FallProof! : a comprehensive balance and mobility training program
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FallProof! : a comprehensive balance and mobility training program
Human Kinetics, c2003
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Fall Proof!
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and indexes
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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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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