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Title: ACSM's health-related physical fitness assessment manual / editor, Gary Liguori. Health-related physical fitness assessment manual
Health-related physical fitness assessment manual Health-related physical fitness assessment manual
Main Entry: Liguori, Gary, 1965- editor.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer,
Publication Date: [2018]
Publication Place: Philadelphia :
ISBN: 9781496338808
1496338804
Subject: Physical fitness -- Testing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
MEDICAL -- Sports Medicine.
Exercise Therapy.
Exercise -- physiology.
Handbooks and manuals.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Contents: 1. Introduction. Defining Health-Related Physical Fitness -- The Importance of Measuring Health-Related Physical Fitness -- Fundamental Principles of Assessment -- The Physical Fitness Professional -- 2. Preassessment Screening. Rationale for Preassessment Screening -- Informed Consent -- Screening Procedures -- Other Health Issues to Consider -- Summary -- 3. Risk Factor Assessments. Rationale for Risk Assessment -- Resting Blood Pressure -- Blood Tests -- Obesity -- Physical Activity -- Other Diseases and Conditions -- Summary -- 4. Body Composition. Why Measure Body Composition? What Is the Gold Standard Test? -- Clinical Measures -- Tests of Body Volume -- Anthropometry -- Bioelectrical Impedence Analysis -- Interpretation -- Estimation of Goal Body Weight -- Summary -- 5. Muscular Fitness. Why Measure Muscular Fitness? -- Unique Assessment Principles -- Muscular Fitness Continuum -- Strength Assessments -- Endurance Assessments -- Interpretation Issues -- Summary -- 6. Flexibility. Flexibility as a Component of Health-Related Physical Fitness -- Unique Assessment Principles -- Methods of Measurement -- Distance Tests for Assessment of Flexibility -- Range of Motion Defined -- Interpretation -- Summary -- 7. Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Estimation From Field and Submaximal Exercise Tests. Why Measure Cardiorespiratory Fitness? -- What Is the Gold Standard Test? -- Pretest Standardizations for Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessments -- Field Tests for Prediction of Aerobic Activity -- Submaximal Exercise Tests -- Interpretation -- Summary -- 8. Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Maximum Exercise Training. Why Use Maximal Exercise Tests to Measure Cardiorespiratory Fitness? -- Risks -- Monitoring -- Personnel -- Selecting the Mode for Testing -- Protocols -- Test Procedures -- Measured and Estimated VO2max -- Interpretation -- Summary -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index.
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