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ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / American College of Sports Medicine ; [senior editor, Walter R. Thompson ; associate editors, Neil F. Gordon, Linda S. Pescatello ; contributors, Kelli Allen ... [et al.]].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010.Edition: 8th edDescription: xxi, 380 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780781769037 (alk. paper)
  • 9780781769020 (hbk.)
  • 0781769035 (alk. paper)
  • 0781769027 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 615.82 22
  • 615.8
LOC classification:
  • RM725 .A48 2010
  • RC684.E9 .A45 2010
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Contents:
Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Preparticipation health screening and risk stratification -- Pre-exercise evaluations -- Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation -- Clinical exercise testing -- Interpretation of clinical exercise test data -- General principles of exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription for healthy populations and special considerations -- Exercise prescription for patients with cardiac disease -- Exercise prescription for other clinical populations.
Summary: This manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. It provides a resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Preparticipation health screening and risk stratification -- Pre-exercise evaluations -- Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation -- Clinical exercise testing -- Interpretation of clinical exercise test data -- General principles of exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription for healthy populations and special considerations -- Exercise prescription for patients with cardiac disease -- Exercise prescription for other clinical populations.

This manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. It provides a resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications.

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