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SPORTS & EXERCISE SCIENCE

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

ACSM’s Health- Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual Fourth Edition American College of Sports Medicine

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 f f Full-color images make it easier to recognize and manage sports-related injuries and medical conditions. f f Anatomical line art superimposed onto human images enables the student to locate key muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. f f Chapters are specifically tied to the BOC competencies to help students prepare for the certification exam. f f Field strategy boxes demonstrate practical, hands- on skills that athletic trainers must master. f f Critical thinking questions encourage students to think like a trainer by solving the problems presented in the text’s scenarios. f f Emergency situations requiring immediate medical attention are identified with an EMS icon. f f Management algorithms in the condition chapters help students make better informed injury management decisions.

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 f f Reorganized and expanded information, including discussion of unique assessment principles and the major limitations of some assessment methods f f Step-by-step instructions for assessment of health-related physical fitness and resources for interpretation of test results f f Updated references to ACSM’s Guidelines for ExerciseTesting and Prescription, Ninth Edition f f More than 110 boxes, tables, and figures to help the reader understand the concepts of health- related physical fitness f f 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

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Wolters Kluwer

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