ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / senior editor, Deborah Riebe ; associate editors, Jonathan K. Ehrman, Gary Liguori, Meir Magal
Imprint
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2018
Edition
Tenth edition
Descript
xxx, 472 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
CONTENT
Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Exercise preparticipation health screening -- 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 patients with cardiac, peripheral, cerebrovascular, and pulmonary disease -- 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 -- Behavioral theories and strategies for promoting exercise