Physiological Assessment of Human Fitness

Physiological Assessment of Human Fitness

by Carl Foster (Editor), PeterJ.Maud (Editor)

Synopsis

Aimed at students of exercise physiology, as well as health professionals working in clinical exercise physiology and physiotherapy. Covers assessment methods for aerobic and anaerobic power, heart rate variability, pulmonary gas exchange, mechanical power and strength, muscio structure and function, body composition, anthropometry, joint range of motion and field testing of athletes. Provides a rationale for methods of assessment, examining the limitations of certain methods and providing details of alternative techniques. Considers the use of near-infrared spectroscopy, a new non-invasive technique believed to hold great potential for the evaluation of response to exercise training programmes.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: Dec 2005

ISBN 10: 073604633X
ISBN 13: 9780736046336

Media Reviews
The value of this text is the concise information drawn from individual experts chosen for each section, which makes this a useful resource if you offer a serious physiological testing program or are interested in offering such tests.
Neil Wolkodoff, PhD, developer of Physical Golf and Zonal Training Technologies
The text is very readable and comprehensive, and the individual chapter authors are some of the most noted authorities in the fields of exercise physiology and fitness assessment.
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) (review of first edition)
A comprehensive and well-written resource of practically every test of human physiological fitness.
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) (review of first edition)
Author Bio
Peter Maud is head of physical education, recreation and dance at New Mexico State University. His major area of academic expertise is in physiology of exercise and assessment of human performance. Carl Foster is director of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise testing at the Milwaukee Heart Institute and associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin. He has written extensively on laboratory methods in exercise physiology and on the prediction of exercise capacity in clinical populations.