Reference for health and fitness professionals and performance consultants, including exercise physiologists, physical educators, kinesiologists, and sports medicine specialists. Also a supplemental text for students in fitness assessment and evaluation, testing and measurement, and related courses.
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Suitable for students in sport and exercise science. This book includes normative data for various aspects of fitness, such as strength, endurance, anaerobic and aerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, speed and agility. It also looks at health norms to measure cardiovascular values, blood lipids, bone density and energy expenditure.
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Part I: OverviewChapter 1. Fitness and Health Assessment-Factors Affecting Fitness Assessment-Validity and Reliability of Testing-Test Administration-SummaryChapter 2. Interpretation of Normative Data-Data Classification-Experimentation -Hypothesis Testing-Descriptive Statistics-Correlation-Inferential Statistics-SummaryPart II: Fitness and Performance NormsChapter 3. Muscular Strength-Strength Testing-SummaryChapter 4. Muscular Endurance-Musclar Endurance Tests-Musclar Endurance Tests for Civil Service and Military Personnel-Musclar Endurance Tests for Athletes-SummaryChapter 5. Anaerobic Power-Laboratory Measures of Anaerobic Power-Field Tests for Anaerobic Power-SummaryChapter 6. Aerobic Power and Endurance-Aerobic Power Assessment-Normative Values for Aerobic Power and Endurance-SummaryChapter 7. Anthropometry and Body Composition-Anthropometry-Body Composition-SummaryChapter 8. Flexibility-Flexibility Assessment-Flexibility Measures in Athletic Populations-SummaryChapter 9. Speed and Agility-Speed-Agility-SummaryPart III: Health NormsChapter 10. Cardiovascular Profiles-Blood Pressure-Maximal Heart Rate-Training Effects-SummaryChapter 11. Lipid Profile-SummaryChapter 12. Bone Density-Bone Mineral Density and Bone Mineral Content of Children and Adolescents-Bone Mineral Density and Bone Mineral Content in Adults-Race and Ethnic Comparisons-Effect of Athletic Participation on Bone Mineral Density-SummaryChapter 13. Hematological Profile-SummaryChapter 14. Energy Expenditure-Metabolic Equations-MET Values for Energy Costs-SummaryChapter 15. Caloric Values-Caloric Consumption-Summary
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780736054836
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Human Kinetics
Vekt
658 gr
Høyde
279 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, UU, UP, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
232

Forfatter

Biographical note

Jay Hoffman, PhD, is a professor and the chair of the department of health and exercise science at the College of New Jersey. Long recognized as an expert in the field of exercise physiology, Hoffman has more than 75 publications to his credit on human performance in refereed journals, book chapters, and books. He also has more than 17 years of experience coaching at the collegiate and professional levels. This combination of the practical and the theoretical provides him with a unique perspective to write for both coaches and academic faculty.

Hoffman was voted to the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Board of Directors, for which he serves as vice president, and was awarded the 2005 Outstanding Kinesiological Professional Award by the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He also was awarded the 2000 Outstanding Junior Investigator Award by the NSCA. He is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He is also the author of Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance (Human Kinetics, 2002).