Motivating and sustaining the older adult in an exercise program

Stoedefalke, Karl G.

doi:10.1097/00013614-198510000-00011

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“…T he need for elders to exercise is well established (Craig, 1982;Smith & Gilligan, 1986;Stoedefalke, 1985). Despite the need, however, elders, especially those residing in institutions, do not tend to maintain levels of physical activity sufficient to sustain or enhance health (Blair, Brill, & Kohl, 1989;Fiatarone & Evans, 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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