KINE 5318 Environmental Exercise Physiology

Environmental factors (e.g., temperature and humidity, hypoxia, atmospheric pressure, pollution, etc.) can have a considerable effect on physiological responses to acute exercise and on physiological adaptations to exercise training. This course provides the student with a comprehensive understanding of how these environmental factors affect the physiological response to exercise. In particular, acute physiological responses to heat, cold, altitude, microgravity, hyperbaric environments, and sleep deprivation, as well as adaptations to these environments, will be discussed thoroughly.