Physical activity in rehabilitation and recovery / Holly Blake, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blake, Holly, 1975-

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public health in the 21st century series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exercise therapy.

Medical rehabilitation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Increasing physical activity at a population level is an important public health priority. Exercise is increasingly recognised as an essential lifestyle behaviour in maintaining health, preventing disease and rehabilitating a broad range of conditions. This book compiles research evidence and clinical perspectives on the benefits and pitfalls of exercise in rehabilitation and recovery from illness or injury. The content focuses on the growing and important concept of increasing physical activity in people with long-term health conditions, maintaining active lifestyles for physical health and wellbeing, prevention of secondary illness and recovery from injury. In an eclectic collection of chapters, readers are provided with an outline of population trends in physical activity, presenting the international focus on increasing population-level physical activity through a range of approaches. The importance of physical activity for those with 'chronic' health conditions is discussed using examples from UK strategy for the management of long-term conditions. Several chapters present the nature and outcomes of exercise prescription and consider the implications of exercise promotion or intervention in musculoskeletal disorders (e.g. chronic back pain, arthritis), neurological conditions (e.g. stroke, TIA, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury), cardiorespiratory illnesses (e.g. coronary heart disease, heart failure) and other common health conditions (e.g. COPD, cancer, obesity and diabetes). Both the physical and psychological outcomes of exercise are considered and several clinical case studies are presented. The implications of exercise in mental health are discussed (e.g. in the treatment of depression) and the relevance of cognitive representations of illness and coping strategies in rehabilitation are discussed in relation to musculoskeletal injury. Motivational factors and barriers to exercise in rehabilitation ar

Contents:

Exercise in rehabilitation : towards a population-based promotion of physical activity / H. Blake

Physical activity for health : adult recommendations, interventions, and evaluation / C. Hilton

Physical activity and long-term conditions / H. Blake

Exercise promotion and rehabilitation of neurological conditions / H. Dawes

The role of exercise in the management of long term pain : a biopsychosocial approach / P. Banbury, C. Neil, and E. Johnson

Physical activity in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation / H. Blake

Evidence-based application of aerobic and resistance training in patients with congestive heart failure / P. Bartlo

Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation / F. Wise

Within you and without you : internal and external factors in the realisation of exercise principles / A. McKeown

Representation and perceptions of injury in sport and exercise : "the common sense" model / M. Hagger

The role of physical exercise in occupational rehabilitation / A. Griffiths, A. Knigh, H. Blake

Psychological outcome measures to evaluate exercise interventions / S. Thomas, R. Nair.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-580-1

OCLC:

834603788