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Effectiveness of community-based Baduanjin exercise intervention for older adults with varying frailty status: a randomized controlled trial
Effectiveness of community-based Baduanjin exercise intervention for older adults with varying frailty status: a randomized controlled trial
Due to poorer exercise tolerance, it may be challenging for frail older adults to engage in moderate- or vigorous-intensit...
Reliable measures of rest-activity rhythm fragmentation: how many days are needed?
Reliable measures of rest-activity rhythm fragmentation: how many days are needed?
A more fragmented, less stable rest-activity rhythm (RAR) is emerging as a risk factor for health. Accelerometer devices a...
‘Can do’ versus ‘Do do’ in nursing home residents: identification of contextual factors discriminating groups with aligned or misaligned physical activity and physical capacity
‘Can do’ versus ‘Do do’ in nursing home residents: identification of contextual factors discriminating groups with aligned or misaligned physical activity and physical capacity
Physical activity (PA) is fundamental to nursing home residents’ health. Likewise, physical capacity (PC) is essenti...
Can hypoxic exercise retard cellular senescence? A narrative review
Can hypoxic exercise retard cellular senescence? A narrative review
Senescent cells are defined as normal cells that have undergone irreversible division arrest due to various factors. These...
Is functional training functional? a systematic review of its effects in community-dwelling older adults
Is functional training functional? a systematic review of its effects in community-dwelling older adults
Age-related decline in physical and cognitive capacity increases older adults’ risk of disability, long-term care pl...
Patterns of physical activity among nursing home residents before and during the Covid 19 pandemic—a systematic observation
Patterns of physical activity among nursing home residents before and during the Covid 19 pandemic—a systematic observation
The Covid-19 outbreak in spring of 2020 posed an array of challenges for nursing homes, including promoting resident physi...
Is moderate resistance training adequate for older adults with sarcopenia? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of RCTs
Is moderate resistance training adequate for older adults with sarcopenia? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of RCTs
Resistance training (RT) and nutritional supplementation are recommended for the management of sarcopenia in older adults....
Agility training to integratively promote neuromuscular, cardiorespiratory and cognitive function in healthy older adults: a one-year randomized-controlled trial
Agility training to integratively promote neuromuscular, cardiorespiratory and cognitive function in healthy older adults: a one-year randomized-controlled trial
Exercise training recommendations for seniors include the targeted training of strength, balance, endurance and flexibilit...
Determinants of caregiving grandparents’ physical activity and sedentary behavior: a qualitative study using focus group discussions
Determinants of caregiving grandparents’ physical activity and sedentary behavior: a qualitative study using focus group discussions
Evidence on the factors influencing physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in middle-aged and older adults tak...
Determining minimum number of valid days for accurate estimation of sedentary behaviour and awake-time movement behaviours using the ActivPAL3 in nursing home residents
Determining minimum number of valid days for accurate estimation of sedentary behaviour and awake-time movement behaviours using the ActivPAL3 in nursing home residents
Scarce evidence is available about the minimum number of valid days wearing the activPAL3 to obtain a precise estimate of ...
Change in physical activity and systolic blood pressure trajectories throughout mid-life and the development of dementia in older age: the HUNT study
Change in physical activity and systolic blood pressure trajectories throughout mid-life and the development of dementia in older age: the HUNT study
There is lack of research on combinations of possible modifiable risk factors for dementia in a life-time perspective. Dem...
Cognitive, physical and emotional determinants of activities of daily living in nursing home residents—a cross-sectional study within the PROCARE-project
Cognitive, physical and emotional determinants of activities of daily living in nursing home residents—a cross-sectional study within the PROCARE-project
Interdependencies of health, fitness, cognition, and emotion can promote or inhibit mobility. This study aimed to analyse ...
Concept of the term long lie: a scoping review
Concept of the term long lie: a scoping review
The term “long lie” is often used when individuals who have fallen are unable to stand up on their own, so the...
Mind body exercise improves cognitive function more than aerobic- and resistance exercise in healthy adults aged 55 years and older – an umbrella review
Mind body exercise improves cognitive function more than aerobic- and resistance exercise in healthy adults aged 55 years and older – an umbrella review
Exercise is often cited as a major factor contributing to improved cognitive functioning. As a result, the relationship be...
