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Tag Archives: physical activity
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community -April 2015
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, android, Apps, Asian Americans, benefits of recreation, community, cultures, depression, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, European Americans, health, health promotion, Hispanics, Latinos, leisure generated meanings, lesiure, mental health, mental illness, minorities, National Institute on Aging, neurological disabilities, NIA, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, occupational therapy, OT, people with disabilities, physical activity, Positive Activity Jackpot, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychiatric disabilities, psychiatry, psychology, PTSD, recreation therapy, social impact, soldiers, Spanish, Spanish-language, stress, technology, therapeutic recreation, veterans
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Answered Questions January 2015: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged adapted swimming, assistive technology, benefits of recreation, children with diabetes, chronic illnesses, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, exercise physiology, families, funlibre, GoBabyGo, interactive exercise technologies, kid-friendly exoskeletons, leisure, mobility disabilities, modified racecars, motor disabilities, nchpad, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, physical activity, physical disabilities, racecars, rec therapy, rec tx, recreation, recreation technology, recreation therapy, Recreational therapy, RecTech, Spanish, sports, swimming, therapeutic recreation, Therapeutic Recreation Society of Puerto Rico, universal design, University of Delaware
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Exercise Guides for People with Disabilities
If you’re interested in free information on how to live healthily and exercise with disability, the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) offers guides to exercise for people with disability. NCHPAD’s guides range from Pilates for individuals … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, children, disability, down syndrome, exercise, free, free guides, health, healthy living, national center on health physical activity and disability, nchpad, need-specific, owusu, physical activity, pilates, seniors, special needs, strengthening exercises, teddowusu, teddy
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ENACT Announces the Release of Second Podcast in the “Active Living with Arthritis” Podcast Series
NIDRR-funded RRTC, ENhancing ACTivity and Participation for Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) has released the second podcast in the “Active Living with Arthritis” series. The series provides evidence-based information to assist people living with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions stay active. … Continue reading
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System Announces two Research Study Opportunities for Individuals with SCI and/or MS
The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS) is now offering two research study opportunities for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and/or Multiple Sclerosis (MS): (1) Effectiveness of Physical Activity for Improving Mood in People Aging with MS or … Continue reading
Posted in Clinial/Rehab trials, Project, Research Study
Tagged aging, depression, Effexor XR, low energy, Mood, multiple sclerosis, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS), pain management, physical activity, Research Study, SCI, sleep, Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems, venlafaxine XR
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Video: New NIDRR grantee featured on CBS News
The work of a brand new field initiated project at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor was featured on last night’s CBS Evening News. The project is “The Effects of a Bicycle Training Intervention on Health, Physical Activity, Sleep, … Continue reading
Posted in Project, webcasts
Tagged autism, bicycling, down syndrome, NIDRR grantee, physical activity, University of Michigan
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Fact Check: Depression and Physical Activity
The National Center for Physical Activity and Disability has posted a new fact sheet in their Disability/Condition series. This fact sheet focuses on depression, both as a disability and as a co-occurring condition with other disabilities such as chronic pain, … Continue reading
Posted in Fact sheet, Project, Publications
Tagged depression, exercise, mental health, physical activity
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Hear Now: Exercise and Disability in the News
James H. Rimmer, PhD, Director of NIDRR’s National Center on Physical Activity and Disability answers important questions about exercise and disability. Continue reading
Posted in Audiovisual, Project, Publications
Tagged adaptive equipment, exercise, NCPAD, physical activity, physical fitness
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