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  1. Normal aging processes result in losses of functional flexibility and muscular strength, which increase seniors’ fall risk and dependence on others. A relatively new intervention to reduce and/or reverse the a...

    Authors: C. Lachance, P. Weir, K. Kenno and S. Horton
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2012 9:94
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  2. The objectives of this study were to describe the different modalities of physical activity programs designed for moderate to severe dementia and to identify their impact on functional independence in activiti...

    Authors: Elisabeth Burge, Nicolas Kuhne, André Berchtold, Christine Maupetit and Armin von Gunten
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 9:92
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  3. Digital games cannot only be used for fun and entertainment. The term “serious games” (SG) denotes digital games serving serious purposes like education, training, advertising, research and health. Recently, a...

    Authors: Josef Wiemeyer and Annika Kliem
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 9:93
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  5. We investigate whether the distance between the next sports facilities and children’s homes matter for their sports activities inside and outside of sports clubs. Our analysis is based on a large and informati...

    Authors: Andreas Steinmayr, Christina Felfe and Michael Lechner
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 8:90
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  8. The article provides an overview of the results of cross-sectional and longitudinal data sets concerning sport participation of the elderly in Germany with a focus on correlations of sport participation with g...

    Authors: Ulrike Tischer, Ilse Hartmann-Tews and Claudia Combrink
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 8:87
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  9. Chronic musculoskeletal conditions in the lower extremities, particularly arthritis, and the chronic pain associated with them, are independent risk factors for falls, with approximately 50% of people with art...

    Authors: Pazit Levinger, Susannah Wallman and Keith Hill
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 9:86
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  10. As an attempt to measure the ‘experienced’ utility of individuals in economics, the investigation of individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB) was pioneered by Van Praag and Frijters (1999) and Kahneman et al. (19...

    Authors: Tim Pawlowski, Paul Downward and Simona Rasciute
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 8:85
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  11. Recent research emphasizes the importance of economic factors on sport participation. We extend this by examining the role played by time constraints and family structure in survey data from Rheinberg, Germany...

    Authors: Jane E. Ruseski, Brad R. Humphreys, Kirstin Hallmann and Christoph Breuer
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 8:84
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  12. The objective of this work was to summarise and evaluate the evidence showing that physical activity is a protector factor as regards falls in older people. Relevant studies were identified through a systemati...

    Authors: Marie Thibaud, Frédéric Bloch, Caroline Tournoux-Facon, Cyril Brèque, Anne Sophie Rigaud, Benoît Dugué and Gilles Kemoun
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 9:81
    Content type: Metaanalysis Published on:

  13. Regular walking is one of the most recommended and popular physical activity worldwide. This study (1) detected the effects of unsupervised regular walking on physical and cognitive functioning, emotional stat...

    Authors: Orcin Telli Atalay and Uğur Cavlak
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 9:83
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  16. The demographic changes in the industrialized countries place new and important challenges to health care providers, politicians, and modern society. Many older persons wish to maintain independence and mobili...

    Authors: Ellen Freiberger and Paul de Vreede
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 8:78
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  17. The purpose of this paper was to discuss physical activity and sports participation in a life-course framework, long-term tracking, determinants, and correlates of physical activity from childhood to old age, ...

    Authors: Mirja Hirvensalo and Taru Lintunen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2011 8:76
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  20. Over the last few years, the estimation of energy expenditure with accelerometers has become more and more accurate due to improvements in sensor technology. Significant enhancement could be reached by model-b...

    Authors: Sascha Härtel, Jens-Peter Gnam, Simone Löffler and Klaus Bös
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 8:74
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  22. Elite master athletes with long-term devotion to physical training offer an economical means of investigating the effects of ageing and habitual exercise on maximal physical performance. Ideally, individuals w...

    Authors: Harri Suominen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 8:73
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  24. The need to study lifelong changes in health and functioning has resulted in increasing emphasis on a life course approach in different fields of inquiry. The aim of this approach is to explore how biological,...

