Table 2.
Interventions examples
Class format | Minutes | Teachable moments |
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a. Strong bones and healthy hearts | ||
Warm-up and rhythmic stretch | 10–12 | • Pre-Warm-Up: Perceived exertion, breathing and hydration. • Action Planning: ROM safety through major/minor joints. • Warm-up: Large to small muscles. |
Circuit Choreography | 15 | • Selecting the right tubing resistance, benefits of strength work, benefits of cardio work & the plus for both in a circuit format. • Resistance tubing safety. • Breathing techniques for strength work. • Cardio-cognitive benefits • Benefits of tempo changes through half-time, at music tempo and double- time tempos. • Benefits of non-dominant side movements. |
Cool-Down | 5 | • Benefits of lowering the heart rate progressively. |
Core Strengthening | 5 | • Benefits of concentric, eccentric strength training. |
Flexibility Training | 5–8 | • Option - Chair transfer technique from chair to floor and from floor to chair. • Range of Motion versus Range of Movement. |
Relaxation & Future Action Planning | 5–10 | • Breaking the symptom cycle and self-managing pain, fatigue, frustration, etc. |
b. Stability & Balance for Fall Prevention | ||
Warm-up and rhythmic stretch | • Pre-Warm-Up: Perceived exertion, breathing and hydration. • Action Planning: ROM safety through major/minor joints. • Warm-up: Large to small muscles. |
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Core stability and strength training | 5 | • The muscle groups which compose the core. • Benefits of breathing for increasing abdominal chest wall strength and flexibility |
Balance training | 5–10 | • Agility – changing center of gravity • Lower body strength |
Stability training | 5–10 | • Stability in an unstable environment • How to protect the lower back during extensions • PNF stretching principles |
Flexibility | 10 | • Stretch tight muscles for better posture • Use breathing to deepen stretches |
Relaxation and Action planning | 10 | • Breaking the symptom cycle to better self-manage pain, fatigue, fear, anger, frustration and physical instabilities |