Exercise for Special Populations
Exercise for Special Populations by Peggie Williamson is an updated 2nd Edition published by Wolters Kluwer on September 21, 2018. This comprehensive text spans 448 pages and is designed to assist students in developing and implementing exercise programs tailored for special populations. It covers various conditions, providing essential information on anatomy and physiology variances, precautions, and recommendations for exercise testing and prescription, along with instructions and images for a range of exercises.
Readers will find new chapters on Fibromyalgia and Parkinson’s Disease, enhancing the book’s applicability. The edition includes valuable resources such as an online library of patient handouts organized by conditions, a Test Bank in Word® for quiz creation, pre-loaded PowerPoint presentations for efficient lecture preparation, and a complete image bank for easy integration into educational materials. Nutritional considerations are also addressed, making this text a practical resource for those in medical, allied health services, and sports medicine fields.
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This updated 2nd Edition of Williamson’s highly applied text provides just enough background to help students learn to develop and implement exercise programs for special populations. For each condition, the book provides a general description, anatomy and physiology variances, precautions, recommendations for exercise testing and prescription, instructions and images of various exercises, and nutritional considerations. The 2nd Edition features new chapters on Fibromyalgia and Parkinson’s Disease, as well as enhanced in-book pedagogy and online resources.
For students:
- An online library of patient handouts , organized by conditions, illustrates the correct way to perform a wide range of exercises.
- For you
- A Test Bank in Word® facilitates quiz and exam creation.
- Pre-loaded PowerPoint presentations speed lecture preparation.
- A complete image bank makes it easy to import images into lectures, assignments, and quizzes.
- Answers to textbook questions are provided for your convenience
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