The Curriculum of General Kinesiologist Certification Workshop (GKCW) in Professional Kinesiologist Qualification System (PKQS)
A. Courses & Subjects of GKCW in PIKQS
| Courses | Subjects |
| Health Fitness | (1) Functional Anatomy |
| (2) Personal Training | |
| (3) Corrective Exercise Training | |
| Athletic Training | (1) Strength & Conditioning |
| (2) Mechanism of Athletic Injuries and Athletic Function Assessment | |
| (3) Sports Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Exercise | |
| Clinical Exercise | (1) Pathologic Physiology |
| (2) Exercise Testing and Prescription | |
| (3) Corrective Exercise Training |
B. Lecture Time of GKCW in PKQS
| Courses | Kinesiology Knowledge (hours) | Application Competency (hours) | Total (hours) |
| Health Fitness | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Athletic Training | 29 | 42 | 71 |
| Clinical Exercise | 51 | 17 | 68 |
| Total | 112 | 89 | 201 |
C. References for the GKCW
The GKCW education focuses on the core contents of the following references.
※ American College of Sports Medicine. (2017). ACSM’s Resource for the Personal Trainer. 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
※ G. Gregory Haff & N. Travis Triplett Haff. (2015) Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. 4th ed. Human Kinetics
※ American College of Sports Medicine. (2011). ACSM’s Foundations of Strength Training and Conditioning. 1st ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
※ National Academy of Sports Medicine. (2018). NASM Essentials of Sports Performance Training. 2nd ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning
※ National Academy of Sports Medicine. (2018). NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training. 1st ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning
※ William Prentice and Daniel Arnheim. (2015). Principles of Athletic Training. 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Humanities
※ Houglum, Peggy. (2016). Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries. 4th ed. Human Kinetics
※ American College of Sports Medicine. (2018). ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 10th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
※ American College of Sports Medicine. (2014). ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
※ Craig Liebenson. (2014). Functional Training. 1st ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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