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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: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0750632887.Subject(s): Exercise therapy | Exercise | HealthDDC classification: 615.82
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 615.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00071402
Total holds: 0

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

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