Vilberto Stocchi
Pierpaolo De Feo
David A.Hood (Eds)

2007

During the last few decades a significant body of scientific evidence has shown the importance of physical activity in preventing modern-day chronic diseases such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, tumors, osteoporosis, etc. In particular, regular aerobic exercise plays an important role in modifying human skeletal muscle, causing a significant number of molecular modifications.