Exercise and Disease Management

Consolidating the current knowledge base on exercise and chronic disease, this book provides a ready-made format for health care providers to use when prescribing exercise programs for patients. The book helps them respond to the challenge of keeping patients healthier and active, thus reducing recurrent hospitalizations and health care costs. Individual companion workbooks for Chapters 1-11 on CD-ROM provide patient health maintenance information about diabetes, AIDS, obesity, heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease, peripheral vascular disease, physical inactivity, osteoporosis and arthritis, and high blood pressure. In addition, specialized information is provided for patients 65 and up.