Resources in Exercise Science

Welcome to Resources for Exercise Science Individuals!

The information located on this page is provided as a link to other web pages that have information that might be of some interest. The Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion at FAU, does not guarantee or provide any assurance as to the factuality of the site information included in this listing. If you find a link which does not work or has moved, or is weak, or you have located other good sites, please notify Dr. Torok so that removals, corrections, or additions can be made. Thank you for helping to make this Resource Center a great place for information.

Reference Materials:

Publisher Information:

  • I. L. Cooper, Publisher To streamline requests for desk copies of textbooks in sports medicine, exercise science and related areas for classroom consideration, for reviewing book contents on line, requesting permissions, and for submitting new book proposals we have established a new website:
    Cooper Publishing Group/Biological Sciences Press
    Traverse City, MI 49686
    (231) 933-9958

    Search Engines:

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  • GTE superpages

    • Informational Centers:

    National Organizations:

  • ACSM
  • American Heart Association
  • Centers for Disease Control
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Department of Health & Human Services
  • Food & Nutrition Information Center
  • National Strength & Conditioning Association
  • President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports

    • Regional Sites:

  • SEACSM

    • University Sites:

  • Academic Sites within SEACSM
  • PE Central
  • Exercise Science Links

    • Special Topic Centers:

  • American Cancer Society
  • OncoLINK:Cancer Links
  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Aging
  • American Society of Exercise Physiologists
  • Healthworld
  • Stop-Smoking-Tips
  • Sleep Disorders Guide
  • Health Care Job Bank Search
  • Healthopedia

    • Journals & Abstracts, & Online Publications or Databases:

  • MedLine
  • AMA Index to Medical Resources
  • Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
  • Science & Medicine index at Yahoo
  • Federally Funded Research in the US
  • Galaxy: Medicine
  • Galaxy: Psychology
  • Medical Matrix - Guide to Internet Medical Resources
  • MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources

    • Discussion Groups:

  • Internet Journal of Health Promotion

    • Job Opportunities:

  • Jobs in the academe
  • Monster.com Online Career Center

    • Specific Topic Areas

    Aging

    National Organization

  • THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
  • THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE INTEREST GROUPS

    • Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

    • Informational

  • Huffington Center on Aging: Genetic Education": This is an excellent site about aging. It includes topics such as: The Enigma of Aging, Process of Aging, Social and Psychological Aspects of Aging, Research, Summary, References (contains additional sites)
  • Ask NOAH About: Aging and Alzheimer's Disease. This is an informational site that explains the meaning of aging as it relates to Alzheimer disease.
  • Biology, physiology of aging, plus few interesting abstracts
  • Center on aging University of California:Berkeley
  • Center for Aging and Health, University of California, Davis
  • Links on aging
  • HealthCare Information Resources
  • Aging, Exercise, and Depression
  • GeroWeb is designed as an online resource for researchers, educators, practitioners, and others interested in aging and older individuals. Brought to you by the Graduate Student Organization and the GeroInformatics Workgroup at the Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology.
  • Mayo Health Clinic
  • World Health Network
  • This is the homepage to elderweb, which contains many links for the elderly which deal with health issues, finances, living, etc.
  • This is the American Physical Therapy Association's Section on Geriatrics that contains some journal publications related to the elderly as well as other links and information on conferences.
  • This is the Administration on Aging homepage. It contains statistics on aging, information for the elderly, and other resources for the aging and elderly.
  • This is the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging at the University of South Florida. This information includes statistics and research projects on Florida's elderly community.
  • Administration on aging with links to other sites.
  • Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging. The Institute has a mandate to carry out research into the process of human development, life course and aging, population aging, and the aged, in the social, psychological and health sciences. Jointly sponsored by the Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, and the Special Research Centre 186, Status Passages and Risks in the Life Course, University.
  • Chicago Fitness Plus
  • Aging Muscle: charateristics and strength training
  • ACSM Exercise & Older Adult
  • University of Pennsylvania: Aging Information and Research
  • National Osteoporsis Foundation
  • This is a site at the University of Puget Sound. There are links to different organizations for the elderly and government resources.
  • Anti-Aging And Rejuvenation Therapies

