ArticleJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2022
Recommendations for physical activity in the elderly population: A scoping review of guidelines.
Article in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The Relationship between Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Korean Adults: The Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes in mortality of Polish residents in the early and late old age due to main causes of death from 2000 to 2019.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of New Exercises to Promote Physical Activity in Nursing Home Settings.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Physical inactivity and sedentary time are associated with all-cause mortality, chronic non-communicable diseases and falls in the elderly. Objective of this review is to assess and summarize recommendations from clinical guidelines for physical activity (PA) of older adults in general and related to falls. A scoping review of the existing clinical guidelines was conducted. The included studies should have been developed under the auspices of a health organization and their methodology should be described in detail. Nine clinical guidelines providing specific recommendations for the elderly were identified. There was a strong agreement across the guidelines regarding goals, activities parameters, adverse effects of PA, in addition to reference for preventing falls. Keeping even the minimum of physical activity, introducing balance exercises and strengthening exercises for preventing falls, avoiding unexpected accelerations in the intensity of the activities, applying the necessary precautions and consulting a health professional are the main pillars of recommendations. Despite any deficiencies in definitions, monitoring and optimal dosage consistency of recommendations, is an ideal incentive for countries and organizations to adopt and enhance physical activity as an antidote to the degeneration of human's health and quality of life.
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