Acevedo, Edmund O. creator Starks, Michael A. text bibliography ilu Champaign, IL Human Kinetics c2011 2011 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xiii, 153 p. ill. 28 cm. 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. Edmund O. Acevedo, Michael A. Starks. Includes bibliographical references. Exercise tests Laboratory manuals Exercise Therapy Laboratory manuals RC683.5.E94 A24 2011 615.82 A174e2 9780736087285 (soft cover) 0736087281 (soft cover) 2010048662 DLC 101214 20160527184826.0 304106