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NSCA's essentials of training special populations / National Strength and Conditioning Association ; Patrick L. Jacobs, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA, editor.

Jacobs, Patrick L., 1955- (editor.). National Strength & Conditioning Association (U.S.), (issuing body.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780736083300
ISBN: 0736083308
Physical Description: xi, 515 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-503) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Rationale and considerations for training special populations / Patrick L. Jacobs -- Health appraisal and fitness assessments / John F. Graham, Malcolm T. Whitehead -- Musculoskeletal conditions and disorders / Carwyn Sharp -- Metabolic conditions and disorders / Thomas P. LaFontaine, Jeffrey L Roitman, Paul Sorace -- Pulmonary conditions and disorders / Kenneth W. Rundell, Pnina Weis -- Cardiovascular conditions and disorders / Ann Marie Swank, Carwyn Sharp -- Immunological and hematological conditions and disorders / Jay Dawes, Benjamin Reuter, Don Melrose, Misty Kesterson -- Neuromuscular conditions and disorders / Patrick L. Jacobs, Stephanie M. Svoboda, Anna Lepeley -- Cognitive conditions and disorders / William J. Kraemer, Brett A. Comstock, James E. Clark -- Cancer / Alejandro Ferrer San Juan, Steven J. Fleck, Alejandro Lucía Mulas -- Children and adolescents / Avery D. Faigenbaum -- Older adults / Wayne L. Westcott -- Female considerations / Jill A. Bush-Wallace.