Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Preexercise evaluation -- Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation -- Clinical exercise testing and interpretation -- General principles of exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription for healthy populations with special considerations -- Environmental considerations for exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription for individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases -- Exercise prescription for individuals with metabolic disease and cardiovascular disease risk factors -- Exercise testing and prescription for populations with other chronic diseases and health conditions -- Brain health and brain-related disorders -- Behavioral theories and strategies for promoting exercise -- Appendices: Common medications ; Electrocardiogram interpretation ; American college of sports medicine certifications ; Metabolic calculations and methods for prescribing exercise intensity ; Contributing authors to the previous two editions
Summary
"ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is a unique book within the exercise science market. The book presents a series of guidelines for assessing fitness (testing) and prescribing exercise prescriptions). These guidelines are based on the latest primary research and change slightly - and changes are all evidence-based - with each new edition. The book is published with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is written by a team of experts in the field"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 501-513)