Exercise on Prescription : Activity for Cardiovascular Health

ISBN-13: 9780750632881 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 256 str.

John Buckley; Msc Mcsp Jane Holmes

Opis

With practical advice, from the authors' years of extensive experience, this book is useful for those prescribing aerobic exercise programmes for cardiovascular health including: general practitioners, physiotherapists, nurses, exercise instructors and advisors.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; The links between health, physical activity and exercise; Psychology: the keystone to activity and its role in mental wellness; The science of aerobic exercise; The importance of understanding training status; Monitoring exercise responses with heart rates, ratings of perceived exertion and blood pressure; Prescribing activity and exercise for health and for fitness using heart rate and ratings of perceived exertion; Protocols for measuring and estimating aerobic capacity and VO2 Max; User friendly charts to prescribe exercise with aerobic exercise machines from VO2 Max; Orthopaedic considerations for aerobic exercise; The health and exercise consultation