Authors: Janie Clark
ISBN-13: 9781560248057, ISBN-10: 156024805X
Format: Other Format
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The exercise programming guidelines provided in this book focus on functional fitness training and safety and demonstrate how physical activities supervised by activities personnel can strongly benefit participants’quality of life. Exercise Programming for Older Adults guarantees that exercise programming attains a balance between the three major physical components--aerobic, strength, and flexibility training--and that each component is properly administered. The techniques and applications described are geared toward those with prevalent conditions of aging such as arthritis, osteoporosis, joint replacement, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
This essential handbook arms the reader with a multidisciplinary approach to exercise management for elderly populations. The chapter authors are experts from the fields of fitness instruction, nursing, physical therapy, medicine, research, and exercise physiology. As they address the theory and practice of providing sound exercise programming, specific exercises are described and illustrated, with emphasis on functional fitness outcomes, safety precautions, fall prevention, and practical adaptations for low-fit and physically limited participants. Chapter discussions include:
Exercise Programming for Older Adults serves as a vital resource for activity coordinators in long-term care settings and for group fitness instructors and personal trainers who serve older adult and frail elderly clientele. Readers will discover alternative techniques and applications for maximizing the physical and mental therapeutic benefits of exercise and developing the functional fitness of even the most physically challenged participants.
Synthesizes recent research about materials that locate on bone and inhibit resorption, for clinicians, pharmacologists, and researchers. Covering the physiology of bone resorption, the chemistry and pharmacology of the bisphosphonates, and their use in the treatment and prevention of bone pathology, details such aspects as normal bone and mineral homeostasis, the osteoclast bone interface and bone resorption, mechanisms of action as seen in studies with bone culture systems, bone biomechanics, and determining bisphosphonates in biological fluids. The disorders discussed include Paget's Disease, malignancy hypercalcemia, metastatic bone disease, and osteoporosis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction | 1 | |
Exercise in the Elderly: An Overview | 3 | |
Aerobic Exercise for Older Participants | 9 | |
Strength Training for the Aging Adult | 27 | |
Stretching: A Valuable Component of Functional Mobility Training in the Elderly | 37 | |
Breathing and Posture Routines for Chair-Bound Elders | 49 | |
Enhancing Physical Therapy Results Through Effective Carryover by Activities Leaders | 57 | |
Functional Benefits of a Structured Hot Water Group Exercise Program | 75 |