Exercise Prescription: A Case Study Approach to the ACSM Guidelines - Softcover

Swain, David; Leutholtz, Brian C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736037543 ISBN 13: 9780736037549

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

David Swain and Brian Leutholtz take a case-study approach to exercise prescription in this instruction book, giving readers the information needed to prepare for certification by the ACSM. The book covers new topics and incorporates two critical changes to the guidelines. Readers should benefit from detailed information on the adoption of VO2 reserve as the basis for writing exercise prescriptions; data on changes in metabolic equations for determining the oxygen cost of various modes of exercise; and recommendations for prescribing exercise for healthy adults and special cases including children, pregnant women, the elderly, the morbidly obese, and people with heart disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease or peripheral vascular disease.

About this title

About the Author

David P. Swain, PhD, has been an exercise science researcher and educator for more than 15 years. He is a professor of exercise physiology at Old Dominion University. He is a certified programme director for the ACSM and he has served as a health/fitness instructor workshop director for eight years. Brian C. Leutholtz, PhD, is an associate professor of exercise physiology at Old Dominion University, where he is director of the Therapeutic Exercise Programme for Chronic Diseases. Dr. Leutholtz is a fellow of and certified programme director for the ACSM. He is the author of several recent books on exercise and disease management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736037543
• ISBN 13: 9780736037549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200