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ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and
Prescription, Tenth Edition
American College of Sports Medicine
This flagship title from the
American College of
Sports Medicine
is an essential resource for all
exercise professionals, as well as other health
professionals who may council patients on exercise
including physicians, nurses, physician’s assistants,
physical and occupational therapists, dieticians, and
health care administrators.
This critical handbook delivers scientifically based
standards on exercise testing and prescription
to the certification candidate, the professional,
and the student, providing succinct summaries
of recommended procedures for exercise testing
and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased
patients.
Features of the tenth edition include:
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pre-exercise health screening recommendations critical to helping
more of the population begin a safe, healthy physical activity program
without consulting a physician.
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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.
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Significant reorganization of content to help you reach the content you need
quickly.
Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-3907-2 / ($47.99 / £38.50 / €40.00) Worldwide
Paperback Spiral / ISBN: 978-1-4963-3906-5 / ($47.99 / £38.50 / €42.00) Worldwide
Approx. 480 pp. / Approx. 100 Tables / February 2017