Adapted Physical Activity

Gudrun Doll-Tepper

ISBN 10: 3642748759 / ISBN 13: 9783642748752

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Dez 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From 21-24 June 1989 the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IF APA) held its 7th International Symposium 'Adapted Physical Activity -An Interdisciplinary Approach' in Berlin (West). This was the first time that this symposium has been held in a German speaking country, and it presented unique challenges to the organizers. For example, neither the term nor the field of adapted physical activity was known in Germany before the symposium. Thus, at the outset, the organizers' task was to define the meaning of adapted physical activity as a concept and to identify areas and professionals associated with it. After lengthy and intense discussions we agreed on the following definition: Adapted physical activity refers to movement, physical activity, and sports in which special emphasis is placed on the interests and capabilities of individuals with limiting conditions, such as the disabled, health impaired or aged. Despite the fact that the use of an English term for a symposium in Germany would not be accepted by all German speaking professionals, it was decided to use this term because no translation appeared to be fully adequate. 'Sports for the Disabled', 'Modified Movement Activites', 'Sport Therapy', or 'Psychomotor Exercises' would have represented only single aspects of adapted physical activity and were thus incomplete. 512 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adapted Physical Activity
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Dez 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642748759
• ISBN 13: 9783642748752
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 242W x 170H x 28D millimeters 242 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 867 grams

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Synopsis

Contributions from the 7th International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity, Berlin, 1989. The book serves the professional as a guide to this new field and a source for developing new goals and strategies.