Advanced Neuromuscular Exercise Physiology

Advanced Neuromuscular Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, uses a mix of biochemistry, molecular biology, neurophysiology, and muscle physiology to provide a synthesis of current knowledge and research directions in the field.

Phillip F. Gardiner, PhD, is a professor emeritus of kinesiology and recreation management at the University of Manitoba, with a cross-appointment in the department of physiology and pathophysiology in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. He served as director of the Spinal Cord Research Centre at the University of Manitoba from 2015 to 2020 and prior to that was the director of the Health, Leisure, & Human Performance Research Institute.

Author of the Human Kinetics books Neuromuscular Aspects of Physical Activity (2001) and Skeletal Muscle: Form and Function (coauthor, 2006), Gardiner has also published over 150 research articles on neuromuscular system adaptability.

Gardiner served as the president of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) and as coeditor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology. In 2007, he received the highest award bestowed by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology: the CSEP Honour Award. He served as a Tier I Canada Research Chair in physical activity and health studies at the University of Manitoba from 2002 to 2016 and was chair of the Scientific Committee of Muscular Dystrophy Canada from 2015 to 2018. He has also served the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as chair of the board and as scientific director of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA).