An AEP can provide local services for:

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• patients at high-risk of developing or currently with chronic disease;

• patients at risk of developing, or currently with existing injury, that require rehabilitation to improve physical function; and

• patients in need of lifestyle change through risk factor modification, at all levels of readiness to behavioural change.

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Accredited exercise physiologists provide services for patients in a variety of settings:

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• Screening and risk stratifying to ensure the safety and appropriateness of exercise and physical activity interventions

• Assessing ‘movement’ capacity in people of all ages and levels of health, well-being or fitness

• Development of safe, effective individualised exercise interventions

• Provision of health education, advice and support to enhance health and well-being

• Provision of physical activity advice and clinical exercise prescription, for those at high-risk of developing, or with existing chronic health conditions

• Provision of rehabilitation and advice for patients following the acute stage of injury, surgical intervention, or during recovery to restore functional capacity and well-being