    • Bioenergics/Metabolism

    National Organization

  • National Research Council

    • Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Biophysical Journal

    • Informational

  • (General Metabolic Pathway Map / DaVinci Press) Provides diagrams of metabolic reactions.
  • (Metabolism Problems:Questions, Answers, and tutorial) from University of Arizona
  • Basal Metabolism Calculator
  • Brief description of cellular energy metabolism
  • Brief description of fat metabolism
  • Tips for boosting the metabolic rate
  • Caffeine's effects on metabolism, as well as, other factors influencing metabolic rate
  • University of Pittsburgh, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism homepage.
  • Human Metabolism & Clinical Biochemistry Program at Sheffield+ related publications
  • Metabolism Q and A for the layman.
  • Various teaching selections for information on metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism article
  • Basal metabolic rate and how to increase it. Lots of definitions.
  • University of Sheffield-Medical Education

    • Body Composition

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

    Informational

  • Gives definition of body composition, also why the scale is not always best, BIA use, and body type differences
  • Body Composition Tests

    • Children

    National Organization

  • Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
  • AHA: Children & Exercise

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Pediatric Exercise Science
  • Physical Education Digest
  • American Academy of Pediatrics

    • Informational

  • Tools for Teaching K-12: A Gateway to Educational Materials
  • Baylor College of Medicine: Children's Nutrition Research Center
  • National Network for Child Care
  • Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
  • "Children First"-WBAY News
  • PE Central
  • Children's Hospital-Boston

    • Circulatory System

    National Organization

  • American Association of Cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation

    • Business/Products

  • First-Call Medical Cardiac Services
  • Transonic Systems Inc, Excellence in Quantitative Hemodynamics
  • Mad Scientist Software
  • Marquette Medical Systems
  • This site includes personal stories of patients with pacemakers or defibrillators. Also includes the history of pacemakers.

    • Journal/Discussion Related

  • Cardio-Vascular Clinical Trials Forum
  • HeartWeb
  • American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • International Jounal of Cardiology
  • Coronary Artery Disease

    • Informational

  • The Heart Preview Gallery
  • Medscape Cardiology
  • UVa Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Cardiovascular Research Institute of Southern California
  • Jefferson Health System: Heart Disease from Thomas Jefferson University (online resource). This is an online resource that provides links to other sites.
  • This is an educational site that explains the heart, the different heart disease and how to test for them, and many other topics. It also contains many pictures to make their explanation easily understood.
  • Cardiovascular Institute of the South-This site contains articles with information about peripheral vascular disease and other article with topics related to the cardiovascular system such as Arrhythmia, cardiac treatment and hypertension.
  • This site is a basic review of the blood. It includes graphics and information about rbc's, wbc's, and nourishment of the blood. It also has 6 sets of test questions about the blood and heart.
  • This is an extensive site on the mitral valve. Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis.
  • This site is on blood, heart, and vessel problems. Source of articles and cardiovascular diseases. Also includes links to more cardiovascular sites.
  • The Heart: An Online Exploration
  • Basic facts regarding blood, the heart, lymphatic system and circulation :University of Maryland

    • Health & Fitness

    National Organization

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page

    • Business/Products

  • Fitness Zone

    • Journal/Discussion Related

  • Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
  • Health Promotion International
  • Internet Journal of Health Promotion

    • Informational

  • Physical Activity and Health: A Report by the Surgeon General
  • JAMA Homepage
  • FitnessWorld Home Page
  • WorldGuide to Health& Fitness
  • Internet Fitness Resource
  • Health Promotion Research Internet Network
  • Columbia/HCA Medtropolis
  • Yale Sports Medicine Center- This site explains and shows pictures of different sport injuries, has challenging case questions with answers and gives additional links to other Information
  • Cycling Tips & Information
  • Arnot Ogden Medical Center Resources
  • LIFE ENRICHMENT NETWORK Your connection to a healthy lifestylehildren's Wellness/Fitness, Exercise Physiologists, Feng Shui, Martial Arts

