Physical activity is medicine for older adults

D Taylor - Postgraduate medical journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
… and the intensity of the activity. In this review, physical activity refers to any activity that has an
… , type and frequency of physical activity for achieving health gain in older adults (>65 years …

Physical activity and quality of life in older adults

WJ Rejeski, SL Mihalko - The Journals of Gerontology Series A …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
… Although there has been increased research and clinical attention given to the effects
that physical activity has on quality of life among older adults, there is a lack of consistency …

[PDF][PDF] Exercise and physical activity for older adults

WJ Chodzko-Zajko, DN Proctor… - Medicine & science …, 2009 - bewegenismedicijn.nl
… Although the total time spent per day in exercise and lifestyle physical activities by some
active older adults may approach that of younger normally active adults (11,217), the types …

Recommendations for physical activity in older adults

PB Sparling, BJ Howard, DW Dunstan, N Owen - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
physical activity for health from the UK’s chief medical officers8 states “the majority of UK
older adults have low levels of activity … health benefits from increasing their activity even if it is …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity interventions targeting older adults: A critical review and recommendations

AC King, WJ Rejeski, DM Buchner - American journal of preventive …, 1998 - Elsevier
… younger adult populations.… physical activity among older adults. Consonant with the recent
World Health Organization guidelines for promoting physical activity and fitness among older

Interventions to promote physical activity by older adults

AC King - The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Older adults are at particular risk for leading sedentary … with physical activity for older adults
and also describes potentially promising interventions for promoting regular physical activity

Objectively measured physical activity and mortality in older adults

SN Blair, WL Haskell - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
activity may influence survival in older adults” is provocative and if documented by future
research would have major implications for physical activity … that would combine activity energy …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity is related to quality of life in older adults

LS Acree, J Longfors, AS Fjeldstad, C Fjeldstad… - Health and quality of life …, 2006 - Springer
… In summary, healthy older adults who participated in regular physical activityphysically
active. After adjustment for gender and hypertension, the group reporting higher physical activity

Physical activity and maintaining physical function in older adults

TM Manini, M Pahor - British journal of sports medicine, 2009 - bjsm.bmj.com
… and effective modality for improving physical capacity in older adults, have been overcome.
… is whether PA can maintain physical function in older adults. Physical activity has a myriad of …

Assessment of physical activity in older adults

RA Washburn - Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
… and validity of physical activity questionnaires for older adults, … used age-neutral physical
activity questionnaires (Jacobs, … of the 4 physical activity surveys for older adults has been …