Saturday, September 28, 2002: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM | |||
Physical Activity and Exercise Interventions in Chronic Illnesses | |||
| The theme of this symposium presentation is to describe the role of physical activity in optimizing physical functioning, preventing, attenuating or alleviating distressful symptoms, preventing complications, improving psychosocial adjustment to various chronic disorders thereby enhancing their subject's quality of life. Additionally, in the process of implementing physical activity or exercise interventions, these investigators will describe a number of common problems unique to their various populations and discuss strategies they have found useful in their research. | |||
| Organizer: | Barbara A. Smith, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACSM, professor and O'Koren endowed chair | ||
| Physical Activity Interventions in Breast Cancer Patients: Challenges and Issues Duck-Hee Kang, RN, PhD, associate professor, Barbara A. Smith, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACSM, professor and O'Koren endowed chair | |||
| Biobehavioral Effects of Exercise In Patients with Breast Cancer And Melanoma Anna L. Schwartz, PhD, CFNP, associate professor | |||
| ANIMAL MODELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE Christine E. Kasper, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACSM, M. Adelaide Nutting chair | |||
| Physical Activity and Functioning in Hemodialysis Patients Patricia L. Painter, PhD, adjunct associate professor, Laurie Carlson, RN, MS, clinical nurse specialist, Susan Carey, MS, research assistant, Steven Paul, PhD, associate professor | |||
| Exercise Intervention following Kidney or Liver Transplantation Joanne B. Krasnoff, MS, research associate, Patricia L. Painter, PhD, adjunct associate professor, Steven Paul, PhD, associate professor | |||
| Rationale for Physical Activity and Exercise in HIV Barbara A. Smith, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACSM, professor and O'Koren endowed chair, Judith L. Neidig, RN, PhD, assistant professor, James L. Raper, DNS, CFNP, administrative director | |||
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