Resistance Training For Health And Rehabilitation

This text addresses the expanding role of resistance training for health, disease prevention and rehabilitation. It presents a clear and sound rationale for including resistance training as a health benefit, pointing out the areas in which it helps.

Current evidence supports the use of resistance training as an independent method to prevent, treat, and potentially reverse the impact of numerous chronic diseases. With physical inactivity one of the top risk factors for global mortality, a variety of worldwide initiatives have been launched, and resistance training is promoted by numerous organi

In this book, recognised experts, Walter Frontera, David Slovik and David Dawson, discuss the latest research in exercise rehabilitation medicine.

Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults, Second Edition, is the most comprehensive text available for current and future fitness professionals who want to design and implement effective, safe, and fun physical activity programs for older adults with diverse functional capabilities.

Focuses on exercise and fitness for both healthy individuals and those with conditions such as cardiovascular disease and obesity. The text discusses basic etiology and pathophysiology and details the role of exercise in prevention and rehabilitation. Emphasis is on prescribing effective exercise programs. Presents discussions on etiology of disease, principles of exercise prescription, value of exercise, fitness measurement and more! Includes numerous illustrations and references.

The aim of this textbook is to give guidance in prevention, lifestyle counselling and rehabilitation for cardiologists, other physicians and many different categories of health professionals in cardiac rehabilitation teams.