The Importance of Sport in Aging Process

Göksu, Ömer; Yüksek, Selami; Ayan, Vedat; Güler, Mehmet Şirin

doi:10.11114/jets.v7i9.4350

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“…The lack of literature on this subject raises a number of questions that need to be answered. It has already been proven that participation in sports activities at young age and continuation of these activities throughout a life, can have overall positive effect on the social, psychological, and physiological domains of ageing ( Göksu et al, 2019 ; Baker et al, 2010 ; Hirvensalo & Lintunen, 2011 ). But can active participation in sport at a young age also have a positive impact on skeletal muscle disorders such as sarcopenia in old age?…”

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Participation in youth sports influences sarcopenia parameters in older adults

Teraž,

Kalc,

Šimunič

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Background The degree of deterioration in sarcopenia parameters may be affected by a person’s level of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB). Our study focused on examining the PA and SB of active older adults including those with and without history of sports in youth. Methods Forty-four participants (20 men and 24 women, mean age of total sample 76.1 ± 5.2 years) were included in analysis of PA, SB habits and sarcopenia parameters, determined by skeletal muscle index, hand-grip strength, gait speed, Timed Up and Go tests (TUG). PA and SB were recorded with accelerometers. Our primary aim was to compare participants with (AH) or without a sport history in youth (NAH), in their sarcopenia parameters and PA and SB habits. Results When divided participants in two groups (AH and NAH) and adjusting for age, we have detected the differences for skeletal muscle index (p = 0.007) and hand-grip strength (p = 0.004) in favor of participants who were engaged in sports in youth. We did not find any differences in PA and SB habits between the AH and NAH groups. After adjusting for age, participants with a higher number of daily steps, longer moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) bouts, a higher number of MVPA bouts in a day and higher overall MVPA engagement achieved better results in hand-grip strength and TUG. Participants with lower SB had better TUG and gait speed results. Conclusions Our findings suggest that engaging in sports activities in youth can make a difference with sarcopenia parameters. Although we found no differences in PA and SB habits between participants with AH and NAH, participants with an athlete history performed better results in sarcopenia parameters.

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Participation in youth sports influences sarcopenia parameters in older adults

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“…In recent years, descriptive, preventive, enhancing and protective practices and studies for the evaluation and development of components affecting health in children, adults and the elderly have gained momentum. Studies show that exercise in the old age contributes to individuals physically and physiologically (Yüksek, 2017;Göksu, Yüksek, Ayan, & Güler, 2019). In this sense, the study aims to reveal the effects of physical fitness on obesity by examining the relationship between physical fitness level and body weight.…”

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Investigation of the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness in Older Women

Güler¹,

Yüksek²,

GÖKSU³

2020

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This study aimed to examine the effect of Body Mass Index (BMI) on physical fitness levels in women between the ages of 65-75.The research was conducted with the participation of 687 women who were able to maintain daily life activities independently, who had no serious health problems, and who could be considered healthy in their age category. The cases included in the study were divided into 3 groups as Normal (117 cases), Overweight (273 cases), and Obese (297 cases) according to the calculated Body Mass Index values. Accordingly, those with a body mass index of less than 18.50 kg/m2 were classified as Thin, those between 18.50 and 24.99 kg/m2 as Normal, those between 25.00 and 29.99 kg/m2 as Overweight and those higher than 30 kg/m2 as Obese. 687 cases were included in the study, and the categories were designed as Normal, Overweight and Obese since there were no cases below 18.50 kg/m2 within the body mass index values calculated among these cases.In the study, the Senior Fitness Test (SFT) protocol consisting of six stations designed by Rikli and Jones (2001) was used to determine the physical fitness levels of the elderly.In the analysis of the data obtained from the measurements, arithmetic averages, standard deviations, and differences between the averages were found using SPSS 11.0 for Windows package software. As a result of the Kolmogorov Smirnov test conducted to find the level of distribution of the data, it was determined that all groups presented a normal distribution. One-way ANOVA-Scheffe test was applied to compare the test scores of the cases according to body mass index values. The correlation of the body weight of the groups classified according to body mass index with the test scores was examined at the level of 0.05 and 0.01.As a result, among the cases that were grouped according to their body mass index values, the cases with normal BMI values were found to have the best physical fitness test scores. Performance differences between groups were found to be statistically significant according to their BMI values. Especially in obese individuals, it was determined that their movement skills decreased due to weight gain.

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Understanding the Lived Experiences of Athlete Elderly in COVID-19 Pandemic in Tehran (A Phenomenological Approach)

Hosseini

2021

Salmand

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Objectives: Epidemics create extensive socio-behavioral changes in all areas, sport is no exception. The current study aimed at understanding the lived experience of athletic older adults from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods & Materials: The present qualitative research applied a phenomenological approach. The study participants were 16 athletic older adults in Tehran City, Iran who were selected by the purposive sampling method. Through in-depth and unstructured interviews, the required data were collected. The obtained data were analyzed using the seven-step Diekelman’s (1993) approach. Results: According to the obtained data, 4 categories of meanings were identified about the lived experiences of the explored elderly from the COVID-19 pandemic. These categories included the experiences of psychosocial isolation and thinking about death; the marginalization of older adult's sports; mood swings and lifestyle changes, and finding opportunities for sports activism. Conclusion: These concepts of experiences in the life-world of athletic older adults in Tehran from the COVID-19 pandemic were the constitutions of their social action. In the case of proper analysis and application, they can be helpful in better managing professional sports in epidemics.

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The Importance of Sport in Aging Process

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Participation in youth sports influences sarcopenia parameters in older adults

Participation in youth sports influences sarcopenia parameters in older adults

Investigation of the Relationship between Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness in Older Women

Understanding the Lived Experiences of Athlete Elderly in COVID-19 Pandemic in Tehran (A Phenomenological Approach)

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