The official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity (EGREPA)
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:63
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Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:63
The paper discusses two parallel biocultural trends—aging and inactivity. The principle of economy in movement in modern society versus the dependency of human beings on movement for their development and heal...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:89
Frailty is a physiological syndrome that increases the risk of poor health. Although some research has been conducted to study the benefits of physical exercise in frail elderly populations, different operatio...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:75
Despite mounting evidence implicating sedentary behavior as a significant risk factor among the elderly, there is a limited amount of information on the type and amount of activity needed to promote optimal he...
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In this systematic review the validity of the dose–response relationships between physical activity (PA) and energy expenditure (EE) on defined health outcomes (cardio- and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortal...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:7
The elderly represent the fastest growing driving population. Older drivers have a high crash rate per distance traveled, a high risk of injury or death in traffic accidents, and are commonly found to be ‘at f...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:44
This study aimed to review studies exploring the effect of physical activity on affect in advanced age with a special focus on the moderating role of fitness improvement and mode of exercise and to examine tho...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:19
With increasing age, it appears that masters athletes competing in anaerobic events (10–100 s) decline linearly in performance until 70 years of age, after which the rate of decline appears to accelerate. This...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 6:39
Several lines of evidence indicate that infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmune disorders occur more frequently in elderly people, thus suggesting that altered function of immune organs and cells, such as ...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:61
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Evaluation of physical functioning is a key issue in clinical geriatrics and in aging research. In recent years, different physical performance batteries in which individuals are asked to perform several tasks...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:37
Attributions of age-related deficits in motor function to structural changes are compromised once the elderly exhibit lower error rates. This is because performance decrements observed in older adults are attr...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:69
In this article, we present and explain a bio-psycho-social model of successful aging with subjective well-being as a criterion of a successful aging process. We focus on physical activity because it is a cruc...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:35
As lifespan continues to increase in many developed countries, so too does the age at which we see extraordinary achievements from older adults. Examples from running, golf, and other domains continue to redef...
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) may play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic diabetic complications and in the natural process of biological aging. In fact, maintained hyperglycaemia favour...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:32
This work aims to provide an inventory of the risk factors and consequences of falling in the elderly, namely fractures, and to identify strategies to prevent falls and minimise their effects. Falls in elderly...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:31
This paper reviews research on motor-skill learning across the life span with particular emphasis on older age. For this purpose, studies that focus on age-related differences in fine and gross motor skills an...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:30
Masters athletes are typically older than 35 years of age and systematically train for, and compete in, organized forms of sport specifically designed for older adults. They are motivated to participate in mas...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2008 5:29
The increased life span in human population has shown that some diseases, as infections, cancer and autoimmune phenomena, occur more frequently in the elderly than in the younger. We describe the ageing proces...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 5:28
The growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis is an important physiological regulator muscle for development. Although there is evidence that aging muscle retains the ability to synthesize IGF-I...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:22
Osteoporosis, a manifestation of bone atrophy that leads to great susceptibility to fractures, is a very important public health problem today because of its great morbidity, mortality and important economic r...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:27
Throughout the human life span the functions of several physiological systems dramatically change, including proprioception. Impaired proprioception leads to less accurate detection of body position changes in...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:26
Is it possible to maintain or even enhance functional and cognitive independence in residents of nursing homes? Little is known about the potentials and limits of therapeutic methods designed to maintain indep...
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In most physiologic systems, there is considerable evidence that the normal aging processes do not result in significant impairment or dysfunction in the absence of pathology and under resting conditions. Howe...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:23
Age-related declines in cognition may have detrimental effects on older adults’ ability to complete everyday activities that young- and middle-aged individuals perform automatically. Theories of cognitive agin...
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Most balance training regimens for elderly individuals focus on self-controlled exercises, although automatic postural responses after a balance perturbation are not under direct volitional control. We critica...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:19
This study aimed to investigate the degree to which the elements of the theory of planned behavior mediate the relationship between constraints and intention to continuing participation in physical activities....
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:14
Based on the concept of ‘aging in place,’ design of houses in the past years are explored. Design features in the built environment become barriers for aging people with functional limitations. Initially, hous...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:16
This review offers an update of the psychological effects of Tai Chi Chuan (TC) among different populations. A computerized literature research from 1990 to June 2006 was carried out. Studies were selected whe...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2007 4:15
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease affecting the regulation of insulin and glucose causing a disruption in the normal control of counterregulatory hormones and macronutrients, resulting in blood glu...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:63
Aging is associated with a significant decline in neuromuscular function leading to an eventual loss of independence and mobility of senescent people. Age-related sarcopenia, characterised by a reduction in mu...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:11
Elderly population often is encouraged to practice sports in preventing cardiovascular diseases. However, evidences exist that intense physical efforts are related with a higher risk for acute myocardial infar...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:9
Hip protectors seemed to be the only non-pharmacological intervention to effectively prevent hip fractures in high-risk populations. In contrast, recently published trials did not find hip fracture reduction t...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:8
We review four broad lines of research on couplings between sensorimotor and cognitive aging, with an emphasis on methodological concerns. First, correlational cross-sectional and longitudinal data indicate in...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:7
In this study, we review the evidence that older adults tend to have both a shorter time to lose stability in the maintenance of standing posture and the functionally related but inverse problem of needing mor...
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Physical activity offers one of the greatest opportunities for people to extend years of active independent life and reduce functional limitations. The purpose of this paper is to identify key practices for pr...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:3
It is widely accepted that regular physical exercise helps diabetic patients control blood glucose, reduce cardiovascular risk factors, and prevent other related complications. In spite of the undoubted benefi...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:10
Problems with ambulation and mobility are frequent problems in older adults. Each year, about one in 100 older adults develops new severe mobility disability. Assessment of abnormal gait constitutes a major co...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:20
Prevention of disability in late life has become a major public health concern, a key area of ageing research, and also an important target for the development of effective interventions. The increase in life ...
Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2006 3:3
Walking is a fundamental motor skill that significantly affects the level of independence in older adults. The amount of variability present in a walking pattern reflects the quality of neuromuscular control. ...
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