Tim Lightfoot – Rockin Physiology – ACSM Presentation – May 31, 2014

Tim Lightfoot – Rockin Physiology – ACSM Presentation – May 31, 2014
Rockin’ Physiology is an exploration of the physical and mental stresses associated with performing musicians.   This very creative Presidential Lecture from the 2014 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) annual meeting finds that playing music can induce moderate to heavy physiological stress, especially during public performances.
Tim Lightfoot, PhD, FACSM  Director, Huffhines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Texas A&M University
 
Posted with permission of the speaker and ACSM, Sept 2014.
 

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