Resistance training for special populations
By: Ann Marie Swank, Patrick Hagerman.
Contributors: Hagerman, Patrick S.
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781418032180
Subjects: Exercise therapy; People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation; Physical fitness; Weight training; Exercise Therapy -- x methods; Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation; Physical Fitness; Weight Lifting
Notes: CD-ROM includes summaries of the exercise programs developed for each population and a template for the students to modify the program as needed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of training; title: Resistance training and progression strategies for special populations; title: Compendium of resistance-training strategies; title: Resistance training strategies; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with osteoporosis; title: Resistance training strategies for individuals with osteoarthritis; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with low back pain; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with chronic heart failure; title: Resistance training strategies for adult obesity; title: Resistance-training strategies for obese youths; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with type 2 diabetes; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with coronary heart disease; title: Resistance-training strategies for individual with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with mental retardation; title: Resistance-training strategies for individuals with cancer; title: Resistance-training strategies for stroke survivors; title: Resistance-training strategies during pregnancy.