Fallproof!
A Comprehensive Science and Mobility Training Program
Published on 29. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-7360-4088-4 (ISBN)
Description
"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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 black & white illustrations, 193 black & white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7360-4088-4 (9780736040884)
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Other editions
New editions
Book
12/2009
2nd Edition
Human Kinetics
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Content
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.