Editors:
- Assesses the prevalence of disability
- Discusses substantial health disparities faced by people with disabilities
- Presents programs and technology to improve health outcomes for people with mobility limitations
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
According to the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), approximately 57 million Americans live with a disability. Disability severity and types vary considerably, such that each individual with a disability faces unique physical, social, and environmental barriers in order to enjoy quality of life and full participation in society. A large research literature shows that people with disabilities face substantial employment and health disparities compared to people without disabilities. People with mobility limitations often experience secondary conditions to compound their primary disability. Hollar (2013) and Hollar and Lewis (2015) showed that people with mobility limitations were significantly more likely to experience obesity and lack of access to physical exercise. Other studies have shown that access to proper physical examination facilities and equipment remain a substantial barrier in many clinics and hospitals despite the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act 25 years ago. Research on alternative exercise programs and new assistive device technologies offers promise to improve physical functioning and exercise for people with mobility limitations. Furthermore, increased focus on biopsychosocial over traditional medical models for disability will help policymakers and the public to recognize the complex, contextual issues (e.g., personal, social, environmental) that affect the lives of people with disabilities.
Readership includes public health practitioners and educators, disability and rehabilitation researchers, clinicians and sports medicine practitioners, and disability advocates. There have been general handbooks on disability, but advances in technology and alternative exercise programs, as well as novel disability health programs, are dispersed in the research literature. This book will help to highlight these programs for health policy experts, especially given the high health and social disparities experienced by this population.
Keywords
- disability
- mobility limitations
- alternative exercise for disability
- secondary conditions
- assistive devices
- obesity
- heart disease risk
- health care accessibility
- transportation for people with disabilities
- universal access
- universal design
- activities and participation in society
- community integration
- disability inclusion
Editors and Affiliations
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Health Administration, Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, USA
David Hollar
About the editor
David Hollar, PhD Education, MS Molecular Biology, Postdoc Community Health Disability and Employment, Associate Professor of Health Administration at Pfeiffer University, North Carolina (Current), and of Children with Genetic/Metabolic Conditions at the University of Tennessee (Past).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Exercise and Health for People With Mobility Limitations
Editors: David Hollar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98452-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98451-3Published: 25 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07495-1Published: 05 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98452-0Published: 17 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 270
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy, Quality of Life Research, Innovation/Technology Management