| Description |
ix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Acute physiological responses to dynamic exercise / Roger A. Fielding and Jonathan Bean -- Adaptations to endurance exercise training / Martin D. Hoffman -- Adaptations to strength training / Bette Ann Harris and Mary P. Watkins -- Training flexibility, balance, and coordination / Lisa S. Krivickas -- Testing the capacity to exercise in disabled individuals / James C. Agre -- The quantity and quality of physical activity for health and fitness / Gregory W. Heath -- Exercise and the prevention of chronic disabling illness / Carolos J. Crespo -- Heart diseases / Ruy S. Moraes and Jorge P. Ribeiro -- Respiratory disease / Bartolome R. Celli -- Diabetes mellitus / Edward S. Horton -- Exercise prescriptions for the major inflammatory and non-inflammatory arthritides / Maura Daly Iversen, Matthew H. Liang, and Axel Finckh -- Neuromuscular disease / David D. Kilmer and Susan Aitkens -- Central nervous system / Mark S. Nash -- Stroke / Joel Stein -- Osteoporosis / David M. Slovik -- HIV / Susan D. Driscoll and Steven Grinspoon -- Obesity / Edward Saltzman and Ronenn Roubenoff -- Cancer / Kerry S. Courneya, Lee W. Jones, and John R. Mackey -- End-stage renal disease / Pelagia Koufaki and Tom Mercer -- Aging, function, and exercise / Jonathan F. Bean and Charles T. Pu -- Elite athletes with impairments / Rory A. Cooper ... [et al.] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exercise therapy.
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Medical rehabilitation.
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Exercise Therapy -- methods.
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Primary Prevention -- methods.
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Rehabilitation -- methods.
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| Author |
Dawson, David M. (David Michael), 1930-
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Frontera, Walter R., 1955-
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Slovik, David M., 1945-
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| LC no. |
2005010110 |
| ISBN |
073605541X (hard cover) |
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