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American College of Sports Medicine, author, issuing body.

Title ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / senior editor, Deborah Riebe, PhD, FACSM, ACSM EP-C, Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island ; associate editors, Jonathan K. Ehrman, PhD, FACSM, FAACVPR, ACSM-CEP, ACSM-PD, Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology, Edith and Benson Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, Gary Liguori, PhD, FACSM, ACSM-CEP, Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, Meir Magal, PhD, FACSM, ACSM-CEP, Program Coordinator and Associate Professor, Chair, Mathematics and Sciences Division, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Publication Info.	Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2018]
	Š2018

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	615.82 Am35 2018	---	Available

1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.

Edition	Tenth edition.
Description	xxx, 472 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is the flagship title from the American College of Sports Medicine, the prestigious organization that sets the standards for the exercise profession. This critical handbook delivers scientifically based standards on exercise testing and prescription to the certification candidate, the professional, and the student. This manual gives succinct summaries of recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased patients The tenth edition reflects some crucial and exciting changes, making the content necessary for effective study and practice. New pre-exercise health screening recommendations are critical to helping more of the population begin a safe, healthy physical activity program without consulting a physician. New and expanded information on the risks of sedentary behavior, clinical exercise testing and interpretation, high intensity interval training, musculoskeletal injury risk, fitness testing protocols and norms, and an expansion of the principles of health behavior change are included. Additionally, significant reorganization of content will help you reach the information you need quickly.
Subject	Exercise therapy -- Testing.
	Motor Activity. (DNLM)D009043
	Exercise Test -- standards. (DNLM)D005080Q000592
	Exercise Therapy -- standards. (DNLM)D005081Q000592
	Physical Exertion. (DNLM)D005082
	Health and Fitness.
	Health and Wellbeing.
Genre/Form	Guideline. (DNLM)D016431
Added Author	Riebe, Deborah, editor.
	Ehrman, Jonathan K., 1962- editor.
	Liguori, Gary, 1965- editor.
	Magal, Meir, editor.
Added Title	American College of Sports Medicine's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
	Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
ISBN	9781496339065
	1496339061
	149633907X
	9781496339072
Standard No.	99970822977
	99978476277