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.]].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American College of Sports Medicine.

Contributor:

Thompson, Walter R.

Gordon, Neil F.

Pescatello, Linda S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exercise therapy--Standards.

Exercise therapy.

Exercise tests--Standards.

Exercise tests.

Physical Exertion--Guideline.

Exercise Test--standards--Guideline.

Exercise Therapy--standards--Guideline.

Medical Subjects:

Physical Exertion--Guideline.

Exercise Test--standards--Guideline.

Exercise Therapy--standards--Guideline.

Physical Description:

xxi, 380 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Edition:

8th ed.

Other Title:

Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780781769037 (alk. paper)

0781769035 (alk. paper)

9780781769020 (hbk.)

0781769027 (hbk.)

OCLC:

226357694