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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2020

Senior physical activity contests in nursing homes: a feasibility study.

Alexia Charles, Anais Girard, Fanny Buckinx, Alexandre Mouton, Jean-Yves Reginster, Olivier Bruyère

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Physical and Motor Fitness Tests for Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexia CharlesDivision of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Ageing, CHU-Sart-Tilman, B23, Quartier Hôpital, University of Liège, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium. alexia.charles@uliege.be.
Anais GirardDepartment of Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Fanny BuckinxDivision of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Ageing, CHU-Sart-Tilman, B23, Quartier Hôpital, University of Liège, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
Alexandre MoutonDepartment of Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Jean-Yves ReginsterDivision of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Ageing, CHU-Sart-Tilman, B23, Quartier Hôpital, University of Liège, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
Olivier BruyèreDivision of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Ageing, CHU-Sart-Tilman, B23, Quartier Hôpital, University of Liège, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
University of Liège · BEKing Saud University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCompetition has been shown to improve motivation and physical performance in young people. This method has been rarely studied in older people.

aimsTo evaluate the feasibility of senior physical activity (PA) contests between two nursing homes and to assess changes in the motivational level and physical performance of the residents over time.

methodsResidents from two Belgian nursing homes were invited to participate in PA contests. A pretest and three contest sessions were organized over a period of 3 months. The activities proposed were body balance, gait speed, sit-to-stand performance, arm curl and address tests. Feasibility was measured by contest session adherence (expected score > 80%), difficulty scores (expected score < 40%) and appreciation scores (expected score > 80%). Motivational questionnaires were administered: the BREQ-2 (assessing amotivation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, intrinsic motivation and external motivation) and the A-PMCEQ (assessing ego- and task-involving climates). Friedman's analysis of variance was performed to evaluate the changes in physical performance and motivational levels.

resultsOf the 24 participants, seven did not complete all sessions because of medical or personal reasons not related to the study. During the three sessions, the adherence was 86%, the mean difficulty score was 30.8% and the satisfaction score was 87%. After three sessions, residents experienced a significant decrease ranged from 3 to 0 point for amotivation (p = 0.03), 1 to 0 point for external motivation (p = 0.03) and 2.5 to 2 points for ego-involving climate (p = 0.02) and a significant improvement ranged from 0.7 to 0.9 m/s for gait speed (p < 0.001), 18.5 to 15.6 s for sit-to-stand performance (p < 0.001) and 11.5 to 15 curls for arm curl scores (p < 0.001).

conclusionsIn nursing home settings, senior PA contests are feasible and may improve the motivational climate and physical performance.

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ExerciseAgedAged, 80 and overFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotivationNursing HomesSurveys and QuestionnairesCompetitionExercise programmeMotivationNursing homesPhysical performance

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