Norms for fitness, performance, and health /
Jay Hoffman.
- ix, 221 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
Fitness and health assessment -- Interpretation of normative data -- Muscular strength -- Muscular endurance -- Anaerobic power -- Aerobic power and endurance -- Anthropometry and body composition -- Flexibility -- Speed and agility -- Cardiovascular profiles -- Lipid profiles -- Bone density -- Hematological profiles -- Energy expenditure -- Caloric values. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15.
"Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health contains a comprehensive collection of normative data for numerous fitness, performance, and health components across a range of ages, abilities, occupations, and athletic backgrounds. It lays the foundation for working with normative data by detailing the purpose and benefits of norms. It reviews relevant statistical information to assist the reader in understanding and interpreting descriptive statistics, including a limited discussion on inferential statistics."--BOOK JACKET.
0736054839 9780736054836
2005025909
Physical fitness--Measurement Physical fitness--Evaluation Physical fitness--Standards Physical fitness--Physiology. Anthropometry--Methodology Body Weights and Measures--statistics & numerical data Reference Values