    • Hormonal

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

    Informational

  • US TOO International, Inc. Combined Hormonal Therapy (CHT) Brochure: Prostate Cancer Info
  • Healthanswers.com

    • Kinesiology and Biomechanics

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Journal of Applied Biomechanics
  • Journal of Biomechanics affiliated with American, European, and International Society of Biomechanics

    • Informational

  • International Society of Biomechanics
  • Biomechanics World Wide
  • University of Waterloo Electronic Library: Kinesiology
  • Biomechanics World Wide
  • Center for Innovative Computer Applications Project Kinesiology
  • Center for Human Simulation
  • Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomical Variation
  • Department of Bioengineering at UCSD
  • University of Calgary Human Performance Lab
  • Site for applied kinesiology and manual mm testing (chat room etc.)
  • Kinesiology home pages, University of Michigan
  • Cal State-Northridge:The study of human movement related to sport, dance and exercise
  • Access to The Center for Applied Health Research and Spine Biomechanics Lab-University of Waterloo

    • Medicine

    National Organization

  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

    • Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Harvard Health Letter
  • Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
  • On-line Listing of Biomedical Journals from Dr. Pribut

    • Informational

  • Countway Library of Medicine-Electronic Collection
  • National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom
  • Health Source-Discussion of various medical topics
  • Saint Francis Hospital Health Resources
  • Sports medicine research regarding athletic training, sports medicine and biomechanics/kinesiology
  • Dr Anders Anderson's Chiropractic Web Page

    • Nervous System

    National Organization

  • This is the homepage for the American Academy of Neurology. It is a professional organization of neurologists and provides information on neurological diseases as well as new topics in nuerology.
  • International Child Neurology Association
  • This is the homepage for the Society for Neuroscience. There is a lot of information on neuroscience including links to different journal publications.

    • Business/Products

  • Description of several products for nerve impulse detection

    • Journal/Discussion Related

  • Journal of Neurophysiology

    • Informational

  • Neurosciences on the Internet
  • Brain and the Nervous System
  • This is the Epilepsy Research Lab of the Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Research Center. There are computer simulations of neurons and lots of information on epilepsy.
  • This is the homepage of C. Richard Chapman, Ph.D. at the University of Washington. The page is about pain, This is a good link site with defintions of terms, other link sites, and some research information as well.
  • Duke University's neuron simulation program.
  • Organization of the nervous system
  • Investigation of whether the increase in blood flow in dogs during exercise is restrained by sympathetic NS
  • Dr. Anderson's Web Page! - THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Function of the Nervous System
  • Chapter Three: Organization of the Nervous System
  • Medscape Type site for Neurology
  • Neuromuscular Research and Multiple Lab Projects
  • The Whole Brain Atlas
  • This site has some really nice photos on the brain and spinal cord.
  • Jefferson Health System: Nervous System Disorders
  • Articles on myelin diseases

    • Nutrition & Ergogenic Aids

    National Organization

  • American Society for Clinical Nutrition
  • FDA's center for food safety and applied nutrition
  • Food & Nutrition Information Center Homepage, lots of info.

    • Business/Products

  • Weight management and nutrition

    • Journal/Discussion Related

  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • International Journal of Sport Nutrition

    • Informational

  • Food and Nutrition Newsletter (Virginia Cooperative Extension)
  • This site gives an introduction to cholesterol and its positive and negative aspects for the human body.
  • This site discusses foods, diets and habits, how to create a healthy diet
  • This site discusses what ergogenics athletes are using and why.
  • This site discusses what works and what doesn't in nutrition and ergogenic aids and training performance.
  • University of Arizonia: Nutrition, Exericse & Wellness
  • An in depth nutritional analysis including exercise activity and suggestions.
  • Nutrition for diabetics
  • Health World
  • McKinley Health Center: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Nutrition & Athlete Protein Needs
  • Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine & Athletic Trauma

