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    Functional fitness for older adults / Patricia A. Brill.

    • Title:Functional fitness for older adults / Patricia A. Brill.
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    • Author/Creator:Brill, Patricia A., 1958-
    • Published/Created:Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, ©2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Exercise therapy for older people.
      Physical fitness for older people.
      Frail elderly--Rehabilitation.
    • Medical Subjects: Exercise Therapy--methods--Aged.
      Activities of Daily Living--Aged.
      Exercise--Aged.
      Physical Fitness--Aged.
    • Description:xiv, 129 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
    • ISBN:0736046569 (soft cover)
    • Contents:Functional independence and quality of life
      Quality of life
      Benefits of functional fitness
      Muscles used in activities of daily living
      Activity programming for older adults
      Assessing needs
      Selecting appropriate programs
      Ensuring exercise safety and effectiveness
      Recruiting recruiting participants in group settings
      Motivating older adults to continue participating
      Making your job easier
      Exercise guidelines for special populations
      Arthritis
      Heart disease or hypertension
      Diabetes
      Parkinson's disease
      Stroke
      Peripheral vascular disease
      Hip fractures
      Low back pain
      Depression
      Osteoporosis
      Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
      General functional fitness programs
      Lift to function
      Squeeze to function
      Strengthen to function
      Balance to function
      Walk 'n' wheel to function
      Functional fitness programs for special populations
      Step up to function
      Hold it to function
      Move to function
      Remember to function
      Exercise instructions
      Warm-up and cool-down exercises
      Upper-body exercises
      Abdominal exercises
      Lower-body sitting exercises
      Lower-body standing exercises and seated modifications
      Lower-body standing exercises
      Individual balance exercises
      Group balance exercises standing in a line
      Group balance exercises sitting in a circle
      Sitting foot exercises
      Program guides
      Lift to function exercise program
      Squeeze to function exercise program
      Strengthen to function exercise program
      Balance to function exercise program
      Walk 'n' wheel to function exercise program
      Step up to function exercise program
      Hold it to function exercise program
      Move to function exercise program
      Remember to function exercise program
      Door hanger.
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