ACM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / American College of Sports Medicine; Gary J. Balady . . . [et al]

Includes Index

Contents
Section I. Health appraisal, risk assessment, and safety of exercise:
Chapter 1. Benefits and risks associated with exercise;
Chapter 2. Health screening and risk stratification

Section II. Exercise testing:
Chapter 3. Pretest clinical evaluation;
Chapter 4. Physical fitness testing and interpretation;
Chapter 5. Clinical exercise testing;
Chapter 6. Interpretation of clinical test data

Section III. Exercise prescription:
Chapter 7. General principles of exercise prescription;
Chapter 8. Exercise prescription for cardiac patients;
Chapter 9. Exercise prescription for pulmonary patients;
Chapter 10. Other clinical conditions influencing exercise prescription;
Chapter 11. Exercise testing and prescription for children, the elderly, and pregnant women

Section IV. Special considerations:
Chapter 12. Methods for changing exercising behaviors;
Chapter 13. Legal issues.