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Fit to drive
— a pilot study to improve the physical fitness of older drivers | | Author(s) | Glenyth A Caragata, Holly Tuokko, Aaron Damini |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 33, no 4, October-December 2009 |
| Pages | pp 240-255 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Exercise ; Good Health ; Physical capacity ; Pilot ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The fitness programme described in this article was developed as part of a larger pilot study supporting older drivers in a small urban area of British Columbia, Canada. The study aimed to explore whether maintaining a driver's licence could motivate older adults to participate in a regular fitness programme, and determine whether gains in fitness could result in self-perceived improvements in driving. Physical measures and questionnaires were collected from 19 participants and 5 controls. For the intervention group, men showed significant gains in strength, endurance, agility, flexibility and hand reaction time. Half of the participants felt their driving skills had improved, and 40% reported an increase in driving confidence. Controls showed some improvements in endurance and foot reaction time, but no self-reported improvements in driving. This study contributes to the understanding of older people's motivation for activity participation, and suggests that improvements in physical conditioning may have a positive impact on driver safety. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100907007 A |
| Classmark | OPF: CEA: CD: BI: 4UC: 7S |
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