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Visit us at booth #830 in San Diego, January 21-24, 2013 While attending the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting January 21-24 in San Diego, be sure to stop by the Human Kinetics booth # 830. A chance to win a free copy of your choice of Therapeutic Stretching, Fallproof! Check out our Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy store to get a preview of the resources you will find at the HK booth.
This is an excerpt from Pilates for Hip and Knee Syndromes and Arthroplasties by Beth Kaplanek, Brett Levine, and William Jaffe. In addition, using preoperative and postoperative targeted exercise programs may improve gait adaptations associated with hip and knee osteoarthritis and arthroplasty (Levine, Jaffe, and Kaplanek 2009; Brosseau et al. Read more about Pilates for Hip and Knee Syndromes and Arthroplasties by Beth Kaplanek, Brett Levine, and William Jaffe.
Schools that support Division I athletic programs either at the FBS or FCS level often justify their expenditures by pointing out that high-profile winning programs generate volumes of publicity for the university, contribute to school spirit among students, and increase donations from alumni and other prominent supporters. Relying on data from Ivy League schools, Seven Sister colleges, and other prestigious universities, Bowen and Levin expose the negative sides of college sport at schools ...
Community-wide campaigns involve many community sectors and partnerships, are large in scale and require high-intensity efforts with sustained high visibility, and use communication techniques to develop the physical activity campaign messages. Given the favorable effects on physical activity participation and energy expenditure, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services concluded that there is strong evidence to recommend community-wide campaigns to increase physical activity in ...
The target audience’s characteristics, attitudes, beliefs, values, behaviors, determinants, benefits, and barriers to behavior change should inform your strategy for interventions and programs. Carefully conducted program planning begins much before a work plan can be developed—it begins with an assessment of current conditions. Formative assessment is a process designed to enhance understanding of the target audience’s characteristics, attitudes, beliefs, values, behaviors, determinants, ...