ACSM's Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual

194 Pages·2010·5.733 MB·English

by  KAMINSKY, Leonard A

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ACSM’
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Health-Related Physical Fitness
Assessment Manual
THIRD EDITION
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EDITOR
Leonard A. Kaminsky, PhD, FACSM
Coordinator, Clinical Exercise Physiology Program
Human Performance Laboratory
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
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ACSM’
S
Health-Related
Physical Fitness
Assessment Manual
THIRD EDITION
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Third Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
ACSM’s health-related physical fitness assessment manual. — 3rd ed. / editor, Leonard Kaminsky ; American College of
Sports Medicine.
p. ; cm.
Companion vol. to: ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription / American College of Sports Medicine.
8th ed. 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-9771-9
ISBN-10: 0-7817-9771-3
1. Physical fitness—Testing. 2. Exercise tests. I. Kaminsky, Leonard A., 1955– II. American College of Sports
Medicine. III. American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription.
IV. Title: Health-related physical fitness assessment manual.
[DNLM: 1. Physical Fitness—Guideline. 2. Exercise Test—standards—Guideline. 3. Physical Endurance—
Guideline. 4. Physical Examination—standards—Guideline. QT 255 A187 2010]
GV436.A35 2010
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Preface
The American College of Sports Medicine has long been a leader in advocating the
health benefits associated with a physical activity lifestyle. Recognition for the impor-
tance of performing regular physical activity for good health took a major leap forward
with the release of the first-ever federal policy report, Physical Activity Guidelines for
Americans, released in October 2008 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices (www.health.gov/PAguidelines/). Clinicians, public health professionals, and al-
lied health professionals will now, more than ever, need the expertise of those trained
and knowledgeable in prescribing physical activity/exercise and measuring the effects of
these programs. As stated in Chapter 1 of this manual, physical fitness is the measura-
ble outcome of a person’s physical activity and exercise habits. Thus, it is essential that
exercise professionals remain well versed in the methods of health-related physical fit-
ness assessment and the interpretation of the results of these assessments.
This third edition of the ACSM’s Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual
updates the material from the previous editions and offers a significant amount of new
material. The intent of this manual remains to provide a comprehensive overview of
why and how to perform assessments of the five health-related components of physical
fitness: body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and car-
diorespiratory fitness. This manual is an extension of assessment principles covered in
the ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (8th edition) and includes
many of the summary tables and figures from these Guidelines.
Readers familiar with the previous editions of this manual will notice the following
new or significantly revised features in this third edition:
• New introductory material in Chapter 1 providing more background on issues re-
lated to health-related physical fitness.
• Reorganized and expanded information in Chapters 2 and 3 on preassessment
screening and assessment of risk factors. These chapters include new material on
blood sampling methods, assessment of physical activity, and assessment of risk of
other chronic diseases, including pulmonary disease and osteoporosis.
• Reorganized material in Chapters 4–8 on the assessments of each of the components
of health-related physical fitness. These chapters provide the background on the ra-
tionale for this assessment and the hierarchy of methods, with emphasis on the errors
involved in prediction from lower-ordered methods. An overview of the major limi-
tations of some assessment methods and a discussion of other unique assessment
principles are provided.
• Step-by-step instructions for assessment of health-related physical fitness and re-
sources for interpretation of test results. The manual provides more than 110 boxes,
tables, and figures to help the reader understand the concepts of health-related phys-
ical fitness. There are a number of figures that demonstrate incorrect versus correct
procedures of specific assessments.
• Case study analysis at the conclusion of each assessment chapter and suggested lab-
oratories to help students master the concepts of health-related physical fitness.
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Acknowledgments
When writing acknowledgments, one always runs the risk of omitting the mention of
someone who has contributed. I am truly appreciative to all who provided support and
assistance to the development of the third edition of this manual. With that being said,
I do want to specifically acknowledge and thank the following individuals and groups.
Thanks to Dr. Greg Dwyer, who, through his teaching of fitness assessment to un-
dergraduate Exercise Science students, recognized the need for a comprehensive man-
ual of health-related physical fitness assessment. Greg, along with his coeditor, Dr. Shala
Davis, produced the first two editions of this manual. All of us who teach, and the stu-
dents who learn health-related physical fitness assessment, are indebted to you and
Shala.
I appreciate all of the members of the American College of Sports Medicine who vol-
unteer their time to our professional organization. I especially extend my gratitude to
Dr. Jeff Pottinger and Dr. Jeff Roitman for asking me to serve as the editor of this third
edition. I also wish to recognize Dr. Madeline Paternostro-Bayles and the team of re-
viewers for their timely work and contributions. Finally, thanks to the editorial groups
of the eighth edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription and the
sixth edition of the Resource Manual for the ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Pre-
scriptionfor their cooperation throughout this project.
My gratitude to the professional staff of the American College of Sports Medicine
who played an important role in this third edition, particularly Dr. Mark Robertson for
the countless hours he served in the development of publications for this organization.
I also want to recognize Kerry O’Rourke and Lori Tish for their support in the comple-
tion of this manual.
Thanks to the talented and hard-working staff at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
whom I have worked with now on three separate ACSM publications. I particularly
want to extend my gratitude to Andrea Klingler and Matt Hauber for their assistance
throughout this project.
Thanks to my professional colleagues who provided materials that contributed to
this third edition: Dr. Tony Kaleth, Dr. Mark Kasper, Dr. Paul Nagelkirk, Mr. Jim Ross,
Dr. Pat Schneider, Dr. Scott Strath, and Dr. Todd Trappe. I also extend my appreciation
to my colleagues at Ball State University’s Human Performance Laboratory, especially
Lynn Clark, and to our graduate students for all of their support.
And finally, thank you to my wife, Mary, and my daughters, Lauren and Bonnie, for
their continuing love and support. I also thank them for their behind-the-scenes assis-
tance in support of the production of this manual.
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