ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription / Edition 10

by American College of Sports Medicine

Overview

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.

This manual is an essential resource for all exercise professionals, as well as other health professionals who may counsel patients on exercise including physicians, nurses, physician’s assistants, physical and occupational therapists, dieticians, and health care administrators.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496339065
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	02/18/2017
Series:	American College of Sports Medicine
Edition description:	Tenth
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

SECTION I: HEALTH APPRAISAL AND RISK ASSESSMENT
1 Benefits and Risks Associated with Physical Activity
2 Preparticipation Health Screening
SECTION II: EXERCISE TESTING
3 Preexercise Evaluation
4 Health-Related Physical Fitness Testing and Interpretation
5 Clinical Exercise Testing
6 Interpretation of Clinical Exercise Test Results
SECTION III: EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
7 General Principles of Exercise Prescription
8 Exercise Prescription for Healthy Populations With Special Considerations and Environmental Considerations
9 Exercise Prescription For Patients With Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
10 Exercise Prescription for Populations With Other Chronic Diseases and Health Conditions
11 Behavioral Theories and Strategies for Promoting Exercise
SECTION IV: APPENDICES
Appendix A Common Medications
Appendix B Medical Emergency Management
Appendix C Electrocardiogram Interpretation
Appendix D American College of Sports Medicine Certifications
Appendix E Contributing Authors to the Previous Two Editions

Editorial Reviews

4 Stars! from Doody

Reviewer: Edward M. Heath, PhD (Utah State University College of Education & Human Services)
Description: This is the seventh edition of a resource for professionals who advocate physical activity and contains the current recommendations on health appraisals, exercise testing, and exercise prescription. The previous edition was published in 2000,
Purpose: This book is intended to provide the most current information in a usable form for professionals who are involved in the assessment of physical fitness and the promotion of physical activity. This is certainly a worthy objective because of the varied training received by those involved in the clinical aspects of fitness and the fitness industry. Much of this information is covered in many other sources, but this is the one definitive source of information on exercise testing and prescription.
Audience: The book is targeted at health/fitness and clinical exercise professionals, physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians, and healthcare administrators. All of the contributing authors are well known experts in their fields and a number of them were involved in the previous edition.
Features: This is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to exercise testing and prescription. The most important contribution of this book is to have all this information, selected by experts, in one book that is easy to reference. This has been the standard in the field for three decades.
Assessment: The team of distinguished authors, led by Senior Editor Mitchell H. Whaley, PhD, has continued the huge success of ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. This edition has been updated to include the most current information and several new sections. This is a must-have resource for anyone in fields related to exercise testing and prescription.

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