Clinical Exercise Physiology

Recent Guidelines of Interest

2005-09-16T16:33:00.000-04:00

There are several guidelines published recently by the American Heart Association of interest to Clinical Exercise Physiologists:

Overweight in Children and Adolescents 2005
click here to read the article

Recommendations for Physical Activity and Recreational Sports Participation for Young Patients With Genetic Cardiovascular Diseases 2004
click here to read the article

Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations for Stroke Survivors 2004
click here to read the article

ACC/AHA 2005 Update to the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure – Full-text 2005
click here to read the article

Exercise Testing in Asymptomatic Adults. A Statement for Professionals From the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention 2005
click here to read the article

Role of Noninvasive Testing in the Clinical Evaluation of Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease 2005
click here to read the article

Health Care Charges Associated with physical inactvity, overweight and obesity

2005-09-16T15:29:00.000-04:00

The new (October, 2005) issue of Preventing Chronic Disease has an interesting article on the costs associated with physical inactvity and obesity. It provides some interesting data that may help to provide support for your programs:

Anderson LH, Martinson BC, Crain AL, Pronk NP, Whitebird RR, Fine LJ, et al. Health care charges associated with physical inactivity, overweight, and obesity. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2005 Oct [date cited]. Available from

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/

click here to read the article

Mass. Association of Clinical Exercise Physiologists Launches a New Website

2005-09-16T13:50:00.000-04:00

The Mass Association of Clinical Exercise Physiologists (MACEP) has announced the launching of their new website

Randi Lite, MACEP president, invites all to check out and bookmark the new website at

http://web.simmons.edu/~lite/MACEP.html

MACEP

The email address of MACEP is MACEP2005@yahoo.com

Finally, please remember our two important Fall events:

Monday, October 24th from 6-9pm will be the date for the MACEP Annual
Meeting. MACEP meeting

Wednesday, November 2nd at 10am: A hearing for our licensure bill is
scheduled at the State House. Please make arrangements to be present and even testify at the hearing if you can. For further information, link to: MACEP Legislation

World Osteoporosis Day

2005-08-22T18:00:00.000-04:00

On Thursday October 20th, 2005 the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) will join organizations around the world in celebrating World Osteoporosis Day to help raise awareness about the important role exercise plays in building peak bone mass and in maintaining bone health. NOF is the nation's leading voluntary health organization solely dedicated to osteoporosis and bone health and we encourage you to join us in our efforts. There are various ways for you to get involved and make a difference!

In the US, NOF is planning a "Virtual Fitness Day" to encourage all individuals to take personal responsibility and individual action to "Stand Tall Against Osteoporosis" and to build strong bones for life!
Participation is easy: simply perform your normal daily fitness routine on October 20th and help NOF raise awareness about the importance of osteoporosis and bone health. If you don't have a normal fitness routine it's time to get started and prevent osteoporosis as well as improve your overall health! Take the steps, park your car in the back corner of the lot or "walk the block" with friends!
To participate in this exciting and worthwhile event, visit NOF's website at www.nof.org and make an online pledge today. Encourage your patients, co-workers, friends and family members to participate as well! Working together, we can improve the quality of life for people living with or at risk for osteoporosis.
We are grateful for your commitment!

Sincerely,

Star Popek
Program Coordinator
National Osteoporosis Foundation

Mass. Association of Clinical Exercise Physiologists Annual Meeting

2005-07-29T14:05:00.000-04:00

To the Members of MACEP:

I hope you are enjoying these summer days and have found some time to vacation,
relax, get outdoors or do whatever makes you happy. I am writing to ask you to
schedule two important dates into your fall calendars:

Monday, October 24th from 6-9pm will be the date for the MACEP Annual Meeting.
Our Legislative Committee Co-chair, Harry Pino, has generously arranged for us
to meet at Tufts-New England Medical Center. Certainly part of the evening will
be devoted to information and preparation for the legislative hearing on our
bill (see below). More details will follow!

Wednesday, November 2nd at 10am: A hearing for our licensure bill is scheduled
at the State House. Please make arrangements to be present and even testify at
the hearing if you can. Your executive board is currently working on a strategy
for the hearing, which we will share with you in early September.

This is a critical time for MACEP and we need all the help and support we can
muster during the next few months. Please email any of us if you would like to
help in the effort.

Best wishes,
Randi Lite

------------------------

MACEP 2005-2006 Executive Board

President: Randi Lite, lite@simmons.edu
Past-President: Janet Lagerman-Huehls, jklhuehls@yahoo.com
Treasurer: Michael Sawtelle, sawtellm@ummhc.org
Legislative Co-Chairs: Kerry Reed, kreed@commonwealthcommunity.com and Harry Pino, hpino@tufts-nemc.org
Education/Research Chair: Michael See, michael_see@cchcs.org
Membership Committee Chair: Roger White, Rwhite@partners.org
Liaison/Advocacy Co-Chairs: Paula D. Gottlieb, gottjaff@rcn.com and Monica M. Maldari, mmaldari@yahoo.com

Welcome Clinical Exercise Physiologists

2005-07-19T12:29:00.000-04:00

This is a blog to keep clinical exercise physiologists updated on what is happening around the country and to facilitate communication