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HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SPORTS & EXERCISE SCIENCE
ACSM’s Health-
Related
Physical Fitness
Assessment
Manual
Fourth Edition
American College of
Sports Medicine
March 2013 / Softbound / 7 x 10
Approx. 192 pp. / Approx. 55 Illus. / Approx. 41 Tables
978-1-4511-1568-0
DESCRIPTION
From the American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM), this text provides the information necessary
to develop skills for assessing an individual’s health-
related physical fitness. It provides a practical “how-
to-do-it” approach for performing assessment
skills effectively, and an understanding of the
theory behind and the importance of each skill or
assessment. The Fourth Edition includes updated
references to
ACSM’s Guidelines for ExerciseTesting
and Prescription
, Ninth Edition, more diagrams
and pictures highlighting assessment techniques,
and new material on physical activity assessments,
considerations for medication usage, and common
measurement errors.
FEATURES
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Reorganized and expanded information, including
discussion of unique assessment principles
and the major limitations of some assessment
methods
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Step-by-step instructions for assessment of
health-related physical fitness and resources for
interpretation of test results
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Updated references to
ACSM’s Guidelines for
ExerciseTesting
and Prescription, Ninth Edition
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More than 110 boxes, tables, and figures to help
the reader understand the concepts of health-
related physical fitness
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Case study analysis at the conclusion of each
assessment chapter and suggested laboratory
activities to help students master the concepts of
health-related physical fitness
Foundations of
Athletic Training
Fifth Edition
Marcia K. Anderson,
Professor, Athletic
TrainingCur- riculum,
Department of Move-
ment Arts, Health,
Promotion and Leisure
Studies, Bridgewater
StateCollege,
Bridgewater, MA
October 2012 / Hardbound / 8.375 x 10.875 /
Approx. 1,024 pp.
978-1-4511-1652-6
DESCRIPTION
This text integrates basic medical concepts and
related scientific information to provide a strong
foundation of general athletic training practices.
Using a problem-solving approach to prevention,
recognition, assessment, management, and dis-
position of sports-related injuries and diseases, this
text provides athletic trainers and athletic training
students with the most extensive, challenging
content in a user-friendly format.
New Content!
This edition features a new chapter on Psychosocial
Intervention Strategies.
FEATURES
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Full-color images make it easier to recognize
and manage sports-related injuries and medical
conditions.
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Anatomical line art superimposed onto human
images enables the student to locate key muscles,
nerves, and blood vessels.
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Chapters are specifically tied to the BOC
competencies to help students prepare for the
certification exam.
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Field strategy boxes demonstrate practical, hands-
on skills that athletic trainers must master.
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Critical thinking questions encourage students
to think like a trainer by solving the problems
presented in the text’s scenarios.
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Emergency situations requiring immediate
medical attention are identified with an EMS icon.
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Management algorithms in the condition chapters
help students make better informed injury
management decisions.