Just what the doctor ordered: a guide to robust assessment and exercise prescription in older adults
Schlicht, Jeffrey A., Inskip, Michael, and Fiatarone Singh, Maria (2021) Just what the doctor ordered: a guide to robust assessment and exercise prescription in older adults. ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal, 25 (6). pp. 18-27.
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Abstract
Screening for frailty, cognitive impairment, depression, malnutrition, inappropriate medications, and falls risk provides important information for your client’s portfolio. Proper exercise modalities and progression are key to creating a safe and effective exercise prescription.High-intensity strength train- ing is safe and should be pre- scribed to even the most frail older adults. Learn techniques to assess your older clients’ physical, mental, and emotional states and use that information to create a powerful Get Up, Stay Up, Move exercise prescription.
| Item ID: | 69843 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Scholarly Work) |
| ISSN: | 1091-5397 |
| Keywords: | frailty, robust exercise, older adults, exercise physiology |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2021 American College of Sports Medicine. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2021 02:01 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4207 Sports science and exercise > 420702 Exercise physiology @ 75% 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320210 Geriatrics and gerontology @ 25% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 33% 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200301 Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services) @ 34% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280112 Expanding knowledge in the health sciences @ 33% |
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