| Description |
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Progress in biometeorology, 0923-0688 ; v. 17 |
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Progress in biometeorology ; v. 17
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| Contents |
Section I. Physical Fitness Evaluation: 1. Active aging in the new millennium: the role of regular physical activity / Wojtek J. Chodzko-Zajkol; 2. Evaluating functional fitness of older men and women in the field setting / Roberta E. Rikli and C. Jessie Jones; 3. Development of a new instrument to evaluate field activity for the elderly / H. Nose, et al; 4. Twenty-four-hour assessment of physical activity and sleep in elderly workers / T. Hisazumi, et al; 5. Exercise and aging: a 20-year study / Lawrence A. Golding; 6. Functional capacities and work ability as predictors of good 3rd age / Juhani Ilmarinen -- Section II. Biological and Physiological Adjustments: 7. Historical perspectives on thermoregulation in the elderly / Mohamed K. Yousef; 8. Exercise stress: aging and thirst / John E. Greenleaf; 9. Decreased cutaneous vasodilation in hyperthermic older adults: mechanisms and consequences / W. Larry Kenney; 10. Effect of decreased leg compliance on cardiovascular response during lower body negative pressure in elderly / Sueko Sagawa, et al; 11. Heart rate variability could be a quantitative marker for evaluation of effects of short-term physical training in healthy, sedentary subjects / Yuki Kosugi, et al; 12. Age-related increases in arterial blood pressure as a primary contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality / Douglas R. Seals, et al; 13. Syncope in the elderly due to syndromes of autonomic insufficiency / Blair Grubb; 14. Tilt training program for the prevention of neurocardiogenic syncope in the elderly / Haruhiko Abe, Kiyotaka Kohshi and Yasuhide Nakashima; 15. Quality of life (qol) and working capacity of elderly patients with pacemakers / Chu-Pak Lau; 16. Influence of physical activity on immune senescnece / David C. Nieman; 17. Changes in brain cytokine mRNA due to heat stress in aged rats: possible role of bacterial translocation / Toshihiko Katafuchi, et al -- Section III. Clinical Problems and Rehabilitation: 18. Preventing and treating disability: a geriatrics approach to older adults and their families / Richard L. Reed; 19. Age-related medical issues in workers with physical disabilities / Fumihiro Tajima, et al; 20. Novel risk factors for cardiovascular disease: an epidemiological study in Tanushimaru, Japan; 21. Mechanisms of aspiration pneunomia in the elderly / Kiyohisa Sekizawa |
| Notes |
International symposium held October 25-27, 2000 in Kitakyushu, Japan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Aging -- Congresses.
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Exercise for older people -- Health aspects -- Congresses.
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Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Rehabilitation -- Congresses.
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Physical fitness for older people -- Congresses.
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Physical Fitness.
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Aged.
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Health Promotion.
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Rehabilitation.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Sagawa, Sueko.
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Shiraki, Keizō, 1936-
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Yousef, Mohamed K.
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| LC no. |
2001440872 |
| ISBN |
9057820935 (hd.bd.) |
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