ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (8th Edition)

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription American College of Sports Medicine | 8th Edition | File type: PDF | 400 pages | 4.75 mb

Description:

The single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness, this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. This gold-standard text is a convenient, one-stop resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields, the Eighth Edition is fully compatible with newly released physical activity guidelines from the United States Department of Health and Human Services and state-of-the-art, research-based recommendations.

Table Of Contents

* Chapter 1 Benefits and Risks Associated with Physical Activity
* Chapter 2 Preparticipation Health Screening and Risk Stratification
* Chapter 3 Pre-Exercise Evaluations
* Chapter 4 Health-Related Physical Fitness Testing and Interpretation
* Chapter 5 Clinical Exercise Testing
* Chapter 6 Interpretation of Clinical Exercise Test Data
* Chapter 7 General Principles of Exercise Prescription
* Chapter 8 Exercise Prescription for Healthy Populations and Special Considerations
* Chapter 9 Exercise Prescription for Patients with Cardiac Disease
* Chapter 10 Exercise Prescription for Other Clinical Populations