ACSM's Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual

Cover......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Editor......Page 4
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
CHAPTER 1: Introduction......Page 17
 DEFINING HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS......Page 18
  COMPONENTS OF HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS......Page 19
  THE RELATIONSHIP OF PHYSICAL FITNESS TO HEALTH......Page 20
 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT......Page 22
  THE GOLD STANDARD (i.e., TRUE MEASURE)......Page 23
  STANDARDIZATION......Page 24
  CREDENTIALS......Page 25
 REFERENCES......Page 26
CHAPTER 2: Preassessment Screening......Page 27
 INFORMED CONSENT......Page 28
  THE PROCESS OF THE INFORMED CONSENT......Page 30
  EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURES......Page 31
  OBJECTIVE: RISK STRATIFICATION......Page 32
  HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE......Page 33
 SUMMARY......Page 42
  ADMINISTERING AN INFORMED CONSENT......Page 43
 REFERENCES......Page 44
CHAPTER 3: Risk Factor Assessments......Page 45
  MEASUREMENT......Page 46
  INTERPRETATION......Page 50
 BLOOD TESTS......Page 51
  BLOOD SAMPLING METHODS......Page 52
 OBESITY......Page 53
  MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT AND WEIGHT......Page 54
  MEASUREMENT OF WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE......Page 57
 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY......Page 59
  OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT......Page 60
  INTERPRETATION......Page 63
  OSTEOPOROSIS......Page 64
 SUMMARY......Page 67
  BODY MASS INDEX ASSESSMENT......Page 68
 REFERENCES......Page 69
CHAPTER 4: Body Composition......Page 71
 WHAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD TEST?......Page 72
  DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY......Page 73
 TESTS OF BODY VOLUME......Page 74
  UNDERWATER (HYDROSTATIC) WEIGHING......Page 75
  PLETHYSMOGRAPHY......Page 77
  SKINFOLD MEASUREMENTS......Page 78
 BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS......Page 83
 INTERPRETATION......Page 87
 SUMMARY......Page 88
  SKINFOLD ESTIMATION OF BODY FAT PERCENTAGE......Page 89
 REFERENCES......Page 90
CHAPTER 5: Muscular Fitness......Page 91
  METHOD OF LOADING......Page 92
 STRENGTH ASSESSMENTS......Page 94
  DYNAMIC......Page 95
  DYNAMIC......Page 98
  STATIC......Page 103
 INTERPRETATION ISSUES......Page 104
 SUMMARY......Page 105
  MUSCULAR ENDURANCE ASSESSMENT......Page 106
 REFERENCES......Page 107
CHAPTER 6: Flexibility......Page 108
 METHODS OF MEASUREMENT......Page 109
  SIT-AND-REACH TEST......Page 110
  ASSESSMENT OF LUMBAR EXTENSION......Page 111
 RANGE OF MOTION DEFINED......Page 112
  GONIOMETERS—TOOLS TO MEASURE RANGE OF MOTION......Page 114
  RANGE-OF-MOTION ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW......Page 115
  SPECIFIC RANGE-OF-MOTION TESTS......Page 116
 INTERPRETATION......Page 122
 SUMMARY......Page 123
  DISTANCE TESTS FOR FLEXIBILITY ASSESSMENT......Page 124
 REFERENCES......Page 125
CHAPTER 7: Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Estimation from Field and Submaximal Exercise Tests......Page 126
 WHAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD TEST?......Page 127
 FIELD TESTS FOR PREDICTION OF AEROBIC CAPACITY......Page 128
  STEP TESTS......Page 129
  FIXED TIME TESTS......Page 130
 SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE TESTS......Page 131
  MONITORING......Page 132
  EXERCISE MODES......Page 134
  YMCA SUBMAXIMAL CYCLE TEST......Page 137
  ÅSTRAND SUBMAXIMAL CYCLE ERGOMETER TEST......Page 143
  TREADMILL......Page 146
 INTERPRETATION......Page 148
  SOURCES OF ERROR IN SUBMAXIMAL PREDICTION......Page 149
 SUMMARY......Page 151
 CASE STUDY......Page 152
 REFERENCES......Page 153
CHAPTER 8: Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Maximal Exercise Testing......Page 154
 PERSONNEL......Page 155
 SELECTING THE MODE FOR TESTING......Page 160
  BRUCE PROTOCOL......Page 161
  BALL STATE UNIVERSITY/BRUCE RAMP PROTOCOL......Page 163
  RUNNING PROTOCOL......Page 164
  CYCLE PROTOCOLS......Page 165
  SUPERVISOR......Page 166
  ESTIMATING VO2max FROM EXERCISE TEST TIME......Page 167
 INTERPRETATION......Page 168
 SUMMARY......Page 169
 CASE STUDY......Page 170
 REFERENCES......Page 171
 WORK......Page 172
 METRIC ROOTS......Page 173
APPENDIX B: Forms......Page 174
  MEDICAL HISTORY......Page 175
 BODY COMPOSITION DATA FORM......Page 176
 MUSCULAR FITNESS DATA FORM......Page 177
 FLEXIBILITY DATA FORM......Page 178
 SUBMAXIMAL CYCLE TEST DATA FORM......Page 179
 EXERCISE TEST DATA FORM......Page 180
Index......Page 181