    • Performance & Training

    National Organization

  • Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

    • Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Coaching Science Abstracts
  • Gatorade Sports Science Institute: Sports Science Exchange
  • Sports Medicine
  • Sports Medicine, Training and Rehabilitation
  • Journal of Athletic Training
  • Science & Sports

    • Informational

  • Exercise Physiology
  • DoIt Sports
  • The Sporting Eye / Training the eyes for sports.
  • Sports Coaching & Training Index-Sports Coach Web Site Index
  • Training-Information from Boston Marathon.
  • Mesomorphosis interactive: Information about Training
  • Canola Council of Canada

    • Physiology

    National Organization

  • FASEB Journal

    • Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
  • Journal of Applied Physiology-Abstracts
  • The homepage of the Annual Reviews. One can find publications on just about any scientific literature. To find information on physiology, go to publications, then enter the general search under physiology and you will find many articles in the field.
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

    • Informational

  • This site is incredible with a complete description of different links including cardiac physiology, respiratory physiology, and muscle physiology.
  • Boston 's Neuromuscular Research Center
  • On-line anatomy at InnerBody.com
  • Site provides various models of different physiological concepts-University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • Physiology of Exercise: Muskingum College
  • This is a link site for lots of different physiology and biophysics sites and is maintained by The Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Cornell University Medical College.
  • This page provides information on space physiology and explains different effects of space on astronaut's physiology.
  • This is the homepage for the Human Anatomy and Physiology Case Study Project. There are some interesting case studies for practice.

    • Rehabilitation

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

    Informational

  • Jefferson Health System Orthopedics: This is a general information site from the Orthopedic department at Jefferson Health System. It explains common orthopedic disorders, the evaluation process and different treatment plans. It also talks about different exercise treatment for people with pain and much more.
  • The Virtual Hospital: Imagining of Muscle Injuries: This is an informational site that explains the morphology and physiology of muscles, the different types of injuries, muscle herniation and much more.

    • Respiratory System

    National Organizations

    Business/Products

  • Harris Calorific

    • Journal/Discussion Related

    Informational

  • American Lung Association of Washington-This site gives a list of articles released by the American Lung Association of Washington.
  • Asthma: The Leukotriene Invasion: This site uses animation to explain asthma.
  • Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Website!

    • Skeletal Muscle

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

    Informational

  • Muscle Physiology
  • Marching through the visible man
  • Copenhagen Muscle Research Center
  • University of Michigan's Hypermuscle
  • MIT's Center for artificial muscle
  • Washington State University Muscle Group
  • MuscleNet at the University of Padua, Italy
  • Muscle Page: This is an informational site which explains about different muscle types and muscle contractions.
  • 21 different sites like strength-training
  • Hosford muscle tables plus additional links
  • Loyola UniversityMedical Center, Loyola University Chicago
  • This site shows pictures and teaches the muscles origins,insertions, actions and associated nerves in alphabetical order.
  • Skeletal Muscle [l.s.] [a.k.a., striated or voluntary muscle] H&E Stain /[450X]-slide
  • The Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma.
  • This site discusses diseases that involve inflammation and degeneration of skeletal muscle tissues.
  • This site is about muscles associated with low back pain, non-surgical treatments, other orthopaedic injuries, and newsletter called Rehab Review.
  • This site provides information and slides on muscle injuries, morphology, Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, Imaging, Muscle tear, Intramuscular Hematoma, and Muscle Herniation.
  • Center for Human Simulation at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  • Human Anatomy on-line
  • Detailed anatomy and functional components of skeletal muscle.
  • Histology of Muscle
  • University of Arizona: Physiology lab

    • Sports Psychology

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
  • Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • CyberPsychLink
  • Journal of Sport Management
  • Psychosomatics

    • Informational

    Temperature Regulation

    National Organization

    Business/Products

    Journal/Discussion Related

    Informational

  • Temperature & Performance / Listing of abstracts & resources.

