If you would like to challenge the aging process and improve your fitness level, Be Fit Over Fifty™ has several programs that can enable you to maintain an active, independent lifestyle. For a description of the programs listed below, just click on the program button. ...
Participation of older Australians in the ERAA program, led to statistically significant improvements in physical function. The program reached a large number of older Australians from every state and territory, including those from regional and remote parts of Australia, aged over 85 years, and with...
Moreover, our exercise program had small effects on academic performance indicators (ie, mathematics, problem solving, and total academic performance) that were mediated by exercise-induced improvements in cognitive flexibility and fluid intelligence; these effects were consistent with those described in ...
Over the past few decades the prevalence of obesity and osteoarthritis (OA) have increased [1, 2] and become a greater burden to society. Nearly one-third of all US adults with obesity also have some form of arthritis, with OA being the most common [3]. The increased prevalence of obesi...
Therefore, the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of an 8-week supervised exercise training program with individualized Fatmax intensity on the body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness level of a group of overweight young women. Methods Participants Fifty female ...
Significant benefits of SUP over UNSUP were still found for knee extension strength in those studies that applied a similar exercise program in both groups. In addition, greater benefits of SUP were observed compared with UNSUP when participants performed at least 66% of the training sessions in...
In addition, mobility limitations can be a challenge for many older adults trying to maintain an exercise program20. Therefore, alternative exercise programs providing regular physical activity to the elderly should be suggested. Wearable assistive robotics has emerged as a promising technology to ...
the associations are mixed. Experimental studies confirm this pattern of mixed results, some showing increases in introjected regulation over the course of an exercise program [e.g., [39] and some showing no significant changes [e.g., [58]. One notes that null or unreliable results from in...
We compared the effects of an aerobic exercise program with a home based exercise therapy on the clinical signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis index and visual analogue scale (VAS) were used to evaluate knee...
The study aimed to investigate the effects of a home-based exercise program on falls and mobility among people recently discharged from hospital.This randomised controlled trial (ACTRN12607000563460) was conducted among 340 older people. Intervention group participants (n=171) were asked to exercise ...