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Author Hoffman, Jay, 1961-

Title Norms for fitness, performance, and health / Jay Hoffman
Published Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2006]
©2006

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Description ix, 221 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Fitness and health assessment -- Normative data interpretation -- Muscular strength -- Muscular endurance -- Anaerobic power -- Aerobic power and endurance -- Anthropometry and body composition -- Flexibility -- Speed and agility -- Cardiovascular profiles -- Lipid profile -- Bone density -- Hematological profile -- Energy expenditure -- Caloric values
Summary "Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health contains a comprehensive collection of normative data for numerous fitness, performance, and health components across a range of ages, abilities, occupations, and athletic backgrounds. It lays the foundation for working with normative data by detailing the purpose and benefits of norms. It reviews relevant statistical information to assist the reader in understanding and interpreting descriptive statistics, including a limited discussion on inferential statistics."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Physical fitness -- Measurement.
Physical fitness -- Evaluation.
Physical fitness -- Standards.
Physical Fitness -- physiology.
Anthropometry -- methods.
Body Weights and Measures -- statistics & numerical data.
Physical Endurance.
Reference Values.
LC no. 2005025909
ISBN 0736054839