MEHP_Catalogue_2016

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)

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

HEALTH PROFESSIONS f f NEW! 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 f f NEW! 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 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 f f NEW! 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

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 , 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 f f Written by the American College of Sports Medicine— very up-to-date material by experts in the field f f Chapter organization that matches the Ninth Edition of ACSM’s Guidelines to help reinforce learning and retention of key concepts and content f f Each chapter with Key terms that are bolded at first mention and defined in a Key Terms box at the beginning of the chapter f f In addition to References, each chapter with sections titled” f f Selected References for Further Reading” and “Internet Resources.”

Wolters Kluwer

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