Active Ageing and Physical Activity : Guidelines, Functional Exercises and Recommendations

• Main Authors: Dias, Gonçalo Nuno Figueiredo (Author), Couceiro, Micael Santos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Occupational therapy.; Aging.; Quality of life.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319520636
• ISSN: 2211-7644
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52063-6
• Physical Description: XIV, 120 p. 95 illus. in color. online resource.

This book presents an analysis of active ageing and physical activity from a multidisciplinary perspective. With descriptions of exercises, adequately illustrated with pictures, this book shows that regular physical activity reduces the prevalence of chronic diseases associated with ageing, as well...