Fitness for Every Body: Adapting Exercise for Physical and Cognitive Impairments-Session Presentation

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The session discussed the importance of fitness for all people, specifically focusing on people with disabilities and how functional fitness can be adapted for them. The session included speakers who are experts in physiatry, sports medicine, adaptive training, and speech and language pathology. They emphasized the significance of functional movements in everyday life and how functional fitness can help improve functional capacity for individuals with disabilities. The speakers also highlighted the importance of evaluating function using tools such as ADLs and functional tests. They discussed the benefits of functional fitness for special populations such as those with spinal cord injuries, amputees, stroke survivors, and individuals with cognitive impairments. The session provided examples of adapted exercises and modifications in the gym to improve access and efficacy for individuals with disabilities. They also discussed how adapting fitness routines can help improve cognition, language, memory, attention, problem solving, and functional independence. Overall, the session emphasized the importance of inclusive fitness and the role it plays in improving the lives of people with disabilities.

Keywords

fitness for all

functional fitness

adaptive training

functional movements

ADLs

special populations

cognitive impairments

adapted exercises

functional independence