Exercise after stroke handbook
Subtitle: evidence-based practice
By: edited by Gillian Mead, Fredericke van Wijk ; foreword by Peter Langhorne
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780702043383
Subjects: Stroke; Evidence-Based Medicine; Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation
Description: This book is dedicated to exercise and fitness training after stroke. It aims to provide health and exercise professionals, and other suitably qualified individuals, with the necessary information to design and evaluate exercise and fitness programmes for stroke survivors that are safe and effective. The content is based on current evidence and aligned with national clinical guidelines and service frameworks, highlighting the importance of physical activity in self-management after stroke. The book has also been written for stroke survivors and carers who may be interested in physical activity after stroke. "Exercise and Fitness Training After Stroke" comprehensively discusses the manifestations of stroke and how stroke is managed, the evidence for exercise and fitness training after stroke, how to design, deliver, adapt and evaluate exercise, as well as how to set up exercise services and specialist fitness training programmes for stroke survivors.
Notes: "Evolve learning resources for students and lecturers".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a stroke? / Gillian Mead; title: The management of stroke / Gillian Mead and John Dennis; title: Post stroke problems / Frederike van Wijck ... [et al.]; title: Physical fitness and function after stroke / Dave Saunders and Carolyn Greig; title: Evidence for exercise and fitness training after stroke / Dave Saunders and Gillian Mead; title: Understanding and enhancing exercise behaviour after stroke / Marie Donaghy and Frederike van Wijck; title: Communication : getting it right / Sheena Borthwick, Marie Donaghy; title: One stroke survivor's journey / John Brown; title: Preparing for exercise after stroke / John Dennis ... [et al.]; title: Designing and delivering an exercise and fitness training programme to stroke survivors / John Dennis ... [et al.]; title: Evaluating exercise and fitness training after stroke : outcome assessment / Frederike van Wijck; title: Models of exercise after stroke service design / Catherine Best; title: Guidelines for exercise after stroke service design / Catherine Best, Gillian Mead, and John Dennis.