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| Characteristics of respiratory function of aged female community dwellers and institutional residents | | Author(s) | Toshiaki Muraki, Tasuku Kaneko, Noriko Setoh |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 15, no 2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 49-60 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904, USA. |
| Keywords | Respiratory systems ; Older women ; Over 70s ; Octogenarians ; Living in the community ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Comparison ; Japan. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was examine the effect of two different living environments - community and institution - on the lung function of older women in their seventies and eighties, and to provide therapists with some clinically effective information about physical activity and exercise. The spirometric parameters including vital capacity (VC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1.0), and the maximal flow at 50% level of the vital capacity (V50) were measured in 167 women. Results showed that older women living in the community had better respiratory function than their institutionalised counterparts. The study concluded that the method of spirometry to assess lung function with increased age may be of value to provide older people with effective exercise programmes that can be applied to activities of daily living. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303404 A |
| Classmark | BKC: BD: BBK: BBM: K4: KW: KX: 48: 7DT |
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