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Sports and aging : a prescription for longevity

Title
Sports and aging : a prescription for longevity / edited and with an introduction by Gerald R. Gems.
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

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Additional Authors
  • Gems, Gerald R.
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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • Sports for older people
  • Exercise for older people
  • Aging
  • Longevity
  • Aging
  • Longevity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Introduction: sport and aging / Gerald R. Gems -- A history of aging / Gerald R. Gems -- Life with a purpose / Frances Gems -- Looking back / Tony Kaleth -- It was not easy! / Maha Ebeid -- My life of physical activity and fitness / James R. Coates -- Aging, anti-aging, and infinite youth: aging in Taiwan / Chia-ju Yen -- A matter of perspective / Samuel O. Regalado -- Dance until the music stops / Tansin Benn -- Çarpe diem: seize the day / Luciane Lauffer -- Aging as an adventure / M. Ann Hall -- An anti-aging sporting life in an aging society / Kohei Kawashima -- Going strong: one sport historian reflects on aging / Gary Osmond -- An essay on a meaningful life with sport as a permanent companion / Else Trangbaek -- Making a difference / Janice J. Crosswhite -- Fit fun, forever young: sport discourses and practices of aging women / Gertrud Pfister -- Sport and aging: conclusions / Gerald R. Gems -- Appendix -- Contributors.
ISBN
  • 9781496232274 (electronic bk.)
  • 1496232275 (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd1645322693
Title
Sports and aging : a prescription for longevity / edited and with an introduction by Gerald R. Gems.
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on print version record.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Added Author
Gems, Gerald R., editor.
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Online version: Sports and aging Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022] 9781496226006 (DLC) 2021046864
Original 9781496226006 1496226003 9781496231611 1496231619 (DLC) 2021046863
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