Acsm's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription: Unknown: 9780683000238: Book: Medical: eCampus.com

The fifth edition of ACSM's Guidelines for exercise Testing and Prescription features: -More quantitative data-threshold values, clinical laboratory cutoffs, nomograms, and normative fitness data.-Great detail on 'special populations' such as children, pregnant women, and the elderly.-More on testing and prescription for pulmonary patients-new appendices on ECG interpretation schemata and expanded treatment of environmental considerations-Revised Knowledge, skills and abilities underlying each ACSM certification.

SECTION I. HEALTH APPRAISAL, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND SAFETY OF EXERCISE

(26)

Benefits and Risks Associated with Exercise

(9)

Public Health Perspective

(1)

Benefits of Regular Physical Activity

(2)

Risks Associated with Exercise Testing

(2)

Risks Associated with Physical Activity

(4)

Health Screening and Risk Stratification

(15)

Health Screening for Physical Activity

(1)

Risk Stratification

(6)

Summary

(8)

SECTION II. EXERCISE TESTING

(124)

Pre-Test Evaluation

(20)

Clinical Assessment

(9)

Contraindications to Exercise Testing

(3)

Informed Consent

(6)

Patient Instructions

(2)

Physical Fitness Testing

(37)

Purposes of Fitness Testing

(1)

Basic Principles and Guidelines

(2)

Body Composition

(10)

Cardiorespiratory Endurance

(15)

Muscular Fitness

(8)

Clinical Exercise Testing

(24)

Indications and Applications

(5)

Exercise Test Modalities

(2)

Exercise Protocols

(1)

Measurements

(6)

Post-Exercise Period

100

(1)

Indications for Exercise Test Termination

100

(1)

Radionuclide Exercise Testing

101

(1)

Non-Exercise Stress Tests or Pharmacological Tests

102

(1)

Considerations for Pulmonary Patients

102

(4)

Summary of Methodology

106

(4)

Interpretation of Test Data

110

(41)

Interpretation of Fitness Test Data

110

(2)

Graded Exercise Testing as a Screening Tool for CAD

112

(12)

Interpretation of Responses to Graded Exercise Testing

124

(6)

Interpretation of Clinical Test Data

130

(10)

Predictive Value of Exercise Testing

140

(6)

Interpretation of Exercise Tests in Pulmonary Patients

146

(5)

SECTION III. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION

151

(90)

General Principles of Exercise Prescription

153

(24)

Introduction

153

(3)

Cardiorespiratory Endurance

156

(10)

Caloric Thresholds for Adaptation

166

(1)

Rate of Progression

167

(3)

Musculoskeletal Flexibility

170

(2)

Muscular Fitness

172

(3)

Program Supervision

175

(2)

Exercise Prescription for Cardiac Patients

177

(17)

Inpatient Programs

178

(5)

Outpatient Programs

183

(6)

Resistance Training

189

(1)

Other Considerations

190

(4)

Exercise Prescription for Pulmonary Patients

194

(12)

Exercise Prescription

195

(4)

Special Considerations

199

(2)

Alternative Modes of Exercise Training

201

(2)

Program Design and Supervision

203

(3)

Other Clinical Conditions Influencing Exercise Prescription

206

(14)

Hypertension

206

(3)

Peripheral Vascular Disease

209

(4)

Diabetes Mellitus

213

(3)

Obesity

216

(4)

Exercise Testing and Prescription for Children, the Elderly, and Pregnancy

220

(21)

Children

220

(8)

The Elderly

228

(7)

Pregnancy

235

(6)

Appendix A. Common Medications

241

(12)

Appendix B. Emergency Management

253

(10)

Appendix C. ECG Interpretation and Related Diagnostic Information

263

(6)

Appendix D. Metabolic Calculations

269

(19)

Appendix E. Environmental Considerations

288

(9)

Appendix F. American College of Sports Medicine Certifications

297

(58)

Index

355


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