ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
ISBN: 9780781769020 | 0781769027
Edition: 8thFormat: Trade Paper
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Pub. Date: 2/5/2009
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The single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness, this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. This gold-standard text is a convenient, one-stop resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields, the Eighth Edition is fully compatible with newly released physic... MORE
| Preface | |
| Nota Bene | |
| Contributors | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Health Appraisal, Risk Assessment, And Safety Of Exercise | |
| Benefits and Risks Associated With Physical Activity | |
| Pre-Participation Health Screening and Risk Stratification | |
| Exercise Testing | |
| Pre-Exercise Evaluations | |
| Health-Related Physical Testing and Interpre... MORE | |
| Clinical Exercise Testing | |
| Interpretation of Clinical Exercise Test Data | |
| Exercise Prescription | |
| 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 | |
| Appendices | |
| Common Medications | |
| Emergency Management | |
| Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation | |
| Metabolic Calculations | |
| Environmental Considerations | |
| American College of Sports Medicine Certifications | |
| Index | |
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