Exercise and Heart Disease, 4th ed.
Exercise strategies to help your clients prevent and manage heart disease.
By Gwen Hyatt, MS , Marilyn Woods, PT, MS
Heart disease is a major killer of both men and women in the United States, and exercise is proven to reduce the risk of its occurrence. Learn the risk factors associated with heart disease, recognize red flags, abnormal heart rate and blood pressure responses, contraindications to exercise, and the criteria for terminating exercise. Understand how to assign beginning workloads and incorporate resistance training for your clients from the comprehensive information contained in this course. The technically strong, yet easy-to-follow, reference material allows you to quickly design personalized programs that safely set intensity levels and progress exercise.
Course Objectives:
- Identify basic heart and circulatory system anatomy
- Discuss the major cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, angina, myocardial infraction, atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, and stroke
- Identify the unlterable and alterable risk factors associated with heart disease and the risk makers associated with heart disease
- Discuss the role of exercise in regard to the primary and secondary prevention of heart disease
- Outline risk factor management strategies for clients with heart disease
- Discuss the benefits of participating in regular physical activity
- Discuss exercise program design for clients with heart disease with respect to mode, intesity, duration, frequency, and progression of exercise
- Outline methods used to assign beginning workloads to clients with heart disease
- Identify general exercise recommendations for clients with heart disease
- Identify contraindications, red flags, and criteria for termination of exercise for clients with heart disease
- Understand common classifications of drugs and their effect on exercise for clients with heart disease
- Explain appropriate health screening methods and exercise monitoring techniques for clients with heart disease
| Course Includes: Exam 133-page workbook Lecture DVD |
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| Topic: Special Medical Concerns | |
| Level: Intermediate | |
| Weight: 1.5 lbs | |
| Complete Course #4454 $95.00 | |
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