ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
By: American College of Sports Medicine ; [senior editor, Walter R. Thompson ; associate editors, Neil F. Gordon, Linda S. Pescatello ; contributors, Kelli Allen ... [et al.]].
Contributors: Thompson, Walter R.; Gordon, Neil F.; Pescatello, Linda S.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780781769037
Subjects: Exercise therapy -- Standards; Exercise tests -- Standards; Exertion -- Guideline; Exercise Test -- standards -- Guideline; Exercise Therapy -- standards -- Guideline
Genres: Guideline.
Other titles: Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
Description: This manual 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. It is fully compatible with newly released physical activity guidelines from the United States Department of Health and Human Services and state-of-the-art, research-based recommendations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Benefits and risks associated with physical activity; title: Preparticipation health screening and risk stratification; title: Pre-exercise evaluations; title: Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation; title: Clinical exercise testing; title: Interpretation of clinical exercise test data; title: General principles of exercise prescription; title: Exercise prescription for healthy populations and special considerations; title: Exercise prescription for patients with cardiac disease; title: Exercise prescription for other clinical populations.