Use of the PAR-Q to determine safe participation in an exercise program / written by the American College of Sports Medicine ; presented by Elizabeth A. Joy ; produced by Healthy Learning.
The PAR-Q, or Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, was developed in Canada as a self-administered screening tool to determine if an individual needed further evaluation prior to beginning a physical activity program. Currently, it is frequently used by health/fitness professionals to decide wh...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
| Language: | English |
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Monterey, CA :
Healthy Learning,
2011.
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| Series: | Sports medicine and exercise science in video
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| Summary: | The PAR-Q, or Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, was developed in Canada as a self-administered screening tool to determine if an individual needed further evaluation prior to beginning a physical activity program. Currently, it is frequently used by health/fitness professionals to decide whether or not clients need to be evaluated by a physician before they start an exercise program. Use of the PAR-Q to Determine Safe Participation in an Exercise Program features an overview of the research behind the development of the PAR-Q, the application and interpretation concerning the use of this assessment measure, and liability issues attendant to its use. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 24, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (62 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 01:02:12 |