1st Edition
Exercise Management for Referred Medical Conditions
1. Introduction
Andrew Scott, Paul Gorczynski, and David Broom
2. Co-Production in Exercise Referral Schemes
Benjamin J. R. Buckley, Paula M. Watson, Becky Murphy, Matthew Pearce, and Diane Crone
3. The Exercise Referral Process
Jeannie Wyatt-Williams
4. Health-Fitness Consultation and Assessment Skills
Michelle G. Swainson, Zoe H. Rutherford, and John P. Buckley
5. Personalising the Exercise Referral Experience: Understanding Individual Differences
Zoë Frankli and Dave Thompson
6. Behaviour Change in Exercise Referral
Paul Gorczynski
7. Reaching Hard-To Engage Groups with Physical Activity and Exercise Referral Interventions
Andy Pringle, Jason Feavers, and Stephen Zwolinsky
8. Maintaining Exercise Behaviour Following Ers Completion
Michael Eynon, Gill Crowther, and Hayley Mills
9. Health Complexity: Integrating Psychological Skills into Exercise Referral
Charlotte Hilton and Lynne Johnston
10. Obesity
Louisa Herring and David Broom
11. Type 1 Diabetes
Richard Bracken, Mary Finn, Jane Yardley, and Othmar Moser
12. Type 2 Diabetes
Joseph Henson, Oluwaseun Anyiam, and Dane Vishnubala
13. Hypertension
Alberto Alves, Fernando Ribeiro, and Linda Pescatello
14. Dyslipidaemia
Emily Newton and Steven Mann
15. Exercise Referral for People with Asthma
John Dickinson and Suraj Rajput
16. Exercise for the Management of Low Back Pain
James Fisher, Hopin Lee, and Paul Hendrick
17. Physical Activity, Exercise and Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Metsios and Antonis Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou
18. Osteoarthritis and Joint Replacement
Liba Sheeran, Nicola Pease, Kate Button, and Joseph M. Moore
19. Bone Health
Victoria Stiles and Karen Knapp
20. Mental Health and Illness
Kemi Wright, Simon Rosenbaum, and Bonnie Furzer
Biography
Andrew Scott is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the MSc Clinical Exercise Science Programme in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science at the University of Portsmouth. He is a researcher, lecturer and practitioner in exercise and physical activity for people with long-term conditions to support their health and quality of life. His main interest is applying research to support education in clinical exercise for implementation in routine health-care practice.
David Broom is Professor of Physical Activity, Exercise and Health with over 20 years of experience working in health promotion and academia. Notable achievements include being an appointed member of the expert working group that updated the UK Chief Medical Officers Adult Physical Activity Guidelines published in 2019 and chair of BASES Division of Physical Activity for Health. He has recently submitted evidence to the Houses of Commons and House of Lords select committees regarding national plans for sport and recreation and the impact of major sporting and cultural events.
This book is a brilliant introduction to ERS for health and fitness professionals. It would be a valuable ‘go-to’ resource for anyone new to this field and would equip them with helpful context and relevant considerations.
Anna Lowe, programme manager at the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Sheffield Hallam University
