It is now widely accepted that there are important links between inactivity and chronic lifestyle-related diseases, and that exercise can bring tangible therapeutic benefits to people with chronic disease. Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach offers the most up-to-date survey currently available of the scientific and clinical evidence underlying the effects of exercise in relation to functional outcomes, disease-specific health-related outcomes and quality of life in patients with chronic disease conditions.

Autorentext

John M. Saxton is Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. His research interests are focused on the effects of exercise and lifestyle interventions on wide-ranging health outcomes in clinical populations (including cancer and cardiovascular disease) and individuals at risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic conditions.

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Introduction 2. Coronary Heart Disease 3. Hypertension 4. Stroke 5. Peripheral Arterial Disease/Intermittent Claudication 6. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 7. Asthma 8. Osteoarthritis 9. Osteoporosis 10. Rheumatoid Arthritis 11. Ankylosing Spondylitis 12. Multiple Sclerosis 13. Parkinson's Disease Chapter 14. Type 2 Diabetes 15. Obesity 16. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 17. Fibromyalgia Syndrome 18. Colorectal, Breast And Prostate Cancer