{"product_id":"fallproof-a-comprehensive-balance-and-mobility-training-program-9781492540144","title":"Fallproof!: A Comprehensive Balance and Mobility Training Program","description":"\u003ci\u003eFallProof! A Comprehensive Balance and Mobility Training Program, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, \u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive exercise program that professionals can use to train older clients in becoming functionally fit and reducing the risk of falls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by the foremost experts in balance disorders, Debra Rose and Elizabeth White, this third edition includes key updates to the guidelines, tests, and programming that made the previous editions so popular and made the FallProof program so widely recognized throughout the industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thoroughly updated with the latest research and revised assessments, including the Expanded Fullerton Advanced Balance (E-FAB) scale and the Walking While Talking Test, this resource is indispensable for health professionals working with the older adult population. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The third edition features new activities for improving seated balance and center-of-gravity control as well as for encouraging a flexible and adaptable gait to reduce the risk of falling. Case studies, expert insights, and practical analysis prepare practitioners to anticipate, understand, and manage the age-related changes their clients experience. Professionals can help clients address the functional limitations that often result in falls with a variety of balance, strength, endurance, and flexibility exercises: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 17 upper-body exercises, 4 of which are new \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4 new abdominal exercises \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 18 lower-body and foot and toe exercises \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5 new compound floor exercises \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 30 flexibility exercises and stretches, 7 of which are new \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003eFallProof!, Third Edition, \u003c\/i\u003e also includes online access to 12 reproducible forms, questionnaires, score sheets, and a sample lesson plan. Seven videos demonstrate screening tests to help assess clients and monitor their progress. \u003ci\u003eFallProof!\u003c\/i\u003e delivers the specialized knowledge and practical skills required for creating programs that ensure older adults develop and maintain the balance and mobility essential in avoiding falls and aging successfully. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarn continuing education credits\/units!\u003c\/b\u003e A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote: \u003c\/b\u003e A code for accessing HK\u003ci\u003ePropel\u003c\/i\u003e is included with all new print books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebra Rose, PhD, FNAK, \u003c\/b\u003e is a chair and professor emerita of the department of kinesiology at California State University at Fullerton and is director emerita of the university's Center for Successful Aging. She also served as one of three codirectors of the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence at the University of Southern California, funded by the Archstone Foundation. The goal of the Fall Prevention Center was to advance national and statewide efforts to reduce falls among older adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the past 40 years, Rose's primary research focus has been the development of fall risk assessment tools and theoretically driven interventions that address balance and gait disorders in older adults. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her scholarly contributions to the literature, and her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications, including \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Geriatrics Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNeurology Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Aging and Physical Activity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The innovative fall risk reduction program she developed is considered a best practice program in health promotion and continues to be implemented in numerous community-based settings and retirement communities throughout the United States. The Balance and Mobility Specialist Instructor certificate program that she founded in 2003 has trained over 1,000 instructors and clinicians to deliver effective individual and group-based balance and mobility programs in a variety of settings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rose is a fellow and past president of the National Academy of Kinesiology, former executive board member of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), and past editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eJournal of Aging and Physical Activity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth White, MS, \u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of California State University at Fullerton with a bachelor's degree and master's degree in kinesiology, with a concentration in gerokinesiology. She is assistant program director of the Balance and Mobility Specialist Instructor certificate program, which trains professionals to deliver FallProof balance and mobility programs. She has years of experience designing exercise programs for older adults based on client needs, goals, and abilities. She is also a part-time lecturer and researcher at California State University at Fullerton as well as an adjunct faculty member in the older adults education department at Mt. San Antonio College. White has a passion for working with the older adult population and teaches group-based balance, mobility, and fitness classes to older adults in hopes of helping them age successfully and improve their overall quality of life.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Human Kinetics Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690523427090,"sku":"9781492540144","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35b22b5a-3cf8-4771-ad73-b2c9ca7af1e7.jpg?v=1761738128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fallproof-a-comprehensive-balance-and-mobility-training-program-9781492540144","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}