Meteorology and the physical activity of the elderly: the Nakanojo Study

F Togo, E Watanabe, H Park, RJ Shephard… - International journal of …, 2005 - Springer
… The subjects were a convenience sample of 41 healthy elderly people (20 males, aged
71±3 years, height 1.60±0.05 m, body mass 58±9 kg; and 21 females, aged 70±4 years, height …

Covid-19 and the impact on the physical activity level of elderly people: a systematic review

MR Oliveira, IP Sudati, VDM Konzen… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
… The total number of individuals evaluated, including samples of all studies, was 15,964
elderly subjects. In most studies, the female gender was predominant. Few studies addressed …

Time trends in leisure time physical activity and physical fitness in elderly people: 20 year follow-up of the Spanish population national health survey (1987-2006)

D Palacios-Ceña, C Alonso-Blanco… - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
… We found an increase in leisure time physical activity in the older Spanish population. Older
… lower activity. Identification of these factors can help to identify individuals at risk for physical

Relationship between intensity of physical activity and health‐related quality of life in Portuguese institutionalized elderly

A Lobo, P Santos, J Carvalho… - Geriatrics & gerontology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… engaged in light and moderate physical activity (MPA) and it was … Our sample was further
divided into tertiles of MPA min from “… Our sample was further divided into tertile of MPA minutes …

A study on the relationship between muscle function, functional mobility and level of physical activity in community-dwelling elderly

PA Garcia, J Dias, RC Dias, P Santos… - … Journal of Physical …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
… in physical activity level … sample consisted of 81 community-dwelling elderly (42 women
and 39 men), stratified into three comparable age groups (65-69, 70-79 and 80+). The sample

Assessing physical activity in the elderly: a comparative study of most popular questionnaires

M Król-Zielińska, M Ciekot - 2015 - wbc.poznan.pl
… used for assessing physical activity among the elderly and to … topic of physical activity
assessment among elderly people … of the CHAMPS physical activity questionnaire in a sample of …

Using age-neutral physical activity questionnaires in research with the elderly

RA Washburn, AM Jette… - Journal of Aging and …, 1990 - journals.sagepub.com
… We further predicted that elders with higher levels of physical activity would be more likely to
have … In this study an age-neutral physical activity questionnaire applied to an older sample

Physical activity and mortality in frail, community-living elderly patients

F Landi, M Cesari, G Onder, F Lattanzio… - The Journals of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… between low physical activity level and increased mortality risk observed in our sample. …
the different domains of elderly status influencing physical activity level and survival. For this …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly

SS Mortazavi, M Shati, HE Ardebili… - … journal of preventive …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The present study focuses on comparing the effects of home-based (HB) and group-based
(GB) physical activity on mental health in a sample of older adults in Shahr-e-kord. …

Self-reported factors associated with engagement in moderate to vigorous physical activity among elderly people: a population-based study

R Shiraly, Z Shayan, V Keshtkar… - International Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
… We selected a sample of 1000 elderly people from urban parts of Shiraz in Southern Iran
with a two-stage random sampling procedure. Self-reported PA data and correlates of …