ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / American College of Sports Medicine ; senior editor, Linda S. Pescatello ; associate editors, Ross Arena, Deborah Riebe, Paul D. Thompson

Additional Titles: Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, [2014]
Copyright Date: ©2014
Edition: 9th ed.
Physical Description: xxiv, 456 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Additional Creators: Pescatello, Linda S. and American College of Sports Medicine

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Contents

Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Preparticipation health screening -- Preexercise evaluation -- Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation -- Clinical exercise testing -- Interpretation of clinical exercise test results -- General principles of exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription for healthy populations with special considerations and environmental considerations -- Exercise prescription for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease -- Exercise prescription for populations with other chronic diseases and health conditions -- Behavioral theories and strategies for promoting exercise.

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ISBN

9781609136055
1609136055
9781609139551
1609139550

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Dorothy V. Harris Libraries Endowment; 2014

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