Conditioning With Physical Disabilities is the first practical, authoritative exercise guide for people with all classifications and levels of physical disabilities. Kevin Lockette and Ann Keyes share the successful strength and conditioning programme they created at the highly regarded Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Their pioneering programme is now the leading exercise approach for people with physical disabilities. This highly readable fitness manual contains safe, easy-to-use exercises, accompanied by step-by-step descriptions and more than 250 helpful illustrations. And because the exercise programmes are tailored to specific disabilities and levels of functioning, virtually anyone-regardless of disability-will be able to use Conditioning With Physical Disabilities and enjoy the rewards of physical activity.
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"The most current reference and most useful resource regarding exercise for people with physical disabilities."
Kirk Bauer National Director National Handicapped Sports
"An excellent book on strength and conditioning for persons with physical disabilities."
Marty Morse, MS, CSCS Head Coach University of Illinois Wheelchair Track and Field Team
"The most comprehensive strength and conditioning manual available. . . . A must for anyone involved in fitness, physical education, or sports and recreation for individuals with physical disabilities."
Jeffery A. Jones, MPE Sports Coordinator Disabled Sports Program U.S. Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association
"Kevin Lockette and Ann Keyes provide an excellent guide to fitness, giving health professionals and fitness providers the necessary resources to introduce these concepts to a broad base of audiences."
G. Andrew Fleming President and CEO 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee
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wraparound weights, appropriate exercise mode, auxiliary spotters, unaffected lower extremity, upper trunk erect, pulley diagonal, overwork weakness, vascular amputations, palsy sports, possible tightness, wheelchair ergometry, elastic binder, late poliomyelitis, weak triceps, shoulder depressors, exercise hypotension, spastic ones, absent triceps, upper extremity support, lower extremity musculature, wheelchair propulsion, upper body ergometer, trunk balance, full active range, assess the following areas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Congratulations-you have decided to take that first step to living a more active and healthy lifestyle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wraparound weights, appropriate exercise mode, auxiliary spotters, unaffected lower extremity, upper trunk erect, pulley diagonal, overwork weakness, vascular amputations, palsy sports, possible tightness, wheelchair ergometry, elastic binder, late poliomyelitis, weak triceps, shoulder depressors, exercise hypotension, spastic ones, absent triceps, upper extremity support, lower extremity musculature, wheelchair propulsion, upper body ergometer, trunk balance, full active range, assess the following areas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Instructor's Note, Cerebral Palsy Class, National Wheelchair Athletic Association, Rhomboids Teres, Upper Extremity Bench, Infraspinatus Latissimus, Upper Extremity Front, Class Upper, Lower Extremity Squats, Trunk Squats New!
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (State of Th E Art Review, Vol 3 No 2) by ROSS ED. DAVIS in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Introduction to Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders by Rhea Paul in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3e (Braddom, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) by Randall L. Braddom MD in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wheelchair Basketball (Wheelchair Sports) by Stan Labanowich in Back Matter
- Rehabilitation of the Physically Disabled Adult by C. John Goodwill in Back Matter
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- Specialized Strength Training: Winning Workouts For Specific Populations by Wayne L. Westcott in Back Matter
- Children with Spina Bifida: A Parents' Guide (Special Needs Collection) by Marlene Lutkenhof in Back Matter
- PACE: Program for Athletic Coaches Education: Reference Manual and Study Guide by Vern Seefeldt on page 26
- Cerebral Palsy by Freeman Miller on page 858
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