Disability and Exercise Training Resources for Health Care and Exercise Professionals
The suite of CDPP Disability and Exercise Training resources present six evidence-informed steps along with key considerations for health care and exercise professionals for discussing, prescribing and adapting exercise for patients or clients with a disability.
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Key Steps for Health Care and Exercise Professionals is a succinct one-page infographic, containing basic information for each of the 6-steps regarding how to discuss, prescribe, and adapt exercise for your patient or client with a disability. The infographic is a quick guide which can be used as a quick reference by professionals.
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A 6-Step Guide is a more detailed, two-page summary on the 6-steps for exercise discussion, prescription, and adaptation by professionals.
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A 6-Step Companion Guide outlines all 6-steps – communicating and gathering information; pre-assessment considerations and contraindications; conducting fitness assessments; interpreting and using assessment results; prescribing exercise; and adapting exercise – in detail. This resource contains the highest level of information for professionals.
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The evidence and process for how the Disability and Exercise Training resources were developed is described in Development of the ‘Disability and Exercise Training Resources.
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Defining & Describing Disability: An Overview on Disability Models and Language expands on the different ways of how to define and conceptualize disability and provides recommendations for using inclusive and respectful language when working with clients or patients.
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1-Key Steps for Health Care and Exercise Professionals.pdf, 2-Disability and Exercise Training A 6-Step Guide.pdf, 3-Disability and Exercise Training A 6-Step Companion Guide.pdf, 4-Development of Disability and Exercise Training Resources.pdf, 5-Defining and Describing Disability for Exercise Providers.pdf