BIBFRAME Work

Title

ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

  • Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription
  • American College of Sports Medicine's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription

Type

  • Monograph
  • Text

Contribution

Subject

  • Exercise Therapy--standards (MESH)
  • Physical Exertion (MESH)
  • Motor Activity (MESH)
  • Exercise Test--standards (MESH)

Genre Form

Guideline (MESH)

Language

Classification

Content

Supplementary content

Summary

"ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and prescription delivers best-practice instructions on how to administer exercise tests across both healthy and clinical populations; and how to prescribe exercise to those populations after completing and interpreting those tests. It serves as the basis for practice for health and fitness professionals; allied health practitioners; researchers; and sports medicine practitioners teams physicians. Even other health and fitness organizations turn to ACSM for guidance on best practices"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Benefits and Risks Associated with Physical Activity -- Preparticipation Evaluation -- Health-Related Physical Fitness Testing and Interpretation -- Clinical Exercise Testing and Interpretation -- General Principles of Exercise Prescription -- Exercise Prescription for Healthy Populations with Special Considerations -- Environmental Considerations for Exercise Prescription -- Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases -- Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Metabolic Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors -- Exercise Testing and Prescription for Populations with Other Chronic Diseases and Health Conditions -- Neurologic Diseases, Conditions, and Disorders -- Behavior-based Strategy to Promote Physical Activity and Exercise.

Authorized Access Point

American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:22:59.844365+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23926881

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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