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ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription : American College of Sports Medicine

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ISBN: 9780683000238 | 0683000233
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Pub. Date: 2/1/1995

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SummaryTable of Contents
The fifth edition of ACSM's Guidelines for exercise Testing and Prescription features: -More quantitative data-threshold values, clinical laboratory cutoffs, nomograms, and normative fitness data.-Great detail on 'special populations' such as children, pregnant women, and the elderly.-More on testing and prescription for pulmonary patients-new appendices on ECG interpretation schemata and expanded treatment of environmental considerations-Revised Knowledge, skills and abilities underlying each ACSM certification.
SECTION I. HEALTH APPRAISAL, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND SAFETY OF EXERCISE1(26)
Benefits and Risks Associated with Exercise
3(9)
Public Health Perspective
... MORE(1)
Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
4(2)
Risks Associated with Exercise Testing
6(2)
Risks Associated with Physical Activity
8(4)
Health Screening and Risk Stratification
12(15)
Health Screening for Physical Activity
12(1)
Risk Stratification
13(6)
Summary
19(8)
SECTION II. EXERCISE TESTING27(124)
Pre-Test Evaluation
29(20)
Clinical Assessment
29(9)
Contraindications to Exercise Testing
38(3)
Informed Consent
41(6)
Patient Instructions
47(2)
Physical Fitness Testing
49(37)
Purposes of Fitness Testing
50(1)
Basic Principles and Guidelines
51(2)
Body Composition
53(10)
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
63(15)
Muscular Fitness
78(8)
Clinical Exercise Testing
86(24)
Indications and Applications
86(5)
Exercise Test Modalities
91(2)
Exercise Protocols
93(1)
Measurements
94(6)
Post-Exercise Period
100(1)
Indications for Exercise Test Termination
100(1)
Radionuclide Exercise Testing
101(1)
Non-Exercise Stress Tests or Pharmacological Tests
102(1)
Considerations for Pulmonary Patients
102(4)
Summary of Methodology
106(4)
Interpretation of Test Data
110(41)
Interpretation of Fitness Test Data
110(2)
Graded Exercise Testing as a Screening Tool for CAD
112(12)
Interpretation of Responses to Graded Exercise Testing
124(6)
Interpretation of Clinical Test Data
130(10)
Predictive Value of Exercise Testing
140(6)
Interpretation of Exercise Tests in Pulmonary Patients
146(5)
SECTION III. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION151(90)
General Principles of Exercise Prescription
153(24)
Introduction
153(3)
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
156(10)
Caloric Thresholds for Adaptation
166(1)
Rate of Progression
167(3)
Musculoskeletal Flexibility
170(2)
Muscular Fitness
172(3)
Program Supervision
175(2)
Exercise Prescription for Cardiac Patients
177(17)
Inpatient Programs
178(5)
Outpatient Programs
183(6)
Resistance Training
189(1)
Other Considerations
190(4)
Exercise Prescription for Pulmonary Patients
194(12)
Exercise Prescription
195(4)
Special Considerations
199(2)
Alternative Modes of Exercise Training
201(2)
Program Design and Supervision
203(3)
Other Clinical Conditions Influencing Exercise Prescription
206(14)
Hypertension
206(3)
Peripheral Vascular Disease
209(4)
Diabetes Mellitus
213(3)
Obesity
216(4)
Exercise Testing and Prescription for Children, the Elderly, and Pregnancy
220(21)
Children
220(8)
The Elderly
228(7)
Pregnancy
235(6)
Appendix A. Common Medications241(12)
Appendix B. Emergency Management253(10)
Appendix C. ECG Interpretation and Related Diagnostic Information263(6)
Appendix D. Metabolic Calculations269(19)
Appendix E. Environmental Considerations288(9)
Appendix F. American College of Sports Medicine Certifications297(58)
Index355

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