Consolidating the current knowledge about exercise and chronic disease, this book provides a format for prescribing exercise programs.

• Contains a compilation of exercises for specific disease conditions.
• Provides a unique, ready-to-use Exercise Prescription Page, after each chapter about a specific disease.
• Explains the new Rate Pressure Product method for prescribing exercise for patients with heart disease.

Workbooks on CD-ROM:

• Covers common question-and-answer sections that help patients understand their diseases
• Includes aerobic prescriptions and weight training illustrations that instruct patients how to weight train safely
• Enables patients to track their progress by exercise logs

Exercise and Disease Management consolidates the current knowledge base on exercise and chronic disease, providing a ready-made format for health care providers to use when prescribing exercise programs for patients. Using guidelines set forth by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, this book helps physicians and health care providers respond to the challenge to keep patients healthier and active, thus reducing recurrent hospitalizations and health care costs.

Reviews

a well-written resource for medical and health-care professionals who treat individuals with specific exercise needs.

-A.H. Goldfarb, CHOICE, DECEMBER 1999.