ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription /
[Book]
American College of Sports Medicine ; senior editor, Walter R. Thompson ; associate editors, Neil F. Gordon, Linda S. Pescatello
8th ed
Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
c2010
xxi, 380 p. :
ill. ;
22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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This manual succinctly 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