Acevedo, Edmund O. <br/><br/>
Exercise testing and prescription lab manual / 
Edmund O. Acevedo, Michael A. Starks. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Champaign, IL :  Human Kinetics,  c2011. 
 - xiii, 153 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780736087285 (soft cover)  RM133.76 0736087281 (soft cover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Exercise Test--methods--Laboratory Manuals.<br/>Exercise--physiology--Laboratory Manuals.<br/>Physical Fitness--Laboratory Manuals.