Forsyth Jacky - The Exercising Female

The Exercising Female: Science and Its Application is the first book to provide students, researchers, and professionals with an evidence-based reference on the exceptional scientific issues associated with female participation in sport and exercise. Based on the latest research, and treating women as a unique population, the book seeks to critically evaluate current debates, present the science underpinning female sport and exercise performance, and inform applied practice for the exercising female.

Featuring contributions from leading scientists from around the world, and adopting a multidisciplinary approach from exercise physiology, endocrinology, and biochemistry to psychology, biomechanics, and sociology the book includes chapters on topics such as:

Exercise and the menstrual cycle, contraception, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause.

Body image, exercise dependency, the psychology of sports performance, and homophobia in female sport.

The Female Athlete Triad, bone health, musculoskeletal injury, and breast biomechanics.

Nutritional requirements for the exercising female, immune function and exercise, and cardiovascular health.

Filling a considerable gap in book literature around the science of female sport and exercise, this is crucial reading for any student studying female sport and exercise science, researchers of female sport, and any coach, sport scientist, strength and conditioning coach, sport psychologist, physician, or physiotherapist working with female athletes.

Jacky Forsyth is an associate professor at Staffordshire University, UK. She is a prominent researcher and speaker in the area of womens exercise and health. Her research is centred on the interactive effect of ovarian hormones, exercise, and bone. One of her research priorities is to promote, raise awareness, and to advance understanding of the key influences, which impact the exercising female. She is vice chair of the Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network (WISEAN), the aim of which is To grow, strengthen, and promote research on women in sport and exercise, with the ultimate goal of optimising womens athletic success and their participation. Jacky publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals in her field.

Claire-Marie Roberts is a senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, and a practising Sport Psychology consultant. Her experiences of working with athletes reflect her research interests. These include female-specific issues relating to career transitions in sport such as pregnancy and motherhood and the psychology of female sport performance. Claire-Marie is the chair of the WISEAN, a non-executive board director of UK Anti-Doping, and a member of the Women in Sport Research Action Group.

Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science

The Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science series is a showcase for cutting-edge research from across the sport and exercise sciences, including physiology, psychology, biomechanics, motor control, physical activity, and health, and every core sub-discipline. Featuring the work of established and emerging scientists and practitioners from around the world, and covering the theoretical, investigative, and applied dimensions of sport and exercise, this series is an important channel for new and groundbreaking research in the human movement sciences.

Available in this series:

The Athlete Apperception Technique

Manual and Materials for Sport and Clinical Psychologists

Petah M. Gibbs, Mark B. Andersen and Daryl B. Marchant

Complex Sport Analytics

Felix Lebed

The Science of Figure Skating

Edited by Jason D. Vescovi and Jaci L. VanHeest

The Science of Judo

Edited by Mike Callan

Modelling and Simulation in Sport and Exercise

Edited by Arnold Baca and Jrgen Perl

The Exercising Female

Science and Its Application

Edited by Jacky Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts

For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/sport/series/RRSES

Science and Its Application

Edited by Jacky Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts

First published 2019

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ISBN: 978-0-8153-9198-2 (hbk)

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Dr Judith Allgrove, Kingston University, UK.

Miss Nicole C. Aurigemma, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Professor Karen Birch, University of Leeds, UK.

Dr Tim Blackmore, University of Portsmouth, UK.

Dr Rachael Bullingham, University of Worcester, UK.

Dr Jenny Burbage, University of Portsmouth, UK.

Professor Amanda J. Daley, Loughborough University, UK.

Dr Glen Davison, University of Kent, UK.

Professor Mary Jane De Souza, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Professor Joan M. Eckerson, Creighton University, USA.

Dr Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Dr Leah Ferguson, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dr Jacky Forsyth, Staffordshire University, UK.

Miss Madeleine France, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Professor Sarah Grogan, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Professor Heather A. Hausenblas, Jacksonville University, USA.

Dr Kirsty Marie Hicks, Northumbria University, UK.

Dr Karen Hind, Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Miss Brogan Horler, University of Portsmouth, UK.

Professor Helen Jones, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Dr Gran Kentt, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences GIH, Sweden.

Ms Kristen J. Koltun, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Dr David A. Low, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.