Physical Activity, Aging and Sports: Practice, Program and Policy

Volume II of the series PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AGING & SPORTS: "PRACTICE, PROGRAM & POLICY," provides interdisciplinary concepts & practice to increase knowledge in the rapidly growing fields of exercise, aging, medicine, rehabilitation, research, physical education, psychology, sports & health. Selected articles bring information from physicians, scientists, exercise physiologists, physical educators, practitioners & therapists & cover programming, policy, nutrition, & multicultural comparisons. In three sections, "Policy" includes articles ranging from philosophic to economic to government policies & trends & multicultural aspects; "Program" offers research & models of ways to bring exercise & sports into the lives of older persons; "Practice" provides sample activities, useful to individuals & agencies just starting in the field, & to those seeking new ways to motivate older persons or augment existing programs. "Myths are falling daily about aging, & the true nature of age-related changes appears to be much less bleak than once thought. Increasingly, disuse & disease, not age alone, are revealed as culprits. Exercise training...plays an important role in the maintenance of health & functional capacity in middle & old age."--Raymond Harris, M.D. (Volume II: Introduction). Order from the Center for the Study of Aging Publishing, 706 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, 12208. (518) 462-8105; FAX (518) 462-1339.