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The exercises were developed by Heinrich Frenkel, a Swiss neurologist who, one day in 1887, while examining a patient with ataxia, observed the patient's poor performance of the finger-to-nose test. The patient asked Dr Frenkel about the test and was told what it meant and that he did not 'pass' the test.
Functional training attempts to adapt or develop exercises which allow individuals to perform the activities of daily life more easily and without injuries. [2] While completing a functional training activity, the body consumes more oxygen, 1 liter for about every 5 calories of energy burned when more muscles are used. [3]
Kenneth H. Cooper(born March 4, 1931) is an American doctor of medicineand former Air Forcelieutenant colonelfrom Oklahoma, who pioneered the benefits of doing aerobic exercisefor maintaining and improving health. [1][2]In 1966 he coined the term, and his book Aerobicswas published in 1968,[3][4]which emphasized a point system for improving the ...
Walking, swimming, yoga, Pilates, and barre are all examples of low impact forms of exercise. They’re all workouts that are usually gentle on your joints and muscles. Then, you’ll want to ...
Aquatic therapy refers to water-based treatments or exercises of therapeutic intent, in particular for relaxation, fitness, and physical rehabilitation. Treatments and exercises are performed while floating, partially submerged, or fully submerged in water. Many aquatic therapy procedures require constant attendance by a trained therapist, and ...
Closed kinetic chain exercises. Closed kinetic chain exercises or closed chain exercises (CKC) are physical exercises performed where the hand (for arm movement) or foot (for leg movement) is fixed in space and cannot move. The extremity remains in constant contact with the immobile surface, usually the ground or the base of a machine.
Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.
present. Sit and Be Fit is a half-hour television exercise program that airs on KSPS-TV out of Spokane, WA, broadcast throughout the United States to over three-hundred PBS member stations and eighty-six million [a] households. The show focuses on toning and stretching from a seated position, beneficial to individuals who are restricted physically.