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There has never been more opportunity for exercise professionals to become an enabled part of healthcare through both preventative and therapeutic care models. The development of the United States Registry of Exercise Professionals (USREPS) has created a utility for the verification of qualified…
Build a foundation of the basics with this course! Gain an understanding of general exercise guidelines, which provide evidence-based recommendations for the appropriate amount, intensity, and types of exercise that individuals should perform to promote and maintain their health and well-being.…
Discover how low muscular strength is related to increased cardiometabolic risk, including type 2 diabetes; learn about how normalized grip strength cut-points can predict increased cardiometabolic risk and type 2 diabetes in different age groups; and find out about the effectiveness of acute…
This course covers the fundamentals of implementation science and discusses their importance in the field of exercise oncology, presenting research findings from real-world clinical implementation trials along with a summary of key next steps for the field.
Health fitness professionals routinely help clients and patients put together a safe and effective exercise program. But what if there’s a better way to guide people to an active lifestyle? Learn evidence-based, practical techniques to help your clients and patients take ownership of their…
This series of courses introduces you to successful professionals from a variety of exercise professions. Hear them describe how they’ve contributed to the exercise community, why they are considered successful, what actions they took to achieve success, and the advice they have for anyone…
This Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) Exercise Prescription Essentials online module was developed to provide a convenient “one-stop-shop” overview of the essential exercise prescription guidelines from the 11th edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription and the 2018 National…
This course provides an overview of the known etiologies of Parkinson’s disease as well as its symptoms and treatment. The course also covers the impact of exercise and reviews the most up-to-date guidelines and special considerations for exercise in Parkinson’s disease.
As the use of (and media attention on) anti-obesity medications (AOMs) increases, fitness professionals need to stay on top of current AOM research, learn about the effectiveness of approved AOMs, and keep an eye on those still in development. This includes understanding indications for the use…
Rapid advances in health technology offer great potential for accelerating the integration of exercise into healthcare, but what do qualified exercise professionals need to know, and how could they implement these technologies into their practice? This article highlights the challenges that new…
In recent years, the exercise profession has been actively pursuing recognition as allied health professionals through the establishment of job-specific standards for programmatic accreditation, providing professional certification and credentialing, creating a professional registry (United…
This course explores how doxorubicin chemotherapy can impact cardiorespiratory system function and covers our current understanding of how exercise training may help limit these adverse effects.
In this course, three exemplary hospital-based programs will share the key to setting up an exercise oncology program, getting referrals, program operations, and costs.
An increasing number of researchers are using the measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in exhaled breath as a non-invasive way to study disease, chemical exposures, and more. This course covers the basics of VOC measurement and explores the potential to use this methodology on…
This course explores the potential benefits of taking a transdisciplinary approach to exercise oncology research, laying out the key principles of such research and sharing examples of how those principles have already been used to promote the uptake of exercise medicine in three diverse…
By the year 2030, one in every five Americans will be older adults. This course discusses the science behind the strategies, settings, policies, systems, and environmental approaches for increasing physical activity among older adults as outlined in the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans…
It’s not just psychological — this course explores the neurochemical and electrophysiological changes behind the placebo effect, as well as potential sex differences, placebo effects, and avenues for further research.
Find the middle ground between being active for health and wellbeing and training for athletic performance. Understand how physical activity can impact every body system in a positive way. Decipher which factors affect "optimal" response. Learn how to recommend the appropriate mode of physical…
Are NSAIDS — e.g., ibuprofen, celecoxib, and flurbiprofen — detrimental or beneficial to musculoskeletal health and performance? This course covers the effects of NSAIDs on skeletal muscle and bone tissue using a bench-to-bedside approach involving cell cultures, rodent models, and human…
This course presents the latest updates on optimal loading in groups at high risk for knee osteoarthritis.
Concussion can be a challenging injury for clinicians to manage given the many different approaches that exist for assessment and rehabilitation. Through this lecture, we will explore evidence-based strategies to identify risk of poor outcomes soon after a concussion and intervention strategies…
This course presents the latest research and techniques for the management and prevention of sport-related concussions (SRC), along with strategies and lessons from the implementation of a school-based athletic-training network and school-based return to learn program
This course focuses on the latest advances in body composition methodology such as the growing use of B-Mode ultrasound, imaging techniques, and new ways for the public to self-estimate their body composition (mobile technologies and apps). In addition, course-takers will gain a greater sense of…
Based on the recently proposed research framework Network Physiology of Exercise, this course will present four perspectives on the impact of exercise, disease, learning, or mood on cortico-muscular, cortico-ocular, and inter-muscular network interactions.
