1st Edition
Exercise and Chronic Disease An Evidence-Based Approach
It is now widely accepted that there are important links between inactivity and lifestyle-related chronic diseases, and that exercise can bring tangible therapeutic benefits to people with long-term chronic conditions. Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach offers the most up-to-date survey currently available of the scientific and clinical evidence underlying the effects of exercise in relation to functional outcomes, disease-specific health-related outcomes and quality of life in patients with chronic disease conditions.
Drawing on data from randomized controlled trials and observational evidence, and written by a team of leading international researchers and medical and health practitioners, the book explores the evidence across a wide range of chronic diseases, including:
- cancer
- heart disease
- stroke
- diabetes
- parkinson's disease
- multiple sclerosis
- asthma.
Each chapter addresses the frequency, intensity, duration and modality of exercise that might be employed as an intervention for each condition and, importantly, assesses the impact of exercise interventions in relation to outcomes that reflect tangible benefits to patients. No other book on this subject places the patient and the evidence directly at the heart of the study, and therefore this book will be essential reading for all exercise scientists, health scientists and medical professionals looking to develop their knowledge and professional practice.
Chapter 1: Introduction
John M Saxton
Chapter 2: Coronary Heart Disease
Gavin Sandercock
Chapter 3: Hypertension
Va Cornelissen And Rh Fagard
Chapter 4: Stroke
Frederick M Ivey, Alice S Ryan, Charlene E Hafer-Macko And Richard F Macko
Chapter 5: Peripheral Arterial Disease/Intermittent Claudication
Garry Tew And Irena Zwierska
Chapter 6: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Rachel Garrod And Fabio Pitta
Chapter 7: Asthma
Felix S F Ram And Elissa M Mcdonald
Chapter 8: Osteoarthritis
Marlene Fransen
Chapter 9: Osteoporosis
J Y Tsauo
Chapter 10: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chm Van Den Ende
Chapter 11: Ankylosing Spondylitis
Hanne Dagfinrud, Silje Halvorsen And Nina K Vøllestad
Chapter 12: Multiple Sclerosis
Ulrik Dalgas
Chapter 13: Parkinson’s Disease
Gammon M Earhart
Chapter 14: Type 2 Diabetes
Stephan Fe Praet, Robert Rozenberg And Luc Jc Van Loon
Chapter 15: Obesity
Pedro J Teixeira, R James Stubbs, Neil A King, Stephen Whybrow And John E Blundel
Chapter 16: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Jo Nijs, Karen Wallman And Lorna Paul
Chapter 17: Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Borja Sañudo Corrales
Chapter 18: Colorectal, Breast And Prostate Cancer
Liam Bourke And John M Saxton
Biography
John M. Saxton is Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. His research interests are focused on the effects of exercise and lifestyle interventions on wide-ranging health outcomes in clinical populations (including cancer and cardiovascular disease) and individuals at risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic conditions.