| 603 | Friday, April 4, 2003 |
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| 10:15 AM-12:15 PM | Convention Center:108A |
| AAALF/Council on Aging and Adult Development |
| Body and Mind Programs for Older Adults: Balance, Pilates, Yoga, and PNF Stretching |
| The workshop focuses on developing activity programs for older adults using Balance Training, Pilates, Yoga, and PNF: Part 1 demonstrates the use of cost-effective balance equipment (including noodles and plywood) and mobility exercises (from the Hadeda to the duck walk) to maintain or improve balance in older adults. Part 2 demonstrates the use of a low level-PNF program to improve functional independence, flexibility and muscle strength in older adults residing in assisted-living facilities. Part 3 provides an introduction to the effects of Pilates and Yoga on posture and gait. |
Keyword(s): adult fitness, exercise/fitness, older adult/aging issues
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| Presiders: Mark Hirsch, Johns Hopkins University, Duesseldorf, Germany; and Mary F. Visser, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN |
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Challenge Your Balance on a Shoestring
Pamela A. MacFarlane1, Pamela A. MacFarlane1 and Mary F. Visser2, (1)De Kalb, IL, (2)Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN |
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Fundamentals of Pilates and Yoga to Improve Posture/Gait in the Older Adult
Jan Marie Schroeder, Sabrena Newton-Jarreau and Jill Ann Crussemeyer, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA |
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PNF Training to Reverse Functional Decline in Assisted-Living Older Adults
Diane Austrin Klein, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN |
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