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Book SynopsisFitness Professional's Handbook, Seventh Edition With HKPropel Access, provides current and future fitness professionals with the knowledge to screen participants, conduct standardized fitness tests, evaluate the major components of fitness, and prescribe appropriate exercise.
Table of ContentsPart I. Physical Activity: Links to Health, Fitness, and Performance
Chapter 1. Health, Fitness, and Performance
Edward T. Howley
Chapter 2. Health Risk Appraisal
Michael Shipe
Part II. Scientific Foundations
Chapter 3. Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
Clare E. Milner
Chapter 4. Exercise Physiology
Edward T. Howley
Chapter 5. Nutrition
Dixie L. Thompson
Chapter 6. Measurements of Energy Cost in Physical Activity
Edward T. Howley
Part III. Fitness Assessment
Chapter 7. Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Edward T. Howley
Chapter 8. Assessment of Body Composition
Dixie L. Thompson
Chapter 9. Assessment of Muscular Fitness
Avery Faigenbaum
Chapter 10. Assessment of Flexibility and Low-Back Function
Laura Horvath Gagnon
Part IV. Exercise Prescription for Health, Fitness, and Performance
Chapter 11. Exercise Prescription for Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Edward T. Howley
Chapter 12. Exercise Prescription for Weight Management
Dixie L. Thompson
Chapter 13. Exercise Prescription for Muscular Fitness
Avery Faigenbaum
Chapter 14. Exercise Prescription for Flexibility and Low-Back Function
Laura Horvath Gagnon
Chapter 15. Training for Performance
Scott A. Conger
Part V. Special Populations
Chapter 16. Exercise for Children and Youth
Edward T. Howley
Chapter 17. Exercise and Older Adults
Edward T. Howley
Chapter 18. Exercise and Women’s Health
Dixie L. Thompson
Chapter 19. Exercise and Heart Disease
David R. Bassett, Jr.
Chapter 20. Exercise and Obesity
Dixie L. Thompson
Chapter 21. Exercise and Diabetes
Dixie L. Thompson
Chapter 22. Exercise and Pulmonary Disease
David R. Bassett, Jr.
Part VI. Comprehensive Exercise Program Considerations
Chapter 23. Behavior Change
Janet Buckworth
Chapter 24. ECG and Exercise Performance
David R. Bassett, Jr.
Chapter 25. Injury Prevention and Treatment
Jenny Moshak
Chapter 26. Legal Considerations
JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek
