Sports and Aging : A Prescription for Longevity /

"In Sports and Aging, a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gems, Gerald R. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sports for older people.
Longevity.
Exercise for older people.
Aging.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects.
Longevite.
Vieillissement.
Exercices pour personnes âgees.
Sports pour personnes âgees.
Longevity
Aging
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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