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 …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity in older people: a systematic review

F Sun, IJ Norman, AE While - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
… of older adults meeting recommended physical activity ranged from 2.4 – 83.0% across the
studies. Definitions of “recommended” physical activity in older adultsOlder age groups were …

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 …

Physical activity and older adults: a review of health benefits and the effectiveness of interventions

AH Taylor, NT Cable, G Faulkner… - Journal of sports …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
older adults participate in levels of physical activity (particularly walking) that may benefit their
health. Physical activity levels are similar for adults … particularly low in older adults living in …

[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

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sedentary behavior, physical activity, and markers of health in older adults

KP Gennuso, RE Gangnon, CE Matthews… - Medicine and science …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… However, the 760 cut point was chosen because we believe it better reflects a typical older
adults’ free-living moderate-intensity activity. We performed a sensitivity analysis with the …

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 …

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