Leg injuries in the older athlete

Esterson, Perry S.

doi:10.1097/00013614-199012000-00008

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“…These results indicate that when these occupationally embedded exercises (materials and imagery) are performed by elders they will be performed at the same approximate speed as rote exercise. This finding is important because motions at excessive speeds are contraindicated for elders (Peterson, 1990).…”

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Materials-Based Occupation versus Imagery-Based Occupation versus Rote Exercise: A Replication and Extension

DeKuiper¹,

Nelson²,

White³

1993

The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

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In this study, occupational therapy theory is supported because elderly men and women exercised the lower extremity significantly more when they interacted with a common object than when they engaged in objectless exercise or when they imagined interacting with the object. AbstractHistorically, occupational therapists have embedded exercise within occupation to enhance performance. In a recent study Lang, Nelson, and Bush (1992) compared the effects of materials-based occupation (kicking a balloon), imagery-based occupation (imagining kicking a balloon), and rote exercise on the number of exercise repetitions performed. This studyWilliam P. DeKuiper, MS, ora, is staff occupational therapist, Outpatient

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