The Masters Athlete
Understanding the Role of Sport and Exercise in Optimizing Aging
Draws together research on masters athletes. This book examines the evidence that cognitive skills, motor skills and physiological capabilities can be maintained at a high level with advancing age, and that age related decline is slowed in athletes that continue to train and compete in their later years.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Horton, Sean (Hrsg.) / Weir, Patricia (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-415-47657-7
- EAN: 9780415476577
- Produktnummer: 20569007
- Verlag: Taylor and Francis
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 204 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 400 g
- Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 400
Über den Autor
Joseph Baker is an associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is the current president of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology. Sean Horton is an assistant professor at the University of Windsor. His research is focused on skill acquisition and expert performance throughout the lifespan, as well as how stereotypes of aging affect seniors' participation in exercise. Patricia Weir has been a faculty member at the University of Windsor since 1991. Her research interests include the effects of aging on goal-directed movement, psychosocial changes in Masters Athletes, and the role that physical activity plays in developing successful aging.
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