The 160 sedentary older adults were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups: aerobic exercise; Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet nutrition counseling; a combination of aerobic exercise and the DASH diet; or health education consisting of educational phone calls on cardiovascular topics....
Abdominal Exercise for Older Adultsdoi:10.1080/07303084.1999.10605692WetzelMartha E.American Physical Education Review
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Exercise or physical activity is considered as medicine, and both have several positive effects, which outweigh largely the risks. For older adults with mental health issues, physical activity and exercise might be even more important than for healthy pe
Exercise prescription is discussed in terms of the specific modalities and doses that have been studied in randomised controlled trials for their effectiveness in attenuating physiological changes of ageing, disease prevention, and/or improvement of older adults with chronic disease and disability. ...
Social and contextual resources for exercise in older adults International SportMed JournalKeller, Colleen S.Fleury, Julie
To prescribe the safest and most appropriate exercise program for older patients it is important to consider the patient's medical history, focussing on both cardiovascular symptoms such as dizziness or shortness of breath, and musculoskeletal problems such as degenerative joint disease or musculoskeletal...
Nearly one in four adults aged 65 and older has trouble walking or climbing stairs—and 3.4 million older adults have trouble taking care of their personal needs, such as dressing or bathing. As we age, these difficulties can impact our well-being and ou
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The Exercise Assessment Screening for You (EASY) tool was developed to encourage older adults at every functional level to be more physically active. The purposes of this study were to examine characteristics of older adults who participated in an evidence-based falls preventi...