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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 617 EAN: 9780781745901 Edition: 7 ISBN: 078174590X Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 370 Publication Date: May 01, 2005 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness, this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. The Seventh Edition contains the most current public health and clinical information and state-of-the-art, research-based recommendations. Coverage represents the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields, the Seventh Edition covers additional topics including arthritis, osteoporosis, dyslipidemia, immunology, and metabolic syndrome. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - wonderful resource!Great study guide for the national exam. This is the most comprehensive study guide I have found to date. Rating: - useful resourceThis book appears to be a pretty darn good resource for fitness prescription and testing. I have read much of it and it is pretty well written and quite clinical. So if that's what you need, then this book is it. However, I was intending to get books to study for the ACSM Personal Trainer certification. This is NOT the book for that. Now granted, they recommend this book on their website, and it may be helpful, but the intended primary study source is the ACSM's resources for the personal ... Read More Rating:  - BookThis book came in great condition with no marks. It was exactly what I needed for my class and cost less. Rating: - Mandatory for the exercise professionalHas all the knowledge you need to evaluate, test, and retest your client, patient, or subject. If you don't have this book (or a previous version of it) and are not following the procedures in this handbook...you're not helping your client as well as you can. Rating: - Great ResourceExcellent resource and very helpful/beneficial. I would recommend it to anyone in the exercise testing field. Easy read and comprehendable. 
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