Exercise testing and prescription lab manual / Edmund O. Acevedo, Michael A. Starks.

Includes bibliographical references.

-- Pretest responsibilities -- Orientation to lab instruments, procedures, and responsibilities -- Calibrating lab instruments -- Risk factor evaluation, medical history, and informed consent -- Techniques in exercise testing -- Heart rate and blood pressure assessment techniques -- Skinfold and circumference assessment techniques -- Assessing body fatness -- Submaximal exercise test protocols -- Evaluating muscular strength and endurance -- Evaluating flexibility -- Ecg placement and monitor operations -- Exercise prescription -- Metabolic calculations -- Assessing participant goals and gaining commitment to physical activity -- Prescriptions for initial conditioning, improvement, and maintenance -- Case study reports -- Appendix a: exercise testing and prescription forms -- Appendix b: data collection worksheets -- Appendix c: pharmacological effects on cardiorespiratory responses to exercise -- Appendix d: metric conversions -- Appendix e: metabolic and anthropometric equations -- Appendix f: lab 11 answer key.