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Benefits of exercise for older adults
— a review of existing evidence and current recommendations for the general population | | Author(s) | Kurt Elward, Eric B Larson |
| Journal title | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, vol 8, no 1, February 1992 |
| Pages | pp 35-50 |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Research Reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data sources available are of variable quality, but they do give support to the potential value of exercise for whole groups of older people. Exercise of moderate intensity may benefit many older people in numerous and complementary ways, e.g. cardiovascular status, fracture risk, functional ability, and mental processing. Exercise should be regarded as safe for most older people, as there are few complications associated with increases in activity. Cardiovascular rehabilitation programmes for those with known coronary artery disease report few major cardiovascular complications. However, exercise needs to be tailored, and when possible, individualised, with specific objectives for the person or group in mind. The authors believe that the known physiological effects of exercise on age-related changes and existing clinical research support the general notion that vigorous weight-bearing exercises such as walking are the safest, cheapest, easiest and most widely beneficial for the average older person. Research has yet to define ways of encouraging sedentary people to exercise regularly. The benefits appear to be great enough to justify efforts at community and individual level. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980828210 A |
| Classmark | CEA: 3A:6KC: 7T * |
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