Exercise testing and prescription lab manual /
Acevedo, Edmund O.
Exercise testing and prescription lab manual / Edmund O. Acevedo, Michael A. Starks. - 2nd ed. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2011. - xiii, 153 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Pretest responsibilities -- Orientation to lab instruments, procedures, and responsibilities -- Calibrating lab instruments -- Risk factor evaluation, medical history, and informed consent -- Techniques in exercise testing -- Heart rate and blood pressure assessment techniques -- Skinfold and circumference assessment techniques -- Assessing body fatness -- Submaximal exercise test protocols -- Evaluating muscular strength and endurance -- Evaluating flexibility -- ECG placement and monitor operations -- Exercise prescription -- Metabolic calculations -- Assessing participant goals and gaining commitment to physical activity -- Prescriptions for initial conditioning, improvement, and maintenance -- Case study reports -- Appendix A: exercise testing and prescription forms -- Appendix B: data collection worksheets -- Appendix C: pharmacological effects on cardiorespiratory responses to exercise -- Appendix D: metric conversions -- Appendix E: metabolic and anthropometric equations -- Appendix F: lab 11 answer key.
9780736087285 (soft cover) RM133.76 0736087281 (soft cover)
Exercise Test--methods--Laboratory Manuals.
Exercise--physiology--Laboratory Manuals.
Physical Fitness--Laboratory Manuals.
Exercise testing and prescription lab manual / Edmund O. Acevedo, Michael A. Starks. - 2nd ed. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2011. - xiii, 153 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Pretest responsibilities -- Orientation to lab instruments, procedures, and responsibilities -- Calibrating lab instruments -- Risk factor evaluation, medical history, and informed consent -- Techniques in exercise testing -- Heart rate and blood pressure assessment techniques -- Skinfold and circumference assessment techniques -- Assessing body fatness -- Submaximal exercise test protocols -- Evaluating muscular strength and endurance -- Evaluating flexibility -- ECG placement and monitor operations -- Exercise prescription -- Metabolic calculations -- Assessing participant goals and gaining commitment to physical activity -- Prescriptions for initial conditioning, improvement, and maintenance -- Case study reports -- Appendix A: exercise testing and prescription forms -- Appendix B: data collection worksheets -- Appendix C: pharmacological effects on cardiorespiratory responses to exercise -- Appendix D: metric conversions -- Appendix E: metabolic and anthropometric equations -- Appendix F: lab 11 answer key.
9780736087285 (soft cover) RM133.76 0736087281 (soft cover)
Exercise Test--methods--Laboratory Manuals.
Exercise--physiology--Laboratory Manuals.
Physical Fitness--Laboratory Manuals.