Exercise and chronic disease: an evidence-based approach

It is now widely accepted that there are important links between inactivity and chronic lifestyle-related diseases, and that exercise can bring tangible therapeutic benefits to people with chronic disease. Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach offers the most up-to-date survey currently available of the scientific and clinical evidence underlying the effects of exercise in relation to functional outcomes, disease-specific health-related outcomes and quality of life in patients with chronic disease conditions. INDICE: Chapter 1: Introduction John M Saxton Chapter 2: Coronary Heart Disease Gavin Sandercock Chapter 3: Hypertension Va Cornelissen And Rh Fagard Chapter 4: Stroke Frederick M Ivey, Alice S Ryan, Charlene E Hafer-Macko And Richard F Macko Chapter 5: Peripheral Arterial Disease/Intermittent Claudication Garry Tew And Irena Zwierska Chapter 6: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rachel Garrod And Fabio Pitta Chapter 7: Asthma Felix S F Ram And Elissa M Mcdonald Chapter 8: Osteoarthritis Marlene Fransen Chapter 9: Osteoporosis J Y Tsauo Chapter 10: Rheumatoid Arthritis Chm Van Den Ende Chapter 11: Ankylosing Spondylitis Hanne Dagfinrud, Silje Halvorsen And Nina K Vollestad Chapter 12: Multiple Sclerosis Ulrik Dalgas Chapter 13: Parkinson's Disease Gammon M Earhart Chapter 14: Type 2 Diabetes Stephan Fe Praet, Robert Rozenberg And Luc Jc Van Loon Chapter 15: Obesity Pedro J Teixeira, R James Stubbs, Neil A King, Stephen Whybrow And John E Blundel Chapter 16: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Jo Nijs, Karen Wallman And Lorna Paul Chapter 17: Fibromyalgia Syndrome Borja Sanudo Corrales Chapter 18: Colorectal, Breast And Prostate Cancer Liam Bourke And John M Saxton

• ISBN: 978-0-415-49860-9
• Editorial: Routledge
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 390
• Fecha Publicación: 22/03/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés