Physical Dimensions of Aging

by Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, Karen L. Francis, Priscilla G. MacRae

Book Overview

The physical aging process progresses every day--and so does our understanding of it. Physical Dimensions of Aging, Second Edition, will keep students and professionals up to date on the outcomes of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736033157
• ISBN13: 9780736033152
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.7" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A textbook resource and reference especially for students and professionals

Now in an updated second edition, Physical Dimensions Of Aging by the team of Waneen W. Spirduso, Karen L. Francis, and Priscilla G. MacRae is a textbook resource and reference especially for students and professionals in need of the latest research concerning the physical process of aging and the practical ramifications for anyone working with the elderly, particularly in the field of health care. Chapters discuss changes physical structure, capacity, and endurance; motor coordination and motor control; psychosocial relationships; what distinguishes "physically elite" older adults; and much more. Charts, graphs, and the results of the most recent studies fill this serious-minded text, which avoids an excess of overly technical medical jargon despite its focus upon professionals and field trainees. Highly recommended.