As life expectancy continues to increase worldwide, two major questions have arisen: (a) Will the increase in life span include several years of healthy life? and (b) How do we promote health-related quality of life into old age?7. The concepts of “aging well,” including “active-”,...
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is one of the most commonly occurring degenerative joint illnesses among people over 60 years old, and it commonly causes pain, poor balance, disability, and increased risk of falling [1]. According to the National Health Interview Survey, there are approximately 14 mill...
The rate of decline in VO2peak accelerates in older age from 3%-6% per decade in the 20s to 30s to >20% per decade after the age of 70 years (16). Age-related declines in strength and balance exacerbate decrements in VO2peak caused by alterations in skeletal muscle, including atrophy...
Can non-conventional methods support recovery from exercise-induced muscle fatigue in people over 60 years old?doi:10.23829/TSS.2020.27.3-2GOOGLE Scholar (Web resource)MUSCLE fatigueSCIENCE databasesOLDER peopleCIRCADIAN rhythmsMIND & bodyPhysical effort contributes to improving the...
METHODS Participants Thirty healthy men (N = 15) and women (N = 15), 18–35 years old, volunteered to participate in the study (Table 1). Recruitment was completed through advertisements, with most of the sample comprising students and staff of the University of Pittsburgh. Written informed ...
Inclusion criteria were: older age (age ≥ 65 years), obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), sedentary lifestyle (regular exercise <1 h per week), stable body weight (loss or gain of no greater than 2 kg), stable medication use for 6 months before enrollment, and mild-to-moderate frailty (...
Exercise enhances synaptic plasticity and alleviates depression symptoms, but the mechanism through which exercise improves high-fat diet-induced depression remains unclear. In this study, 6-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were administered a high-fat diet (
The aim of this study was to assess whether a program of exercise specifically designed to target the vestibular organ improved the postural stability of female participants over 60 years old. Twenty-eight healthy female volunteers aged from 60 years to 76 years were assigned to a group (n=15...
normal cognitive function and dementia, presence of MCI increases the chance of developing dementia, with approximately two-thirds of Alzheimer’s disease patients having a previous diagnosis of MCI4. Moreover, the reported 2-year cumulative dementia incidence in individuals > 65 years with MCI...
(RER) between old and young, both when measured during the submaximal exercise (p = 0.624, Fig.1g) and resting conditions (p = 0.852, Fig.1g). Both gross (p < 0.001) and net (p < 0.001) exercise efficiency were found to be lower in the older individuals as ...