Health benefits of physical activity in older patients: a review

Vogel, Thomas; Bréchat, Pierre-Henri; Leprêtre, Pierre-Marie; Kaltenbach, Georges; Berthel, M.; Lonsdorfer, J.

doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01957.x

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“…The failure of measures such as weight or BMI in differentiating efficiency could support current evidence in favor of disregarding measures such as BMI as an indicator of risk of mortality in the elderly, with other factors, such as a sedentary lifestyle, being more important 52 . These results, in agreement with those of other authors 53 , suggest the importance of investigating the target population's health needs, activity dose, and demographics before implementing programs, especially if differences between population features have been identified 9,21,54 . The establishment of specific groups of individuals may mitigate the discrepancy between ideal versions of programs and their practical implementation.…”

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Effects of an adapted physical activity program on the physical condition of elderly women: an analysis of efficiency

Alburquerque‐Sendín¹,

Mariano²,

Brandão-Santana³

et al. 2012

Rev. bras. fisioter.

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Effects of an adapted physical activity program on the physical condition of elderly women: an analysis of efficiency

Alburquerque‐Sendín¹,

Mariano²,

Brandão-Santana³

et al. 2012

Rev. bras. fisioter.

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“…Age-specific analysis showed that the relative benefits of cycling are highest in the older age categories. This may have been even more pronounced if we had taken into account that the relative risks of physical activity may be larger for the elderly (Vogel et al 2009). The empirical evidence for higher relative risks in elderly related to long-term exposure to air pollution is weak; for example, in the large American Cancer Society study there were no differences in relative risk for PM 2.5 (Pope et al 2002).…”

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Do the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks?

Hartog

Boogaard

Nijland

et al. 2011

Ciênc. saúde coletiva

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Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks?Os benefícios à saúde em andar de bicicleta superam os riscos?Resumo Embora uma mudança do uso de carro para bicicleta possa trazer efeitos benéficos para a saúde devido à diminuição da poluição do ar e a um aumento da atividade física, esta mudança também pode trazer efeitos adversos à saúde como exposição à poluição e risco de acidentes de trân-sito, os quais podem superar os benefícios. Nós resumimos a literatura sobre poluição do ar, acidentes de trânsito e atividade física, utilizando revisões sistemáticas suplementadas com estudos recentes. Quantificamos também o impacto na causa de mortalidade se 500 mil pessoas fizessem a transição de carro para bicicleta em viagens curtas diárias na Holanda. Estimamos que os efeitos benéficos do aumento da atividade física são substancialmente maiores do que o efeito potencial da mortalidade por inalação de ar poluído e aumento de acidentes de trânsito. Os benefícios sociais são ainda maiores devido a uma modesta redução na poluição do ar e nos acidentes de trânsito. Em média, os benefícios de saúde devido ao uso da bicicleta são substancialmente maiores do que os riscos relativos a dirigir um carro para pessoas em transição do modo de transporte. Palavras-chave Poluição do ar, Bicicleta, Mudança, Atividade física, Acidentes de trânsito Abstract Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution emissions and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposure to air pollution and risk of a traffic accident may prevail. We have summarized the literature for air pollution, traffic accidents, and physical activity using systematic reviews supplemented with recent key studies. We quantified the impact on all-cause mortality when 500,000 people would make a transition from car to bicycle for short trips on a daily basis in the Netherlands. We estimate that beneficial effects of increased physical activity are substantially larger (3-14 months gained) than the potential mortality effect of increased inhaled air pollution doses (0.8-40 days lost) and the increase in traffic accidents (5-9 days lost). Societal benefits are even larger because of a modest reduction in air pollution and traffic accidents. On average, the estimated health benefits of cycling were substantially larger than the risks relative to car driving for individuals shifting their mode of transport.

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“…Physical activity-bodily movement produced by the skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure [1]-prevents or delays onset of many negative physical and mental health outcomes common among older adults, including but not limited to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast and colon cancer, arthritis, dementia, declines in physical capacity, falls, loss of independence, and frailty [2][3][4][5]. Despite these protective benefits, fewer than one in four Americans age 65 and over meet recommended physical activity guidelines [6], and nearly a third report engaging in no leisure-time physical activity in the past month [7].…”

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Neighborhood Disorder and Physical Activity among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study

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Neighborhood physical disorder-the visual indications of neighborhood deterioration-may inhibit outdoor physical activity, particularly among older adults. However, few previous studies of the association between neighborhood disorder and physical activity have focused on this sensitive population group, and most have been cross-sectional. We examined the relationship between neighborhood physical disorder and physical activity, measured using the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE), in a three-wave longitudinal study of 3497 New York City residents aged 65-75 at baseline weighted to be representative of the older adult population of New York City. We used longitudinal mixed linear regression controlling for a number of individual and neighborhood factors to estimate the association of disorder with PASE score at baseline and change in PASE score over 2 years. There were too few subjects to assess the effect of changes in disorder on activity levels. In multivariable mixed regression models accounting for individual and neighborhood factors; for missing data and for loss to followup, each standard deviation increase in neighborhood disorder was associated with an estimated 2.0 units (95% CI 0.3, 3.6) lower PASE score at baseline, or the equivalent of about 6 min of walking per day. However, physical disorder was not related to changes in PASE score over 2 years of follow-up. In this ethnically and socioeconomically diverse population of urban older adults, residents of more disordered neighborhoods were on average less active at baseline. Physical disorder was not associated with changes in overall physical activity over time.

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Health benefits of physical activity in older patients: a review

Cited by 428 publications

References 134 publications

Effects of an adapted physical activity program on the physical condition of elderly women: an analysis of efficiency

Effects of an adapted physical activity program on the physical condition of elderly women: an analysis of efficiency

Do the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks?

Neighborhood Disorder and Physical Activity among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study

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