Rehabilitation: Mobility, Exercise and Sports
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Author(s): L. H. V. Van der Woude et al. (Ed.)
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9781607500803
Format: hardback
449pp
Price: £130.00
Review Date: 21 February 2010
Review: This is the proceedings of 4th International State-of-the-Art Congress “Rehabilitation: Mobility, Exercise & Sports”, held on 7-9 April 2009 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The theme of the Congress of mobility exercise and sport in rehabilitation is regarded by professionals in the field as being of key importance in the process of recovery in persons with chronic disease and for long term health. There are 118 presentations in the book, covering keynote speeches, oral and poster presentations. Each is about 3 pages in length and they are classified into eleven chapters or subject areas. These are: wheeled mobility; handcycling; prosthetics and orthotics gait; aging, mobility and chronic diseases; exercise capacity; everyday physical activity; training strategies; FES (functional electrical stimulation); sports performance; running; wheeled sports.