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working with older adults humankinetics authoritative research reviews and articles covering physical activity as it relates to older adults journal the journal of aging and physical activity japa provides researchers and practitioners with up-to-date scientific information that can be directly applied to practice japa focuses on the aging process and the role of physical activity in promoting health and preventing or delaying the onset of disability japa is an indispensable resource for gerontologists physical therapists medical doctors recreation directors and other researchers and practitioners who work with the elderly articles found in japa examine the development implementation and evaluation of physical activity programs among older adults derived from biological behavioral and social sciences research in recent issues japa has presented information about social-cognitive determinants of physical activity in older adults measuring the influence that neighborhood environments have on walking as exercise for the elderly and reviewing the effectiveness of exercise interventions in reducing pain symptoms among older adults with knee osteoarthritis future issues of japa will contain articles with the results of properly designed randomized trials of physical activity interventions for older adults as well as information regarding the availability of exercise programs where older adults congregate japa is also published in a digital format providing online subscribers with the same authoritative content of the print edition but with the additional advantages such as the ability to search entire issues in seconds and access to the past five years of back issues journal of aging and physical activity anthony a vandervoort phd editor-in-chief gareth r jones phd associate editor-in-chief frequency quarterly january april july october current volume 16 2008 print and online format isbn 978-0-7360-5214-6 individuals and students can subscribe to both the print and online versions of a journal at the same price as either the print or the online version alone subscription rates for print and online version including shipping individual institution u.s $60.00 $300.00 international $70.00 $310.00 canada $86.00 cdn $386.00 cdn europe pounds £46.00 uk incl vat £212.00 uk incl vat europe euros 69.00 euro 318.00 euro new zealand $120.00 nz $545.00 nz student $45.00 $55.00 $67.00 cdn £36.00 uk incl vat 54.00 euro $93.00 nz please visit www.humankinetics.com/japa for multiple-year pricing and additional information simple easy-to-use tests that assess the functional fitness of older adults even though physical fitness has traditionally been associated with the young through the middle-aged it is most critical for those in their senior years the updated senior fitness test kit is an answer to the need for a simple easy-to-use battery of test items that assess the functional fitness of older adults the test is safe and enjoyable for older adults it meets standards for reliability and validity and it has accompanying performance norms the senior fitness test dvd is also a companion resource to the senior fitness test manual the manual software and dvd are all sold together as the senior fitness test kit the items are also available separately senior fitness test kit human kinetics roberta rikli phd and c jessie jones phd ©2007 · paperback manual · software · dvd · 176 pp isbn 978-0-7360-6719-5 $79.00 108.95 cdn £63.00 uk 94.50 euro $166.00 nz active older adults lynn allen editor sgma international ©1999 · paperback · 208 pp isbn 978-0-7360-0128-1 $25.00 34.50 cdn £16.00 uk 24.00 euro $46.00 nz exercise for older adults american council on exercise ©1998 · paperback · 248 pp isbn 978-0-88011-942-9 $38.00 52.50 cdn £24.50 uk 36.75 euro $75.50 nz exercise programming for older adults kay a van norman ©1995 · paperback ·120 pp isbn 978-0-87322-657-8 $30.00 41.50 cdn £20.00 uk 30.00 euro $63.00 nz 26 visit www.humankinetics.com for more information or to order!

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