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Fallproof! Debra J. Rose (Professor, Centre for Successful Aging, California State University, USA)

Fallproof! By Debra J. Rose (Professor, Centre for Successful Aging, California State University, USA)

Summary

Research has shown that falls occur as a result of multiple risk factors, both internal and external, and the interplay of multiple body systems. FallProof! presents a multidimensional approach that has been field-tested with success by fitness instructors and rehabilitative specialists

Fallproof! Summary

Fallproof!: A Comprehensive Science and Mobility Training Program by Debra J. Rose (Professor, Centre for Successful Aging, California State University, USA)

FallProof! offers the following benefits: flexibility - program participants can engage in group activities that take into account their individual abilities so that the program is not too easy or too difficult for them; guidance - FallProof! illustrates the easiest and safest ways to present each of the program's exercise components, addressing issues from safety concerns to the best ways to offer feedback to participants; supplemental materials - reproducible health, assessment, and safety questionnaires help program instructors gather crucial information and save time and energy; and results - the FallProof! program has been proven to reduce the risk of falling in participants who've completed one or more rotations of the program.

Table of Contents

Part I The theory behind the program: understanding balance and mobility; why do many older adults fall? Part II FallProof program for improving balance and mobility: screening and assessment; center of gravity (COG) control training; multisensory training; postural strategy training; gait pattern enhancement and variation training; muscle strength and endurance; flexibility training. Part III Implementing the FallProof program: setting the stage for learning; program planning and class management techniques.

Additional information

GOR013894250
9780736040884
0736040889
Fallproof!: A Comprehensive Science and Mobility Training Program by Debra J. Rose (Professor, Centre for Successful Aging, California State University, USA)
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Paperback
Human Kinetics Publishers
20030529
312
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