Exercise on prescription : cardiovascular activity for health / John Buckley, Jane Holmes and Gareth Mapp.
By: Buckley, John, BPE, MSc.
Contributor(s): Holmes, Jane (Physiotherapist) | Mapp, Gareth.
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0750632887.Subject(s): Exercise therapy | Exercise | HealthDDC classification: 615.82Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 615.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00071402 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With a wealth of sound practical advice, from the authors' years of extensive experience, this book will be invaluable for all those prescribing aerobic exercise programmes for cardiovascular health including: general practitioners, physiotherapists, nurses, exercise instructors and advisors. Covers traditional and contemporary approaches Many easy-to-use charts for the calculation of exercise intensities and aerobic exercise programmes Well referenced and thoroughly tested
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Well-being, health, physical activity, exercise and fitness -- The links between cardiovascular health, physical activity and exercise -- Psychological aspects of physical activity and exercise -- The science of aerobic exercise -- The importance of understanding and acknowledging training status -- Monitoring exercise responses: heart rate, ratings of perceived exertion and blood pressure -- Prescribing activity and exercise for health and fitness -- Protocols for predicting and estimating aerobic activity -- User friendly tables and charts for prescribing exercise with aerobic equipment -- Muscle, bone and joint considerations for cardiovascular exercise -- Activity and exercise considerations for high blood pressure and heart disease -- Health and exercise consultations.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Introduction
- The links between health, physical activity and exercise
- Psychology: the keystone to activity and its role in mentalwellness
- 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