Guidelines for Exercise Programming for the Frail Elderly have been published by the Better Ageing Collaborative based on the results of the European Commission Framework V Better Ageing Project. The project used the FaME programme as the basis of the exercise intervention and the original protocol for the FaME exercise intervention is cited. You can…
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Senior Fitness Test Manual: Easy-to-Use Way of Measuring Fitness Levels in Older Adults by Roberta E. Rikli and C. Jessie Jones. Available from Human Kinetics.
Physical Activity and the Older Adult: A Knowledge Base for Managing Exercise Programs by Devin Govindasamy. Available from Amazon.
Exercise Programming for Older Adults by Janie Clark. Available from Amazon.
Promoting Exercise and Behavior Change in Older Adults: Interventions with the Transtheoretical Model by Patricia M. Burbank and Deborah Riebe. Available from Amazon.
Exercise Programming for Older Adults by Kay A.Van Norman.
Available from Amazon.
Exercise for Older Adults: ACE’s Guide for Fitness Professionals by the American Council on Exercise. Available from Amazon.
Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques (Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations & Techniques).
By Carolyn Kisner and Lynn Allen Colby.
Available on Amazon.
Exercise in Rehabilitation Medicine-2nd Edition by Walter Frontera, David Slovik, David Dawson. Therapists, exercise physiologists, and physicians will find Exercise in Rehabilitation Medicine, Second Edition, a highly useful reference in designing exercise rehabilitation programs for patients with various disabling illnesses and conditions. This book provides an understanding of the basic physiological adaptations to exercise and…
