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HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SPORTS & EXERCISE SCIENCE
ACSM’s Guidelines
for Exercise Testing
and Prescription
Ninth Edition
American College of
Sports Medicine
February 2013 / 8 x 5
480 pp. / Approx.
25 Illus. / Approx. 79
Tables
978-1-60913-955-1
(Softbound)
978-1-60913-605-5
(Spiralbound)
DESCRIPTION
The flagship title of the certification suite from
the American College of Sports Medicine,
ACSM’s
Guidelines for ExerciseTesting and Prescription
is a handbook that delivers scientifically based
standards on exercise testing and prescription to
the certification candidate, the professional, and
the student. The Ninth Edition focuses on evidence-
based recommendations that reflect the latest
research and clinical information. This manual is an
essential resource for any health/fitness and clinical
exercise professional, physician, nurse, physician
assistant, physical and occupational therapist,
dietician, and health care administrator.
FEATURES
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Support of the public health message
that all people should adopt a physically active
lifestyle by reducing the emphasis on the need for
medical evaluation as part of the preparticipation
health screening process prior to initiating a
progressive exercise regimen among healthy,
asymptomatic persons
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Automated referencing system that is the
beginning of an ACSM evidence-based library that
will become available to the membership at some
time in the future
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The introduction of the Frequency,
Intensity, Time, Type—volume or FITT-VP—
principle of exercise prescription in Chapter 7 with
FITT boxes appearing throughout the text
ACSM’s Resource
Manual for
Guidelines for
Exercise Testing
and Prescription
Seventh Edition
American College of
Sports Medicine
February 2013 / Softbound / 8.375 x 10.875
896 pp. / Approx. 183 Illus. / Approx. 142 Tables
978-1-60913-956-8
DESCRIPTION
ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for
ExerciseTesting and Prescription
was created as
a complement to
ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise
Testing and Prescription
, and elaborates on all major
aspects of preventative rehabilitation and fitness
programs and the major position stands of the
ACSM. The Seventh Edition provides information
necessary to address the knowledge, skills, and
abilities set forth in the new edition of
Guidelines
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and explains the science behind the exercise testing
and prescription.
ACSM’s Resource Manual
is a
comprehensive resource for those working in the
fitness and clinical exercise fields, as well as those in
academic training.
FEATURES
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Written by the American College of Sports
Medicine— very up-to-date material by experts in
the field
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Chapter organization that matches the Ninth
Edition of
ACSM’s Guidelines
to help reinforce
learning and retention of key concepts and
content
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Each chapter with Key terms that are bolded at
first mention and defined in a Key Terms box at
the beginning of the chapter
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In addition to References, each chapter with
sections titled”
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Selected References for Further Reading” and
“Internet Resources.”