| Description |
xxi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| 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 is an essential resource for any health/fitness and clinical exercise professional, physician, nurse, physician assistant, physical and occupational therapist, dietitian, and health care administrator. The valuable reference is a pharmacopoeia of exercise testing and exercise prescription guidelines in a broad spectrum of patients, including those who are apparently healthy. It includes the most current public health and clinical information necessary in your studies and for your practice." "The American College of Sports Medicine is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. More than 20,000 international, national, and regional members are dedicated to advancing and integrating scientific research to provide educational and practical applications of exercise science and sports medicine.."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exercise therapy -- Standards.
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Exercise tests -- Standards.
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Physical Exertion.
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Exercise Test -- standards.
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Exercise Therapy -- standards.
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| Genre/Form |
Guideline.
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| Author |
Thompson, Walter R.
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Gordon, Neil F.
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Pescatello, Linda S.
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American College of Sports Medicine.
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| LC no. |
2008033759 |
| ISBN |
9780781769037 (alk. paper) |
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0781769035 (alk. paper) |
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9780781769020 (hbk.) |
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0781769027 (hbk.) |
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