Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Professional Best Practice

1.1. Professional Competency and Working with Others

1.2. Physiological Exercise Testing: Ethical Considerations

1.3. Health and Safety in Duty of Care: Evaluating and Stratifying Risk

1.4. Safeguarding in Physiological Testing

Part 2: Analysis and Reporting

2.1. Data Intelligence and Feedback to the Coach

2.2. Reliability and Measurement Error

2.3. Scaling: Adjusting Physiological and Performance Measures for Differences in Body Size

Part 3: General Procedures

3.1. Pre-Participation Evaluation for Athletes

3.2. Equipment Maintenance and Calibration Standards

3.3. Lung and Respiratory Muscle Function

3.4. Surface Anthropometry

3.5. Functional Screening

3.6. Respiratory Gas Analysis

3.7. Metabolic Threshold Testing, Interpretation and Its Prognostic Prescriptive Value

3.8. Ratings of Perceived Exertion

3.9. Strength Testing

3.10. Blood Sampling

3.11. Skeletal Muscle Biopsy: Techniques and Applications

3.12. Non-Invasive Assessment of the Neuromuscular System

3.13. Field Based Testing

3.14. Application of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

Part 4: Racing Sports (Endurance, Middle-distance and Sprint)

4.1. Middle- and Long-distance Running

4.2. Triathlon

4.3. Swimming

4.4. Rowing

4.5. Cycling

4.6. Canoeing and Kayaking

4.7. Speed Skating (Long-Track and Short-Track)

4.8. Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon

Part 5: Invasion Games

5.1. Soccer

5.2. Field Hockey

5.3. Rugby

5.4. Netball

5.5. Basketball

Part 6: Racket Sports

6.1. Squash

6.2. Table Tennis

Part 7: Bat and Ball Sports

7.1. Cricket

Part 8: Target Sports

8.1. Golf

8.2. Curling

Part 9: High intensity Skill Sports

9.1. Motorsports

9.2. Sport Climbing

Part 10: Aesthetic Physical Sports

10.1. Artistic Gymnastic

Part 11: Combat Sports

11.1. Judo

11.2. Amateur and Professional Boxing

11.3. Fencing

Part 12: Paralympic Specific

12.1. Ambulant Para-Athletes

12.2. Wheeled Para Sport

12.3. Intellectual Impairment

Part 13: Specific Populations

13.1. Testing the Master Athlete

13.2. Testing Considerations for Children

13.3. Testing the Female Athlete

Part 14: Environmental Specific Issues

14.1. Performing at Altitude

14.2. Performing in the Heat

14.3. Performing in Cold Environments

14.4. Swimming in Aquatic Environments

Part 15: Athlete Health and Wellbeing

15.1. The Travelling Athlete

15.2. Athlete Wellbeing

15.3. Training Load

15.4. Overreaching and Overtraining

15.5. Exercise Testing for the Pregnant Athlete

15.6. Methods in Exercise Immunology

About the Author

R.C. Richard Davison, PhD, FBASES, CSci, is Professor of Exercise Physiology in the School of Health and Life Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland, UK.

Paul M. Smith, PhD, FBASES, FHEA, is Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology in the School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

James Hopker, PhD, is Professor of Sport and Exercise Science and Deputy Director of the Division of Natural Sciences at the University of Kent, UK.

Michael J. Price, PhD, FBASES, is Reader in Exercise Physiology at Coventry University, UK.

Florentina Hettinga, PhD, FACSM, FECSS, SFHEA, is Professor of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange of the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University, UK.

Garry Tew, PhD, FBASES, FHEA, is Professor of Clinical Exercise Science in the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University, UK.

Lindsay Bottoms, PhD, FBASES, is Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and the Director of the Research Centre for Psychology and Sports Sciences.

Reviews

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