Long-term adherence to health behavior change

KR Middleton, SD Anton… - American journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The utility of lifestyle-based health promotion interventions is directly affected by participant
adherence to prescribed behavior changes. Unfortunately, poor adherence to behaviors …

Barriers and motivations to exercise in older adults

KA Schutzer, BS Graves - Preventive medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Although exercise is an established component in the management of many chronic
diseases associated with aging, activity levels tend to progressively decline with increasing …

Motivators, barriers, and beliefs regarding physical activity in an older adult population

E Costello, M Kafchinski, JE Vrazel… - Journal of geriatric …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Regular physical activity (PA) plays an important role in
improving and maintaining one's health, especially as one ages. Although many older …

Factors affecting levels of physical activity in adults

V Seefeldt, RM Malina, MA Clark - Sports medicine, 2002 - Springer
A large proportion of adults in Western cultures are physically inactive, despite several
decades of warnings about the potentially negative health consequences of a sedentary …

Ageing and physical activity: evidence to develop exercise recommendations for older adults

DH Paterson, GR Jones, CL Rice - Applied physiology, nutrition …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
An abundance of epidemiological research confirms the benefits of physical activity in
reducing risk of various age-related morbidities and all-cause mortality. Analysis of the …

Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for older adults: a review

AK Van der Bij, MGH Laurant, M Wensing - American journal of preventive …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: This review evaluates the effectiveness of physical activity interventions among
older adults. Methods: Computerized searches were performed to identify randomized …

Review of how we should define (and measure) adherence in studies examining older adults' participation in exercise classes

H Hawley-Hague, M Horne, DA Skelton, C Todd - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Exercise classes provide a range of benefits to older adults, reducing risk of illness,
promoting functional ability and improving well-being. However, to be effective and achieve …

[PDF][PDF] Group versus individual approach? A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity

SM Burke, AV Carron, MA Eys, N Ntoumanis… - Sport and Exercise …, 2006 - academia.edu
The purpose of the study was to conduct a meta-analysis to empirically compare the relative
merits of different contexts typically employed in the physical activity intervention literature …

Beneficios de la actividad física en personas mayores

V Aparicio García-Molina, A Carbonell-Baeza… - 2010 - digibug.ugr.es
Debido a que el número de personas mayores en España se incrementa y que ha sido
altamente contrastado que el envejecimiento activo es clave para conseguir una población …

A cognitive-motor intervention using a dance video game to enhance foot placement accuracy and gait under dual task conditions in older adults: a randomized …

G Pichierri, K Murer, ED de Bruin - BMC geriatrics, 2012 - Springer
Background Computer-based interventions have demonstrated consistent positive effects on
various physical abilities in older adults. This study aims to compare two training groups that …