Physical activity and maintaining physical function in older adults

TM Manini, M Pahor - British journal of sports medicine, 2009 - bjsm.bmj.com
… is whether PA can maintain physical function in older adults. Physical activity has a myriad of
… whether PA can help maintain physical function in older adults and offer some suggestions …

Physical activity and physical function in older adults: the 45 and U p S tudy

LC Yorston, GS Kolt… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… are becoming less active as they age,10, 11 exacerbating their physical and functional … PA
and physical function in Australian older adults, and the odds of having a functional limitation, …

Flexibility and physical functions of older adults: a review

GJ Holland, K Tanaka… - … and physical …, 2002 - journals.humankinetics.com
… (e) a review of training studies designed to enhance ROM in older adults. Older adult is
defined for the purpose of this review as a person 65 years or older (Shephard; Spirduso, 1995). …

Physical functional assessment in older adults

E Patrizio, R Calvani, E Marzetti, M Cesari - The Journal of frailty & aging, 2021 - Springer
older person, both in the clinical as well as the research setting. To measure physical function,
… main tests for the objective assessment of physical function in older adults are presented. …

Longitudinal changes in physical function and physical activity in older adults

AL Metti, JR Best, CE Shaaban, M Ganguli… - Age and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… Early physical function slope … of older adults rising, there has been increasing emphasis
on maximising the quality of life, including maintenance of physical function (PF) and physical

Effect of physical activity guidelines on physical function in older adults

MC Morey, R Sloane, CF Pieper… - Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… to a recommendation for older adults. The report … and physical function (PF) in this population.
The ensuing decade produced a large amount of PA research directed at the older adult. …

Body composition, muscle capacity, and physical function in older adults: an integrated conceptual model

AO Brady, CR Straight… - … aging and physical …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
… fatigue and PF has not been well characterized, emerging evidence has suggested that
fatigue may increase risk for adverse physical functional outcomes in older adults. For instance, …

Obesity, physical function, and mortality in older adults

IA Lang, DJ Llewellyn, K Alexander… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… was also assessed; using measures of objective and subjective function allows the extent to
… and physical function outcomes in older people with excess body weight with those of older

Dynapenic-obesity and physical function in older adults

DR Bouchard, I Janssen - Journals of Gerontology Series A …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… higher in older adults who had a … physical function in comparison to those with dynapenia
alone and obesity alone. A large and representative sample of adults aged 55 years and older

Neighborhood environment and loss of physical function in older adults: evidence from the Alameda County Study

JL Balfour, GA Kaplan - American journal of epidemiology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… the functional health of older adults. Loss of overall physical function and of lower-extremity
function are serious and multifactorial health problems for older people (67). A neighborhood …