Promoting Physical Activity and Fitness

Désirée B. Maltais is Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation at the Université Laval and Researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Québec City, Canada. Dr Maltais is a physiotherapist and exercise scientist who studied under Dr Oded Bar-Or, a pioneer in exercise medicine for children with chronic health conditions. Her research expertise is in the evaluation of mobility and health-related physical fitness and interventions to improve physical activity and participation in individuals with childhood-onset disabilities.Reidun Jahnsen is a physiotherapist and Director of The Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program at Oslo University Hospital and Head of Research at, Beitostoelen Healthsports Centre, Norway. Dr Jahnsen has clinical experience from primary and specialist health care and teaching experience from the Universities in Trondheim and Oslo. Her research expertise is in the field of (re)habilitation in early-onset childhood disabilities with a lifespan perspective. She is involved in register studies, basic research in motion analysis and in clinical research into participation in adapted physical therapy.

• Introduction: An Orientation to the Book and How to Use It 1Désirée B Maltais and Reidun B Jahnsen2 Principles of Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment and Training 7Tim Takken, Olaf Verschuren, and Erik H Hulzebos3 Safety Considerations 27Haakon Dalen and Reidun B Jahnsen4 Principles of Measuring Physical Activity 39Carol Maher and Dot Dumuid5 How to Promote a Physically Active Lifestyle Across the Lifespan 57Ine Wigernaes, Berit Gjessing, Anne Ottestad, and Kjersti Syvertsen6 Cerebral Palsy 75Désirée B Maltais, Reidun B Jahnsen, and Maria Terese Engdahl-Høgåsen7 Developmental Coordination Disorder 99Sara King-Dowling, Jeffrey D Graham, and John Cairney8 Spina Bifida and Childhood Acquired Spinal Cord Injury 115Ana-Marie Rojas and Shubhra Mukherjee9 Childhood-Onset Neuromuscular Conditions 145Craig Campbell and Katy de Valle10 Intellectual Disability 163Anne-Stine Dolva, Roald Undlien, Kaja Giltvedt, and Andreas T Sandfossen11 Autism Spectrum Disorder 181Ine Wigernaes and Ellen K Munkhaugen12 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 199Kristine Risum