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  1. The purpose of this study was to explore perceived changes in physical activity (PA) due to Covid19 stay-at-home and social distancing guidance among older adults.

    Authors: Simone A. Tomaz, Gemma C. