Journal article
Decreased Mobility in the Elderly: The Exercise Antidote
The Physician and sportsmedicine, Vol.25(9), pp.126-133
09/01/1997
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1997.09.1516
PMID: 20086938
Abstract
There is no age limit to the benefits of exercise. Regular activity, in fact, can often slow or reverse the decreased mobility that contributes to disease and disability in old age. Teasing out the relative contributions of disuse and genetically programmed decline can be difficult. However, clinical research demonstrates that for most elderly patients, including many who are frail or have concurrent illnesses, a program of aerobic, strength training, and flexibility exercise helps maintain mobility, improve quality of life, and prolong independence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Decreased Mobility in the Elderly: The Exercise Antidote
- Creators
- Joseph A. Buckwalter - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsNicholas A DiNubile - department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Physician and sportsmedicine, Vol.25(9), pp.126-133
- DOI
- 10.3810/psm.1997.09.1516
- PMID
- 20086938
- NLM abbreviation
- Phys Sportsmed
- ISSN
- 0091-3847
- eISSN
- 2326-3660
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984304688202771
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