Associations between walking limitations and reported activity destinations among older adults

EM Tuomola, KE Keskinen, T Rantanen… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
In old age, walking difficulty may reduce opportunities to reach valued activity destinations.
Walking modifications, eg, slower pace or using a walking aid, may enable individuals to …

Development of a home-based training program for post-ward geriatric rehabilitation patients with cognitive impairment: study protocol of a randomized-controlled trail

M Bongartz, R Kiss, P Ullrich, T Eckert, J Bauer… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Geriatric patients with cognitive impairment (CI) show an increased risk for a
negative rehabilitation outcome and reduced functional recovery following inpatient …

The association between the home environment and physical activity in community-dwelling older adults

P Benzinger, S Iwarsson, A Kroog, D Beische… - Aging clinical and …, 2014 - Springer
Physical activity (PA) decreases with increasing age despite the fact that PA exerts
beneficial effects on many age-related diseases and conditions. Consequently, there is an …

Community-based services and depression from person-environment fit perspective: Focusing on functional impairments and living alone

BR Kim, S Park, J Bishop-Saucier… - … of Gerontological Social …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Guided by the Person-Environment Fit perspective, we investigated the extent to
which personal and environmental factors influence depression among community-dwelling …

Associations between perceived outdoor environment and walking modifications in community-dwelling older people: a two-year follow-up study

H Skantz, T Rantanen, T Rantalainen… - Journal of Aging …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To examine associations of perceived outdoor environment with the prevalence
and development of adaptive (eg, slower pace) and maladaptive (eg, avoiding walking) …

Do associations between perceived environmental and individual characteristics and walking limitations depend on lower extremity performance level?

R Sakari, M Rantakokko, E Portegijs… - Journal of Aging …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze whether the associations between perceived
environmental and individual characteristics and perceived walking limitations in older …

Sağlıklı yaşlanma ve fiziksel aktivite: bireysel, psikososyal ve çevresel özelliklerin buna katkısı

Ş Demirtaş, C Güngör, RN Demirtaş - Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi, 2017 - dergipark.org.tr
Yaşlanma, önlenmesi mümkün olmayan kronolojik, sosyolojik, biyolojik ve psikolojik bir
gerilemedir. Sağlıklı yaşlanma kavramı günümüzde giderek önem kazanmıştır. Sağlıklı …

The role of environmental factors for the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study

M Rantakokko, R Wilkie - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The study examines how environmental factors contribute to the onset of
restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis. Methods This is a …

Verification of a comprehensive framework for mobility using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: a structural equation modeling analysis

SC Webber, Y Liu, D Jiang, J Ripat, S Nowicki, R Tate… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Mobility within and between life spaces is fundamental for health and well-
being. Our objective was to verify a comprehensive framework for mobility. Methods This …

Effect of a health-improvement pilot programme for older adults delivered by a professional football club: the Burton Albion case study: Andy Pringle, Daniel Parnell …

D Parnell, D Richardson - Football, Community and Social …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Older adults are a priority within policy designed to facilitate healthy lifestyles through
physical activities. Golden Goal is a pilot programme of physical activity-led health …