Exercise to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease Across the Lifespan provides evidence-based insights into the clinical utility of exercise in the management of disease across a broad range of specialties and diseases. The book offers research informed strategies for the integration of exercise into standard practice in fields such as neurology, endocrinology, psychiatry and oncology, as well as decision-making pathways and clinical scenarios to advance patient care. The book is divided by specialty and includes clinical scenarios to allow for the integration of information within practice. The book's synthesized research evidence allows practitioners to safely and effectively begin to capitalize on the benefits of exercise in their patients. -- Provided by publisher.

Part I:Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Part II: General exercise -- 2. Exercise and immunity -- 3. Physical activity interventions for culturally and linguistically diverse populations: A critical review -- 4. Physical activity adherence: Worldwide trends, barriers and facilitators and tools to improve it -- Part III: Children and early teens -- 5. The effects of physical exercise on the brain and neurocognitive functioning during childhood -- 6. Physical activity for young people with mental illness -- 7. Type 1 diabetes -- Exercise across the lifespan: Exercise and obesity -- 9. Exercise effects in adults with asthma -- 10. Exercise training for people living with HIV -- Part IV: Middle age -- 11. Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and gestational diabetes mellitus -- 12. Exercise in the management of multiple sclerosis -- 13. Exercise and menopause -- 14. Exercise for chronic pain -- 15. Exercise in the management of neuropathic pain -- 16. Tendinopathy -- 17. Exercise and depression -- 18. Yoga and mental health -- 19. Exercise for chronic heart failure -- 20. Exercise interventions in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome -- Part V: Older age -- 21. Exercise for the management of osteoarthritis -- 22. Exercise before and after orthopedic surgery -- 23. Exercise in stroke -- 24. Chronic respiratory diseases and physical exercise -- 25. Exercise in cancer -- 26. Exercise in the management of motor neuron disease -- 27. Tai Chi exercise to improve balance and prevent falls among older people with dementia -- 28. Osteosarcopenia and exercise -- 29. Exercise and older adults receiving home care services -- 30. Exercise in Parkinson's disease -- 31. Exercise and Alzheimer's disease -- 32. Exercise and the elderly: Gait and balance -- 33. Exercise and cognition in aging.