Physical activity promotion in the health care system

IM Vuori, CJ Lavie, SN Blair - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2013 - Elsevier
Physical activity (PA) and exercise training (ET) have great potential in the prevention,
management, and rehabilitation of a variety of diseases, but this potential has not been fully …

Mobility decline in old age

M Rantakokko, M Mänty… - Exercise and sport …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The proportion of people older than 80 yr is growing rapidly. To guarantee the sustainability
of health and social care systems while enhancing quality of life, it is important to find ways …

Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review

MB Pinheiro, JS Oliveira, JN Baldwin, L Hassett… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Knowledge of which physical activity programs are most effective for older
adults in different sub-populations and contexts is limited. The objectives of this rapid review …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting mobility in older people

T Rantanen - Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Out-of-home mobility is necessary for accessing commodities, making use of neighborhood
facilities, and participation in meaningful social, cultural, and physical activities. Mobility also …

Telling a (good?) counterstory of aging: Natural bodybuilding meets the narrative of decline

C Phoenix, B Smith - Journals of Gerontology Series B …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives. In Western society, the narrative of decline dominates the aging
process. We know very little about the complexities of how people resist this narrative. The …

Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis

TF Crocker, J Ensor, N Lam, M Jordão, R Bajpai… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Objective To synthesise evidence of the effectiveness of community based complex
interventions, grouped according to their intervention components, to sustain independence …

Effects of a home-based physical rehabilitation program on physical disability after hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial

J Edgren, A Salpakoski, SE Sihvonen… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Fewer than half of the patients with hip fracture will regain the prefracture level of
physical functioning. This secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial investigated …

Attitudes and expectations regarding exercise in the hospital of hospitalized older adults: a qualitative study

C So, E Pierluissi - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe expectations of, and perceived motivators and barriers to, in‐hospital
exercise of hospitalized older adults. Design Qualitative study using the framework theory …

Percepción de salud, autoestima y autoconcepto físico en persones mayores en función de su actividad física

P Jodra Jiménez, JL Maté-Muñoz… - Revista de psicología …, 2019 - ddd.uab.cat
El propósito de este estudio es analizar la relación existente entre la Autoestima y las
dimensiones que definen el Autoconcepto Físico, y la percepción de la salud en personas …