This scientifically grounded and comprehensive practical book details all aspects of medical exercise therapy. It combines theoretical foundations, proven training methods, and their implementation in evidence-based practice, supplemented by concise summaries.
From head to toe, all body areas are covered, including various body systems and their clinical pictures. With this book, you will learn to create tailored training plans and competently advise your patients in physiotherapy or sports therapy on topics such as nutrition, supplements, sleep, and mental training. Contents include: anatomical and physiological foundations, areas of medical exercise therapy such as strength endurance, maximal strength, speed strength, explosive strength, reactive strength, endurance, proprioception, and flexibility, age-related and disease-associated changes and their influences on training planning, assessment, training, and influencing factors such as mental status and muscle memory effect, and much more. Clinical pictures of the nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, training after COVID-19, for migraines, dementia, and coronary heart disease.
