In our opinion, it's important to note that balance is really the key here. A consistent regimen of eating healthy foods (in proper portions) combined with (at least) the federal activity guidelines of 150 minutes of exercise per week is vitally important to both our physical and mental hea...
Hypokinetic disease, defined as low physical activity or disuse, has been associated with a number of chronic diseases in the elderly, particularly cardiovascular diseases and, more recently, osteoporosis. Physical activity is considered to be an importa
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...
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72 Our findings on the best exercise frequency, alongside the observation that all RCTs included in the injurious falls analysis had a similar exercise structure, suggests that the best exercise regimen for protecting older people against diverse adverse events would be moderate-intensity, ...
(BDI) compared with wait-list controls (subjects on a waiting list for treatment who served as controls), the study had important limitations, including a small sample size, imprecise diagnosis of depression, brief (ie, 6-week) treatment period, lack of a standardized exercise regimen, and ...
the 5 basic components of the exercise prescription for patients with mild hypertension are safety aspects, the type of exercise to be performed, and the frequency, intensity and duration of exercise training. For those patients who require pharmacotherapy, the interaction between the specific antihyper...
In addition to weekly treatment sessions, participants were expected to complete three additional sets of daily homework for a total of 330 swallow repetitions per day. This regimen of exercises at this frequency is standard of care for patients with evidence of impaired swallowing safety and ...
regimen, exhibited diminishing trends in physical fitness metrics. Regarding PA and SB, both exercise groups demonstrated heightened levels of physical activity compared to the control group. This was characterized by reductions in sedentary time and an increase in daily step count, LPA, and MVPA. ...
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) is increasing among the elderly, and new lifestyle-based treatment strategies are warranted. We conducted a randomized, double-blind controlled trial of the effects of aquatic exercise (AE) and/or consumption of