KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cardiovascular Fitness, Body Composition, Luigi Galvani
29 Sep 2015
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Kine 1020 - lecture 1: introduction to kinesiology. The study of human movement (biomechanics, psychology and physiology) If we could give every individual the right of amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little land not too much, we would have found the safest way to health . If walking does not produce better health, the walking would be in vain . Edward stanley (1873) those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness . 1737: luigi galvani discovers electricity stimulates muscles contraction. 1847: carl ludwig invented the kymograph to non-invasively measure human blood pressure. 1887: augustus desire waller records the electrical activity of the human heart. 1920: archibald v. hill describes maximal oxygen uptake vo2 max and investigates heat production in muscle. 1957: a. f huxley theorizes about muscle cross-bridges in contraction and discovered the basis of nerve action potential.
