1. A Guide to Exercise Prescription
Jason Crookham, DO, CAQSM 
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice 
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages (December 2013)
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2. Fig. 1 Attributable risk of all-cause mortality.
(Data from Blair SN. Physical inactivity: the biggest public health problem of the 21st century. Br J Sports Med 2009;43(1):1–2.)
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3. Fig. 2 “Median” shape of the exercise dose-response curve.
(From US Department of Health and Human Services. Physical activity guidelines for Americans. Available at: Accessed March 16, 2013.)
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4. Fig. 3 Flow chart for assessing readiness of exercise prescription.
(Adapted from The Guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology; and Garber CE, Blissmer B, Deschenes MR, et al. Quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults: guidance for prescribing exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2011;43(7):1334–59; and From Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) Form Available at: Accessed May 8, 2013; with permission from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.)
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5. Fig. 4
PAR-Q 7.
(Source: Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR–Q) © Used with permission from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology,
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6. Fig. 5 ACSM risk stratification of patients.
(Data from Jonas S, Edward M. ACSM's Exercise is Medicine: A clinician's guide to exercise prescription. Philadelphia: Kerry O'Rourke; p. 31–45, 198.)
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