude natives of Aymara ancestry, thus providing some of the most mechanistic comparisons with high altitude natives to date. A framework of these physiological contributions in terrestrial extremes is provided in this review.

scholarly journals Linking skeletal muscle blood flow and metabolism to the limits of human performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Boushel
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Exercise Physiology ◽  
Muscle Blood Flow ◽  
Muscle Metabolism ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Key Questions

Over the last 50 years, Bengt Saltin’s contributions to our understanding of physiology of the circulation, the matching of the circulation to muscle metabolism, and the underlying mechanisms that set the limits for exercise performance were enormous. His research addressed the key questions in the field using sophisticated experimental methods including field expeditions. From the Dallas Bedrest Study to the 1-leg knee model to the physiology of lifelong training, his prodigious body of work was foundational in the field of exercise physiology and his leadership propelled integrative human physiology into the mainstream of biological sciences.

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