Acsm's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription

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• ISBN13: 9780683000238
• ISBN10: 0683000233
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780683303551
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Lea & Febiger
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

SECTION I. HEALTH APPRAISAL, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND SAFETY OF EXERCISE	1	(26)
Benefits and Risks Associated with Exercise	3	(9)
Public Health Perspective	3	(1)
Benefits of Regular Physical Activity	4	(2)
Risks Associated with Exercise Testing	6	(2)
Risks Associated with Physical Activity	8	(4)
Health Screening and Risk Stratification	12	(15)
Health Screening for Physical Activity	12	(1)
Risk Stratification	13	(6)
Summary	19	(8)
SECTION II. EXERCISE TESTING	27	(124)
Pre-Test Evaluation	29	(20)
Clinical Assessment	29	(9)
Contraindications to Exercise Testing	38	(3)
Informed Consent	41	(6)
Patient Instructions	47	(2)
Physical Fitness Testing	49	(37)
Purposes of Fitness Testing	50	(1)
Basic Principles and Guidelines	51	(2)
Body Composition	53	(10)
Cardiorespiratory Endurance	63	(15)
Muscular Fitness	78	(8)
Clinical Exercise Testing	86	(24)
Indications and Applications	86	(5)
Exercise Test Modalities	91	(2)
Exercise Protocols	93	(1)
Measurements	94	(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