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ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook, Second Edition, has been thoroughly updated with the latest research and expanded to better support the business case for worksite programs. The text provides information on important contextual issues, evidence of effectiveness, assessment, program design, and strategies for encouraging employee involvement.

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children and Adolescents compiles the latest evidence-based research on exercise stress testing to provide guidance for those testing young patients.

Covers major aspects of preventive rehabilitative and fitness programs and the main points from position stands of the American College of Sports Medicine. This book includes topics on assessment of physical activity, applied exercise programming, arthritic diseases and conditions, and neuromuscular diseases and exercise.

Provides the theoretical foundation of behavior change and then offers specific strategies, tools, and methods you can use to motivate and inspire your clients to be active, exercise, and stay healthy. This title helps you access practical resources that you can use immediately on the job with forms, checklists, charts, worksheets, and more.

Enables experienced students to develop an understanding of exercise physiology along with its related topics and applications. This title describes both the immediate and long-term effects of exercise on individual body systems, and emphasizes how each body system's physiological response to exercise is interdependent.

Developed by ACSM, this text presents a framework for optimizing patients' and clients' functionality by keeping them physically active. It provides evidence-informed guidance on devising individualized exercise programs for persons with chronic and comorbid conditions.