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Effect of exercise on ease in performing activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living from age 70 to 77 — the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study
Author(s)	Jochanan Stessman, Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, Yoram Maaravi
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 12, December 2002
Pages	pp 1934-1938
Keywords	Exercise ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Over 70s ; Longitudinal surveys ; Israel.
Annotation	Data for 287 people from the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study quantify success in maintaining individual function and the efficacy of leisure-time exercise in achieving this end. Most aspects of the personal and social life did not change from age 70 to 77. Independence in activities of daily living (ADLs) remained high, as did self-reliance for instrumental ADLs (IADLs) for women. A more sensitive marker of diminished function was reported ease in performance, which declined for use of the toilet, dressing, and all spheres of IADLs. For nearly every task, those who reported exercising 4 days a week at age 70 were more likely to report ease in performance at age 77, independent of specific disease or general self-assessed health. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030122222 A
Classmark	CEA: C4: CA: BBK: 3J: 7H6
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