Basics of kinesitherapy in geriatrics
CONTENTS
Introduction
– Demographic and epidemiological trends of the aging world 7
Essence of gerontology and geriatrics as sciences 9
Aging and old age as natural ontogenetic processes 12
Conditional classification of age periods 14
Normal and premature aging 19
Geriatric aspects of modern…
Purpose, tasks and basic principles of geriatrics kinesitherapy 20
General features of the application of kinesitherapy in adults and elderly people 25
Kinesitherapy for respiratory diseases in the elderly 30
Kinesitherapy for cardiovascular diseases in old age 36
Gerontology, Geriatrics and Physiotherapy
Basics of kinesitherapy in geriatrics
Kinesitherapy for degenerative joint diseases in the elderly 44
Kinesitherapy for cerebrovascular diseases in the elderly 49
Kinesitherapy for metabolic diseases in the elderly 54
Basic abbreviations and symbols 58
- Basics of kinesitherapy
- in geriatrics




