Exercise testing and prescription lab manual / Edmund O. Acevedo, Michael A. Starks.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.