Preface v // Contributors vii // SECTION I. General Considerations // General Principles of Exercise Testing - Victor F. Froelicher and Stephen G. Stahr // General Principles of Exercise Prescription 22 - James S. Skinner // General Principles of Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription for Muscle Strength and Endurance 38 - William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck, and Nicholas A. Ratamess, Jr. // Differences Between Men and Women for Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription 54 - Jack H. Wilmore // Differences Between Children and Adults for Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription 68 - Helge U. Hebestreit and Oded Bar-Or // Aging for Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription 85 - James S. Skinner // Environmental Factors for Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription 100 - Samuel N. Cheuvront, Michael N. Sawka, and Kent B. Pandolf // Exercise Adherence and Prescription for Special Populations 124 - John S. Raglin and Gregory S. Wilson // Economic Evaluation.- Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation as an Example 134 - Neil B. Oldridge // SECTION II. Neuromuscular and Skeletal Conditions 149 // Arthritis 15? - llkka M. Vuori // Osteoporosis 171 // Kerri M. Winters-Stone and Christine M. Snow // El Chronic Pain States 18 8 // Angela K. Lyden, Kirsten Ambrose, and Daniel J. Clauw // Spinal Cord Injury 203 // Thomas W. J. Janssen and Maria T. E. Hopman //
SECTION III. Metabolic Conditions 221 // Diabetes Mellitus 223 - Arthur S. Leon and Otto A. Sánchez // Obesity 237 Scott G. Owens // SECTION IV. Respiratory Conditions 255 // 13 Asthma 257 // Alan R. Morton and Kenneth D. Fitch // Cystic Fibrosis 272 - Frank J. Cerny and David M. Orenstein // SECTION V. Cardiovascular Conditions 283 // Coronary Heart Disease 285 // William L. Haskell and J. Larry Durstine // Hypertension 305 James S. Skinner // Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease - Andrew W. Gardner and James S. Skinner // Heart Failure 323 - Robert S. McKelvie // Heart Disease in Children 337 - Reginald L. Washington // SECTION VI. Other Conditions 349 // End-Stacfe Renal Disease 35? - Patricia L. Painter // Cancer 363 - Kirstin Lane and Donald C. McKenzie // Pregnancy 377 - Larry A. Wolfe // Mental Retardation 392 - Kenneth H. Pitetti and Bo Fernhall // Index 405