Exercise Prescription for Special Populations: Chronic Disease, Unique Populations, and Challenging Diagnosis - Brian C Leutholtz

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Résumé :
Practitioners should always develop exercise prescription with consideration for an individual'...

Biographie:

Brian C. Leutholtz is a clinical professor working with students in the graduate and undergraduate program in exercise physiology at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Dr.'...

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s health history, but this is especially true for individuals with a history of chronic disease. Exercise Prescription for Special Populations: Chronic Disease, Unique Populations, and Challenging Diagnosis delves into how practitioners should prescribe exercise for those with conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension, as well as for those who are pregnant, wheelchair-dependent, or adolescents.

Exercise Prescription for Special Populations utilizes a hybrid approach, combining elements of a traditional textbook and a field guide reference, with summative tables at the end of each chapter fulfilling the latter function. This reference aspect makes this text an ideal fit not just for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level Exercise Science students, but also for exercise physiologists and personal fitness trainers working in fitness centers, hospitals, and in-/out-patient cardiac rehabilitation programs....