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| Evidence-based interventions to increase physical activity among older adults | | Author(s) | Vicki S Conn, Sang-arun Isaramalai, JoAnne Banks-Wallace |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 27, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 39-52 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Preventative medicine ; Quantitative studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Despite well-documented potential health and quality of life benefits, few older people perform optimal physical activity. The practical implications are presented of a meta-analysis conducted to quantitatively synthesise findings across 43 primary studies with 33,000 ageing adults. Findings suggest activity professionals should incorporate self-monitoring, intense contact between activity professionals and participants, and centre-based exercise. Interventions should focus exclusively on physical behaviour and recommend moderate activity, probably walking. Groups of individuals with particular chronic illnesses are most likely to be successful. Exercise prescription and behaviour modification may also be effective. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040113204 A |
| Classmark | CEA: LK2: 3DQ: 7T |
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