Mounting evidence has firmly established that low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
are associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and mortality …

Physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) both have inverse relationships to
cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Recent position papers and guidelines have …

Cerebral white matter (WM) degeneration occurs with increasing age and is associated with
declining cognitive function. Research has shown that cardiorespiratory fitness and exercise …

Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Ninth Edition With HKPropel
Online Video, is the definitive resource for conducting physical fitness testing and …

Cardiovascular fitness is thought to offset declines in cognitive performance, but little is
known about the cortical mechanisms that underlie these changes in humans. Research …

Background. The human brain gradually loses tissue from the third decade of life onward,
with concomitant declines in cognitive performance. Given the projected rapid growth in …

Walking is a rhythmic, dynamic, aerobic activity of large skeletal muscles that confers the
multifarious benefits of this with minimal adverse effects. Walking, faster than customary, and …

Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance, Fifth Edition, leads students through
the fundamentals of collecting and analyzing human performance data by focusing on the …

Purpose The purpose of the present study was to: 1) cross-validate the two equations using
the vertical jump-and-reach test, 2) develop a more accurate equation from a large …

Compared with maximal exercise testing, submaximal exercise testing appears to have
greater applicability to physical therapists in their role as clinical exercise specialists. This …