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The Exercise Prescription Doctor's Handbook comprehensively reviews the evidence base for the effect of physical activity to improve health and provides the foundations for primary care practitioners to advise their patients how to embark on physical activity for better health and prescribe patients with an appropriate exercise prescription in the primary care setting. This Handbook consists of science-based information and recommendations on exercise prescription and is endorsed by the Exercise Prescription Development Committee which consists of representatives from various professional stakeholders and non-governmental organisations.

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Preface & Chapter 1	Preface & Overview of the Exercise Prescription Project (4080kb)
Chapter 2	Benefits of Physical Activity (4080kb)
Chapter 3	Pre-participation Health Screening (4080kb)
Chapter 4	General Principles of Exercise Prescription (4079kb)
Chapter 5	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Healthy Adults and Elderly (4079kb)
Chapter 6	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Patients with Diabetes (4080kb)
Chapter 7	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Patients with Hypertension (4080kb)
Chapter 8	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Patients with Heart Disease (4080kb)
Chapter 9	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Patients with Osteoarthritis (4080kb)
Chapter 10	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Overweight and Obese Patients (4080kb)
Chapter 11	Recommendations for Prescribing Exercise to Patients with Osteoporosis (4080kb)
Chapter 12	Legal Considerations for Exercise Prescription (4080kb)
Chapter 13	Exercise Related Musculoskeletal Injury (4080kb)
Chapter 14	Exercise Prescription Case Studies (4080kb)