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9780729542692: ESSA's Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0729542696 ISBN 13: 9780729542692
Publisher: Elsevier, 2022

Synopsis

ESSA's Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport assessment is an essential text for students and exercise clinicians wishing to accredit with ESSA as exercise scientists.

Written by former ESSA President Jeff Coombes and clinical exercise physiologist Tina Skinner, this book provides everything students need to achieve competency in ESSA Standard 7, Health Exercise and Sport Assessment. It contains in-depth and well-articulated methodology for all tests, data recording tables and normative values, and case study analyses.

Each of the 21 chapters addresses key health and fitness assessments used to evaluate health, fitness and performance. With easy-to-follow practicals throughout, this book has been updated to reflect current best practice and recent advances such as wearable devices and smartphone apps.

  • Endorsed by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
  • Aligned with National University Course Accreditation Program criteria
  • Practical data recording tables
  • Australian-specific population normative data tables
  • End of chapter discussion questions to apply knowledge to different case scenarios
  • Traditional and contemporary gold standard tests that are valid and reliable
  • Detailed, easy to follow step-by-step protocols
  • An eBook included in all print purchases

Additional resources on Evolve

  • eBook on VitalSource

Instructor resources:

  • Image Collection
  • Testbank

Student resources:

  • Case studies
  • Additional Laboratory Assignments
  • Criteria Sheets
  • Data recording template

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Publisher
Elsevier
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0729542696
ISBN 13 
9780729542692
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
605