NSCA’s guide to tests and assessments
Autor(es) - NSCA; Todd Miller
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NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments offers strength and conditioning professionals a one-stop resource for the best research-supported fitness and performance measures available. Created by top experts in the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), this comprehensive text offers extensive information on which factors matter and how to evaluate them as accurately and easily as possible. Editor Todd Miller and an authoritative team of contributors have compiled an exceptional reference and valuable tool for practicing professionals and an indispensable educational resource for students.
NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments presents the latest research from respected scientists and practitioners in exercise testing and assessment. The text begins with an introduction to testing, data analysis, and formulating conclusions. It then features a by-chapter presentation of tests and assessments for body composition, heart rate and blood pressure, metabolic rate, aerobic power, lactate threshold, muscular strength, muscular endurance, power, speed and agility, mobility, and balance and stability. Using descriptions of multiple test options for each key fitness component, readers will learn to choose from a range of alternatives to meet the needs of their athletes, reach training objectives, choose from available equipment, and work within budgets.
Each chapter provides a summary detailing the key testing and assessment information for each fitness component, the equipment needed for performing the tests, step-by-step instructions, normative data for the tests, and multiple test options per conditioning component.
NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments also includes NSCA-approved testing protocols, extensive references to current research, and applications for the testing of conditioning components. Information is presented in an accessible manner to help explain the findings of both researchers and practitioners so that readers can select the most effective and efficient approach for athlete and client assessments.
Properly conducted tests and skillful assessment of data enable fitness professionals to develop individualized training programs based on their clients’ or athletes’ physiological and functional capacities. Credible, current, and complete, NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments provides a clear understanding of the test selection process, how to implement appropriate data collection, and how to analyze data to make appropriate training decisions that will help athletes and clients achieve their performance goals.
NSCA’s Guide to Tests and Assessments is part of the Science of Strength and Conditioning series. Developed with the expertise of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), this series of texts provides the guidelines for converting scientific research into practical application. The series covers topics such as tests and assessments, program design, and nutrition.
ÍNDICE:
CHAPTER 1. TESTS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND CONCLUSIONS
Matt Rhea, PhD, and Mark Peterson, PhD
1.1. Screening Tests
1.2. Data Evaluation and Statistical Analysis
1.3. Normalization of Fitness Data
1.4. Tracking Data Over Time
1.5. Summary
CHAPTER 2. BODY COMPOSITION
Nick Ratamess, PhD
2.1. Sport Performance and Body Composition
2.2. Body Composition Measurement
2.3. Measuring Height, Body Weight, and Body Mass Index
2.4. Comparison of Body Composition Techniques
2.5. Body Fat Standards
2.6. Summary
CHAPTER 3. HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE
Dan Drury, DPE
3.1. Heart Rate Control
3.2. Exercise Intensity and Heart Rate
3.3. Sport Performance and Heart Rate
3.4. Heart Rate Measurement
3.5. Blood Pressure
3.6. Summary
CHAPTER 4. METABOLIC RATE
Wayne Miller, PhD, EMT
4.1. Components of Energy Expenditure
4.2. Sport Performance and Metabolic Rate
4.3. Measurement of Energy Expenditure
4.4. Prediction of Energy Expenditure
4.5. Estimation of 24-hour and Physical Activity Energy Expenditure
4.6. Relevance and Applications for Metabolic Testing
4.7. Summary
CHAPTER 5. AEROBIC POWER
Jonathan Anning, PhD
5.1. Regression Equation Variables
5.2. Maximal Exercise Testing Methods
5.3. Submaximal Exercise Testing Methods
5.4. Regression Equation Calculations
5.5. Summary
CHAPTER 6. LACTATE THRESHOLD
Dave Morris, PhD
6.1. Energy Pathways and Lactate Metabolism
6.2. Sport Performance and Lactate Threshold
6.3.Performing a Lactate Threshold Test
6.4. Ma ximal Lactate Steady State
6.5. Using Lactate Threshold Data
6.6. Summary
CHAPTER 7. MUSCULAR STRENGTH
Gavin Moir, PhD
7.1. Definition of Muscular Strength
7.2. Factors Affecting Muscular Force Production
7.3. Sports Performance and Muscular Strength
7.4. Methods of Measurement
7.5. Field Tests for Muscular Strength
7.6. Predicting 1RM Values from Multiple Repetitions
7.7. Laboratory Tests for Maximal Muscular Strength
7.8. Isokinetic Strength Testing
7.9. Summary
CHAPTER 8. MUSCULAR ENDURANCE
Gavin Moir, PhD
8.1. Definition of Muscular Endurance
8.2. Field Tests for Muscular Endurance
8.3. Laboratory Tests for Muscular Endurance
8.4. Summary
CHAPTER 9. POWER
Mark D. Peterson, PhD
9.1. Operationalizing Power
9.2. Mechanisms of Power Production and Expression
9.3. Types and Factors of Power
9.4. Sport Performance and Power
9.5. Assessments for Power
9.6. Lower Body Tests
9.7. Upper Body Tests
9.8. Warm-Up and Postactivation Potentiation (PAP): A Special Consideration for Testing Power
9.9. Summary
CHAPTER 10. SPEED AND AGILITY
N. Travis Triplett, PhD
10.1. Speed
10.2. Agility
10.3. Sport Performance and Speed and Agility
10.4. Test Selection
10.5. Methods of Measurement
10.6. Summary
CHAPTER 11. MOBILITY
Sean P. Flanagan, PhD
11.1. Fundamental Concepts of Mobility
11.2. Sport Performance and Mobility
11.3. Range of Motion Testing
11.4. Range of Motion Assessments
11.5. Interpretation of Results
11.6. Summary
CHAPTER 12. BALANCE AND STABILITY
Sean P. Flanagan, PhD
12.1. Body Mechanics
12.2. Control Theory
12.3. Sport Performance and Balance and Stability
12.4. Measuring Balance and Stability
12.5. Interpreting the Results
- Formato: Capa dura 26.00 * 18.00
- Nº de páginas: 358
- Editado em: 2012
- Idioma: Inglês
- ISBN: 9780736083683