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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gregory Byron Dwyer; Shala E Davis; American College of Sports Medicine. |
| ISBN: | 9780781775496 0781775493 |
| OCLC Number: | 76481413 |
| Notes: | Companion v. to: ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / American College of Sports Medicine. 7th ed. c2006. |
| Description: | xiii, 191 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Defining physical fitness -- Health -related physical fitness -- Components of health-related physical fitness -- Total physical fitness -- Test for components of health-related physical fitness -- Importance of health-related physical fitness -- Measuring health-related physical fitness -- Health-related physical fitness, exercise, and physical activity -- Testing and measurement primer -- Test choice considerations -- Pretest instructions, environment, and order -- Testing session organization : resting versus exercise testing -- Test score interpretation : criterion-referenced standards versus normative data. 2. Pre-activity screening -- Pre-activity screening guidelines -- Medical history/health habits questionnaire -- Physical activity readiness questionnaire -- Medical/health examination -- Risk stratification -- ACSM guidelines : risk stratification strata -- ACSM coronary artery disease risk factor thresholds used with risk stratification -- ACSM major signs or symptoms suggestive of cardiopulmonary disease -- ACSM recommendations for a medical examination and exercise test based on risk stratification -- Informed consent -- Subject interview/orientation for quiet tests -- Explanation of procedures -- Subject interview/orientation for exercise tests -- Explanation of procedures -- Explanation of other fitness tests. 3. Resting and exercise blood pressure and heart rate -- Defining blood pressure -- Defining heart rate -- Cardiovascular hemodynamics -- Measurement of blood pressure -- Theory of auscultation -- Korotkoff sounds -- Instruments used for blood pressure measurement -- Calibration of an aneroid sphygmomanometer -- Procedures for resting blood pressure measurement -- Augmentation of sounds of Korotkoff -- Norms for resting blood pressure -- Exercise blood pressure measurement -- Some specific suggestions for measuring exercise blood pressure -- Norms for exercise blood pressure -- Blood pressure calculations -- Measurement of heart rate -- Palpation of pulse -- Norms for resting heart rate -- Measurement of exercise heart rate -- Rate pressure product or double product -- Summary -- Laboratory exercises -- Suggested readings -- 4. Body composition -- Defining body composition -- Health implications of obesity -- Anthropometry-body composition -- Procedures for height and weight -- Body Mass Index (BMI) -- Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) -- Circumferences (girths) -- Skinfold determination -- Bioelectrical impedance analysis -- Hydrostatic weighing -- Summary of body composition methodology -- Calculation of ideal or desired body weight -- Simple weight management : application of calorie determination -- Laboratory exercises -- Suggested readings -- 5 Muscular fitness : muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility -- Defining muscular strength -- Defining muscular endurance -- Common assessments for muscular strength -- handgrip test -- 1-repetition maximum (RM) bench press test -- Isokinetic testing -- Common assessments for muscular endurance -- Partial curl-up and push-up tests -- YMCA bench press test -- Defining flexibility -- Sit and reach test (trunk flexion) -- YMCA sit and reach test -- Recommended equipment for additional tests -- Laboratory exercises -- Suggested readings -- 6. Postnural analysis and body alignment assessments -- Center of gravity, base of support and line of gravity -- Static and dynamic posture -- Equipment needs for posture assessment -- The posture screening and assessment process -- Analysis of posture : anterior/posterior -- Analysis of posture : lateral -- Goniometry and joint range of motion assessments -- Range of motion -- The goniometer -- 7. Cardiorespiratory fitness measurement : step tests and field tests to predict cardiorespiratory fitness -- The continuum of measurement of CRF -- Importance of measurement of CRF -- Pre-test considerations -- Step tests -- Queens College step test procedures -- Field tests for prediction of aerobic capacity -- Walk/run performance tests -- Standards for maximum oxygen uptake : V̇O₂max. 8. Laboratory submaximal exercise testing : YMCA cycle ergometer test, Åstrand cycle ergometer test, and the Bruce submaximal treadmill test -- Defining submaximal testing -- Submaximal cycle ergometry calculations -- Cycle ergometer -- Advantages of cycle ergometry in exercise testing -- Disadvantages of cycle ergometry in exercise testing -- Submaximal prediction of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) -- Assumptions -- Sources of error in submaximal prediction -- Submaximal exercise testing - Test termination criteria -- Cycle calibration -- General procedures for laboratory submaximal exercise testing -- YMCA submaximal cycle ergometer test procedures -- Multistage protocol -- YMCA submaximal cycle ergometer protocol -- Prediction of CRF or maximal aerobic capacity (V̇O₂max) from YMCA results -- Åstrand results -- Bruce submaximal treadmill exercise test procedures. 9. Maximal exercise testing -- 1. What is the purpose of maximal GXT? -- 2. Who should have a maximal GXT (and current medical examination) before starting a moderate (or vigorous) exercise program? -- 3. Should a physician be present to 'supervise' the maximal GXT? -- 4. What are the personnel needs for conducting the maximal GXT? -- 5. Which protocol(s) and procedures should be used with a maximal GXT? -- Protocols -- Bruce treadmill protocol -- Balke-Ware treadmill protocol -- Ramp protocols -- Individualized protocols -- General procedures -- 6. What are the maximal GXT contraindications and test termination criteria? -- 7. Prediction of maximal aerobic capacity (V̇O₂max) from Bruce protocol performance? -- V̇O₂max from total test time (TT) -- Prediction equation using total test time cubed (TT³) -- MET cost estimates of each minute. 10. Interpretation of assessment results : case studies -- Case 1 : Jane Slimmer -- Medical history (Health history questionnaire) -- Health behavior habits (Health history questionnaire-- Pre-activity screening (ACSM risk stratification table) -- Body composition data (anthropometry data form) -- Muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility data form -- Cardiorespiratory fitness data -- Questions -- Case 2 : John Quick -- Health-related physical fitness forms -- Calculating test results -- Risk stratification cases. |
| Other Titles: | Health-related physical fitness assessment manual |
| Responsibility: | [editors, Gregory B. Dwyer and Shala E. Davis]. |
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