OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to identify and characterize the barriers and
motivations to physical activity (PA) for elderly adults in Iran and other countries. METHODS …

Background and Objective: Physical activity is important for health of all individuals.
However, determinants of physical activity behaviour among the elderly remain unexplored …

Although the physical activity is a very basic lifestyle activity, the physical inactivity has been
estimated to cause 1.9 million deaths worldwide annually, according to the 2002 World …

Objectives This study examined the relationship between physical activity (PA) and chronic
diseases in European older adults, using a prospective analysis with data from 2011 and …

MeThODs Recruited individuals were categorised into either the middle-aged (age 45–59
years, n= 60) or elderly (age≥ 60 years, n= 60) group. Data on demographics …

Background: People aged 50 years and older are regularly identified as the most sedentary
group in the population. However, even within this group, there are considerable …

Background The objective of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the
Farsi version of the perceived benefits/barriers scale of physical activity in Iranian elderly …

Worldwide, people engage insufficiently in physical activity, particularly subjects aged 80
years and over. For optimal life-style campaigns, knowledge of motivators and barriers for …

Background Physical activity (PA) in older people is critically important in the prevention of
disease, maintenance of independence and improvement of quality of life. Little is known …

Background The promotion of physical activity (PA) plays a major role for healthy ageing
even in older age. There is a lack of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies explicitly …