Exercise is medicine--is there a toxic dose? / written by the American College of Sports Medicine ; presented by Stephen A. Siegel ; produced by Healthy Learning.

Exercise is Medicine: Is There a Toxic Dose? provides a detailed review of the potential risks and downsides of engaging in exercise. The video explains why it is appropriate, as it would be for any type of medicine, to be aware of the possible adverse events and toxicities attendant to exercise. In...

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Corporate Authors: American College of Sports Medicine (Screenwriter), Healthy Learning Videos (Producer)
Other Authors: Siegel, Stephen (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Monterey, CA : Healthy Learning, 2010.
Series:Sports medicine and exercise science in video
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Summary:Exercise is Medicine: Is There a Toxic Dose? provides a detailed review of the potential risks and downsides of engaging in exercise. The video explains why it is appropriate, as it would be for any type of medicine, to be aware of the possible adverse events and toxicities attendant to exercise. In that regard, the video also points out that the on-target and off-target adverse events that exercisers may experience are affected by several measures, including the individuals' risk factors, their preconditioning level, their medication interaction(s), and environmental factors. In addition, the video discusses potential steps (mechanisms) for reducing the level of toxicity.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 24, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 min.).
Playing Time:00:53:08
Language:This edition in English.