MENCION DE RESPONSABILIDAD: Autor cooperativo: American College of Sports Medicine ; Editor, Mitchell H. Whaley ; Editor clínico asociado: Peter H. Brubaker ; Editor asociado en fitness: Robert M. Otto ; Autores: Lawrence Armstrong ; Gary J. Balady ; Michael J. Berry ; Shala E Davis ; Brenda M. Davy ; Kevin P. Davy ; Barry A. Franklin ; Neil F. Gordon ; I-Min Lee ; Timothy McConnell ; Jonathan N. Myers ; Frank X. Pizza ; Thomas W. Rowland ; Kerry Stewart ; Paul D. Thompson ; Janet P. Wallace. CONTENIDO: Health appraisal, risk assessment, and safety of exercise -- Benefits and risks associated with physical activity -- Preparticipation health screening and risk stratification -- Exercise testing -- Pre-exercise evaluations -- Health-related physical fitness testing and interpretation -- Clinical exercise testing -- Interpretation of clinical exercise test data -- Exercise prescription -- General principles of exercise prescription -- Exercise prescription modifications for cardiac patients -- Other clinical conditions influencing exercise prescription -- Exercise testing and prescription for children and elderly people.
