ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription

Section one Lifestyle and health: conceptual basis for coronary artery disease risk factor assessment in clinical practice; epidemiology of physical activity, physical fitness, and selected chronic diseases; diet and chronic disease; tobacco exposure and chronic illness; influence of emotional distress on chronic illness; integration of lifestyle behaviours. Section two Anatomy: cardiovascular anatomy; respiratory anatomy; musculoskeletal anatomy; surface anatomy. Section three Biomechanics: mechanical load on the body; biomechanics and physiology of posture and gait; low back exercises - prescription for the healthy back and when recovering from injury. Section four Exercise physiology: fundamentals of exercise metabolism; normal cardiorespiratory esponses to acute exercise; abnormal cardiorespiratory responses to acute exercise; cardiorespiratory adaptations to exercise; factors affecting the acute neuromuscular responses to resistance exercise; chronic musculoskeletal adaptations to resistance training; mechanisms of muscular fatigue; detraining and retention of adaptations induced by endurance training; deconditioning and bed rest - induced effects on bone health; deconditioning and bed rest - musculoskeletal response; environmental considerations - heat and cold; exercise and the environment - altitude and air pollution. Section five Coronary artery disease: coronary atherosclerosis; manifestations of coronary atherosclerosis; diagnosis of coronary artery disease; medical and invasive interventions in the management of coronary; artery disease. Appendix: Drugs-resource list; comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with coronary artery disease. (Part contents)