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Medicine > Physical Medicine & Rehab
Promoting Physical Activity and Fitness: Supporting Individuals with Childhood-Onset Disabilities
Maltais, D B
ISBN 13: 
9781911612124
ISBN 10: 
1911612123
Category: 
Physical Medicine & Rehab
Edition: 
1
Publisher: 
Wiley
Format: 
Paperback
Status: 
Active
Imprint: 
Mac Keith Press
Audience: 
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions: 
9.4 x 0.5 x 6.6 in
Pages: 
244
Weight: 
1.05
Retail Price: 
70.00
Quantity On Hand: 
0
Quantity On Order: 
0
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Synopsis:

Individuals with childhood-onset physical and developmental disabilities often have special needs around exercise and physical activity. However, most books on this topic are written for exercise science experts who may not always be the frontline service provider. This book provides clear and evidence-based information on how to evaluate, train, and foster physical activity and fitness in individuals with childhood-onset disabilities safely across the lifespan. It is written for frontline service providers, such as clinicians and other rehabilitation professionals, as well as individuals with childhood-onset physical and developmental disabilities and their families. The authors thereby respond to specific needs and enable multiple parties to lead more physically active lives. Themes include physical fitness and activity assessment and training, safe engagement, measurement of activity levels and progress, and responses to pain. It includes disorder-specific chapters that apply the general principles of physical activity training to specific diagnoses including autism and juvenile arthritis.


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