Sports & aging : a prescription for longevity /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

In Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a spectrum of contributors across genders, social cla...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gems, Gerald R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Temas:
Sports for older people.
Exercise for older people.
Aging.
Longevity.
Aging
Longevity
Sports pour personnes âgées.
Exercices pour personnes âgées.
Vieillissement.
Longévité.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Cultural & Social Aspects.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Longevity.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
Exercise for older people
Sports for older people
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: sport and aging / Gerald R. Gems
  • A history of aging / Gerald R. Gems
  • Life with a purpose / Frances Gems
  • Looking back / Tony Kaleth
  • It was not easy! / Maha Ebeid
  • My life of physical activity and fitness / James R. Coates
  • Aging, anti-aging, and infinite youth: aging in Taiwan / Chia-ju Yen
  • A matter of perspective / Samuel O. Regalado
  • Dance until the music stops / Tansin Benn
  • Çarpe diem: seize the day / Luciane Lauffer
  • Aging as an adventure / M. Ann Hall
  • An anti-aging sporting life in an aging society / Kohei Kawashima
  • Going strong: one sport historian reflects on aging / Gary Osmond
  • An essay on a meaningful life with sport as a permanent companion / Else Trangbaek
  • Making a difference / Janice J. Crosswhite
  • Fit fun, forever young: sport discourses and practices of aging women / Gertrud Pfister
  • Sport and aging: conclusions / Gerald R. Gems
  • Appendix
  • Contributors.

Ejemplares similares