    Authors: Eino Heikkinen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 8:69
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  25. In this minireview, we summarize the research results to date on the progression of functional limitations and the role of physical activity during the life course in preventing risk factor accumulation. In ad...

    Authors: Mikaela B. von Bonsdorff and Taina Rantanen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 8:70
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  26. Experts in Adapted Physical Activity (APA) for elderly persons from 66 higher education institutions of 29 European countries worked during 3 years together (2004–2007) in producing education materials to prom...

    Authors: Herman Van Coppenolle, S. Djobova, A. Niemiro, I. Dobreva and K. U. Leuven
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 8:68
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  28. Due to the demographic situation in nowadays societies, physical activity, and sport expenditure have to be analysed from a demographic as well as socio-economical perspective. This means that determinants suc...

    Authors: Christoph Breuer, Kirstin Hallmann, Pamela Wicker and Svenja Feiler
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:66
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  29. In this work, a simplified interface system for education of people with disabilities is presented. This platform allows the control of different tools (PC games, robot, and electric wheelchair) using differen...

    Authors: Chadi Riman, Husam Ghusn and Eric Monacelli
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:65
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  32. The aims of this study were (1) to analyze the sport participation in a cohort of community-dwelling elderly people in Germany and (2) to evaluate associations between sport participation, sociodemographic fac...

    Authors: Timo Hinrichs, Ulrike Trampisch, Ina Burghaus, Heinz G. Endres, Renate Klaaßen-Mielke, Anna Moschny and Petra Platen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:63
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  33. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether serum oxidizability potential measured before an exercise test (EXT) correlates with age and ischemic heart disease severity. Oxidizability potential was determ...

    Authors: Ehud Goldhammer, Yelena Rivlin, Sergei Shnizer, Allah Shanati, Moran Sagiv and Uri Rosenschein
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:60
    Content type: Tutorial Review Published on:

  34. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. The average onset of the disease is 30 years of age, and it afflicts women more often than men (ratio of approximately 2:1). The...

    Authors: Sean Horton, Dany J. MacDonald and Karl Erickson
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:62
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  36. The importance of exercise in the elderly is widely recognized, but data on performances and drop-out in short running contests are lacking. This hinders stimulation and coaching of elderly persons in active a...

    Authors: Floortje Celie, Miriam Faes, Maria Hopman, Anton F. H. Stalenhoef and Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:59
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  37. This review presents the physical performance outcomes of randomised trials investigating exercise programmes that included balance exercise for older people with dementia. A systematic literature search throu...

    Authors: Plaiwan Suttanon, Keith Hill, Catherine Said and Karen Dodd
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2010 7:55
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  38. In many Western countries, more and more people are living longer. As part of this demographic shift, increasing numbers are participating in Masters sport. In the past, sport was considered important for the ...

    Authors: Joseph Baker, Jessica Fraser-Thomas, Rylee A. Dionigi and Sean Horton
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 7:54
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  39. It is difficult to distinguish between the effects of age and physical activity level in the functional fitness level of older adults. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of age and physic...

    Authors: Hulya Donat Tuna, Ayse Ozcan Edeer, Mehtap Malkoc and Gazanfer Aksakoglu
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:99
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  41. 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...

    Authors: Heinz Mechling and Yael Netz
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:89
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  43. The demographics of our societies have changed drastically during the past few decades. The general population is aging rapidly as human life spans continue to expand and more adults are set to mature during t...

    Authors: Jin H. Yan and Cheng Lin Zhou
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:49
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  44. 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...

    Authors: Nir Eynon, Chen Yamin, David Ben-Sira and Moran Sagiv
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:55
    Content type: Original Research Published on:

  48. 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...

    Authors: Katharina Meyer, Christian Stolz, Christoph Rott and Kurt Laederach-Hofmann
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:7
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  49. 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...

    Authors: José Marmeleira, Mário Godinho and Peter Vogelaere
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:44
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:

  50. 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...

    Authors: Yael Netz
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2009 6:19
    Content type: Academic Literature Review Published on:
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