2nd Edition
Laboratory Manual for Exercise Physiology, Exercise Testing, and Physical Fitness
Unit 1: Introduction
Lab 1: Preparticipation Health Screening, Medical Clearance, and Informed Consent
Lab 2: Measurement, Reliability, Validity, and the Importance of Calibration
Lab 3: Measuring Heart Rate
Lab 4: Measuring Blood Pressure
Lab 5: Resting and Exercise Electrocardiogram
Lab 6:Pulmonary Function
Unit 2: Aerobic Fitness
Lab 7: Direct Measurement of Oxygen Consumption Rate, Respiratory Exchange Ratio, and Caloric Expenditure Rate from Open-Circuit, Indirect Calorimetry
Lab 8: Non-Exercise-Based Estimation of Maximal Oxygen Consumption Rate (VO2 max)
Lab 9: Astrand-Rhyming Submaximal Cycle Ergometer Test (Modified) to Estimate VO2 max
Lab 10: Queens College Step Test
Lab 11: Rockport Fitness Walking Test
Lab 12: 12-Minute Run Test
Lab 13: 1.5-Mile Run Test
Lab 14: Metabolic Equations to Estimate Oxygen Consumption Rate and Energy Expenditure for Walking, Running, and Leg Cycle Ergometry
Unit 3: Fatigue Threshold
Lab 15: Gas Exchange Threshold, Ventilatory Threshold, and Respiratory Compensation Point
Lab 16: Non-Exercise-Based Estimation of the Ventilatory Threshold
Lab 17: Critical Power Test
Lab 18: Critical Power 3-Minute All-Out Test
Lab 19: Critical Velocity Test
Lab 20: Critical Velocity for Track Running Test
Lab 21: Physical Working Capacity at the Heart Rate Threshold (PWCHRT) Test diff title
Lab 22: Physical Working Capacity at the Rating of Perceived Exertion Threshold (PWCrpe) Test diff title
Unit 4: Muscular Strength
Lab 23: Isokinetic Assessments of Muscle Function
Lab 24: Assessment of Isometric Hand Grip Strength
Lab 25: Determination of One-Repetition Maximum Bench Press and Leg Press Strength
Lab 26: Estimations of Strength from Ratings of Perceived Exertion
Lab 27: Surface Electromyography
Unit 5: Muscular Endurance
Lab 28: 1-Minute Sit-Up of Muscular Endurance
Lab 29: Push-up Test of Upper-Body Muscular Endurance
Unit 6: Muscular Power
Lab 30: 40-Yard Dash Test of Speed
Lab 31: Assessing Anaerobic Capabilities Using the Wingate Test
Lab 32: Vertical Jump Test for Measuring Muscular Power of the Legs
Lab 33: Standing Long Jump Test
Lab 34: Backward, Overhead Medicine Ball Throw Test of Total Body Power
Unit 7: Body Composition and Body Build
Lab 35: Body Composition Assessment from Underwater Weighing
Lab 36: Body Composition Assessment from Bioelectrical Impedance
Lab 37: Body Composition Assessment Using Air Displacement Plethysmography
Lab 38: Skinfold Estimations of Body Composition
Lab 39: Anthropometric Measures of Health Risk
Lab 40: Anthropometric Estimation of Thigh Muscle Cross Sectional Area
Lab 41: Determination of Reference Weight
Lab 42: Somatogram Determination of Body Build
Lab 43: Anthropometric Somatotyping Determinations of Body Build Characteristics
Unit 8: Flexibility
Lab 44 Sit-and-Reach Flexibility
Lab 45 Shoulder Elevation and Trunk Extension Flexibility
Unit 9: Test Batteries of Physical Fitness
Lab 46: Test Battery of Physical Fitness for Older Adults
Lab 47: Test Battery of Physical Fitness for Children and Adolescents
Lab 48: Test Battery of Physical Fitness for the Military
Lab 49: Test Battery of Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement Officers
Lab 50: Test Battery of Physical Fitness for Firefighters
Appendix
Biography
Dr. Terry J. Housh is a professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences and Director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA.
Dr. Joel T. Cramer is the Interim Vice Provost at the University of Central Florida, USA.
Dr. Joseph P. Weir is a Professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas, USA.
Dr. Jeffery Stout is Pegasus Professor and Director of the School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Central Florida, USA.
Dr. Glen O. Johnson is a Professor Emeritus and Dr. Housh is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
