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BL
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703194
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b525383
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| Title & Author
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ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription /\ American College of Sports Medicine ; senior editor, Walter R. Thompson ; associate editors, Neil F. Gordon, Linda S. Pescatello
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| Edition Statement
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8th ed
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, c2010
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xxi, 380 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0781769027 (hbk.)
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: 0781769035 (alk. paper)
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: 9780781769020 (hbk.)
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: 9780781769037 (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Preparticipation health screening and risk stratification -- Pre-exercise evaluations -- Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation -- Clinical exercise testing -- Interpretation of clinical exercise test data -- General principles of exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription for healthy populations and special considerations -- Exercise prescription for patients with cardiac disease -- Exercise prescription for other clinical populations
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| Abstract
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This manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. It provides a resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications
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Exercise tests-- Standards
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Exercise therapy-- Standards
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Physical Exertion
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Exercise Test-- standards
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Exercise Therapy-- standards
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| Dewey Classification
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615.8/2
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| LC Classification
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RM725.A27 2010
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WE 103A187 2010
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| Added Entry
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Gordon, Neil F
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Pescatello, Linda S
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Thompson, Walter R
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American College of Sports Medicine
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| Parallel Title
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Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
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