Objective assessment of the association between frailty and sedentary behavior in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Objective assessment of the association between frailty and sedentary behavior in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Given the inconsistent findings of the association between frailty and sedentary behavior in older adults, this cross-sect...
Grip strength cut-points from the Swiss DO-HEALTH population
Grip strength cut-points from the Swiss DO-HEALTH population
While grip strength (GS) is commonly assessed using a Dynamometer, the Martin Vigorimeter was proposed as an alternative m...
‘Maintaining balance in life’—exploring older adults’ long-term engagement in self-managed digital fall prevention exercise
‘Maintaining balance in life’—exploring older adults’ long-term engagement in self-managed digital fall prevention exercise
Accidental falls are one of the greatest threats to older adults’ health and well-being. The risk of falling can be ...
Peroneal muscle response to single-leg drop-jump and unexpected leg-drop in young and middle-aged adults before and after one session of neuromuscular training
Peroneal muscle response to single-leg drop-jump and unexpected leg-drop in young and middle-aged adults before and after one session of neuromuscular training
Changes in neuromuscular ability in middle age (MA) may lead to deterioration of postural control. The aim of this study w...
Physical activity monitoring-based interventions in geriatric patients: a scoping review on intervention components and clinical applicability
Physical activity monitoring-based interventions in geriatric patients: a scoping review on intervention components and clinical applicability
To identify and analyze the components applied in interventions using physical activity (PA) monitoring in geriatric patie...
Effects of home-based manual dexterity training on cognitive function among older adults: a randomized controlled trial
Effects of home-based manual dexterity training on cognitive function among older adults: a randomized controlled trial
The relationship between manual dexterity and cognitive function among older adults is well known; however, few studies ha...
Effectiveness and therapeutic validity of physiotherapeutic exercise starting within one year following total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a systematic review
Effectiveness and therapeutic validity of physiotherapeutic exercise starting within one year following total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a systematic review
To determine the effectiveness and therapeutic validity of physiotherapeutic exercise after total and unicompartmental kne...
Evidence-based yet still challenging! Research on physical activity in old age
Evidence-based yet still challenging! Research on physical activity in old age
Preserving functional health and quality-of-life in old age is a major goal and global challenge in public health. The hig...
Trajectory of physical activity frequency and cancer risk: Findings from a population-based cohort study
Trajectory of physical activity frequency and cancer risk: Findings from a population-based cohort study
Physical activity (PA) changes throughout an individual’s life, but the association between such changes and cancer ...
Sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors as factors related to depression and health-related quality of life among older women living alone: a population-based study
Sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors as factors related to depression and health-related quality of life among older women living alone: a population-based study
Although the number of older women living alone (OWLA) has risen steadily in aging societies, and research has been conduc...
Device-measured movement behaviors and cardiac biomarkers in older adults without major cardiovascular disease: the Seniors-ENRICA-2 study
Device-measured movement behaviors and cardiac biomarkers in older adults without major cardiovascular disease: the Seniors-ENRICA-2 study
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are biomarkers of m...
Does a bicycle accident as the cause of proximal femur fracture indicate that geriatric co-management is superfluous? A retrospective cohort study
Does a bicycle accident as the cause of proximal femur fracture indicate that geriatric co-management is superfluous? A retrospective cohort study
Deployment of geriatric care would be more sustainable if we could limit geriatric co-management to older hip fracture pat...
Systematic review of candidate prognostic factors for falling in older adults identified from motion analysis of challenging walking tasks
Systematic review of candidate prognostic factors for falling in older adults identified from motion analysis of challenging walking tasks
The objective of this systematic review is to identify motion analysis parameters measured during challenging walking task...
Exercise based reduction of falls in communitydwelling older adults: a network meta-analysis
Exercise based reduction of falls in communitydwelling older adults: a network meta-analysis
Traditional meta-analyses with pairwise direct comparison revealed that a variety of exercise-based training interventions...
The value of walking: a systematic review on mobility and healthcare costs
The value of walking: a systematic review on mobility and healthcare costs
The ability to walk is an important indicator of general health and mobility deficits have wide-ranging economic implicati...
Impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on level of physical activity and health in home-dwelling older adults in Norway
Impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on level of physical activity and health in home-dwelling older adults in Norway
The spread of the coronavirus in spring 2020 led to a lockdown of physical activity (PA) offers. The aim of this study was...
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