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New edition of a one-stop resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for ACSM certifications and current clinical practices in sports medicine. It emphasizes the value and application of exercise testing and prescription in persons with and without chronic disease. Expert insights cover a broad range of specialties including physiology, fitness, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, epidemiology, law, nursing, physician assisting, and physical therapy. Wire spiral binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription began as a concise summary of recommendations for exercise testing and prescription primarily for cardiac patients; it has now become one of the single most internationally read and referenced texts of its kind. This reference is a virtual pharmacopoeia of exercise guidelines on a broad spectrum of patients. In this new edition there is heightened emphasis on preventing illness in apparently healthy persons and those "at risk", as well as treating patients with chronic disease. There are also two new chapters on methods for changing exercise behavior and legal issues.
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