    • Health & Wellness Sites

  • HealthAtoZ's Search Engine
  • Hypertension, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology (HDCN): Renal Disease Electronic Journal / Hypertension, Dialysis, Nephrology Information Server
  • Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Home Page
  • Official American Medical Association (AMA) Home Page
  • OPRR: NIH-OER Grants and Contracts HomePage
  • Physical Activity, Recreation and Active Living in Canada
  • Resources in Exercise Science
  • Robert A. Herb's Home Page
  • UNCC Health Promotion & Kinesiology

    • Other resources that some individuals many find interesting.

    Medical Sites

    Hypertension

  • Cardiovascular Research Institute of Southern California
  • AHA Scientific Publishing
  • Hypertension, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology (HDCN): Renal Disease Electronic Journal
  • Contents of Annual Reviews
  • Pharmaceutical Information Network

    • Physical Therapy

    Medical Info

  • American Medical Association Home Page
  • American Heart Association
  • Cardiovascular Institute of the South
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Go.com Health & Medicine Sites
  • MEDICAL GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES
  • MedWeb: Electronic Newsletters and Journals
  • Medical Resources from University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
  • Medicine Links from Galaxy
  • Pathology - Nephrology -- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Home Page
  • The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences - Medicine
  • Medical Informatics
  • CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
  • HyperDOC: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • HealthWorld Online Homepage
  • Medical Matrix : Clinical Medicine Resources
  • MedPulse-What's New
  • Health Oasis-Mayo Clinic
  • Virtual Hospital Home Page
  • Kansas State University: "The kinesiology ConneXion". Hyperlinks for research, infosources, journals,etc

    • Physiology

  • APS-abstracts
  • The Heart: A Virtual Exploration
  • MIC-KIBIC at the Karolinska Institute
  • MedWeb
  • The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Physiology & Biophysics (Biosciences)
  • Cardiovascular Institute of the South

    • BIO-Chem

  • Chemist's Art Gallery
  • General Organic and Biochemistry
  • Genome Database
  • NetBiochem Welcome Page

    • Nutrition Sites

    Organizations & Societies

  • American Institute for Cancer Research
  • American Heart Association
  • American Dietetic Association
  • The American Society for Clinical Nutrition
  • American Society for Nutritional Sciences
  • Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Ificinfo:International Food Information Council

    Some Helpful Links for Nutrition Information:

    • University Departments

  • Arizona Health Sciences Center at The University of Arizona
  • Columbia University's Health Education Program
  • Department of Food Science & Nutrition:University of Minnesota
  • Professor Geoff Skurray's Food, Nutrition & Health Information
  • Department of Nutrition & Food Science: Wayne State
  • NOAH: Health Topics
  • Duke University Diet & Fitness Center

    • Government Agencies

  • Food & Drug Administration
  • US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Food & Nutrition Information Center
  • US FDA / Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
  • Health Canada - The Canadian Health Network
  • Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    • Special Populations or Groups

  • American Health Information Management Association
  • American Heart Association Diet
  • Center for Science in the Public Interest: Publishes Nutrition Action Healthletter
  • Gatorade Sports Science Institute
  • MEDIC: HEALTH EXPLORER-U.T.Houston
  • Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
  • Sports Nutrition on Do It Sports
  • Vegetarian Resource Group
  • Grains Nutrition Information Center by Wheat Foods Council
  • Aeiveos Home Page

    • General Guides

  • The Blonz Guide: Nutrition, Food & Health Resources

    • Special Resource Links

  • Biomedical Internet Resources from Emory University Health Sciences Center Library
  • MECCA:Memphis Educational Computer Connectivity Alliance
  • Martindale's Health Science Guide
  • Yahoo - Health
  • USDA's School Meal Initiative for Healthy Children
  • Arizona Health Sciences Library Nutrition page
  • Health Education Brochures and Information

    • Special Interests

  • Dole 5 A Day
  • Gatorade
  • Muscle Media
  • The Lighter Side

    • Exercise Science Homepage
    SEACSM Home Page!
    FAU Home Page!
    Date of Last Revision March 15, 2007

    Please send comments to:
    Dr. Don Torok at: Torok@fau.edu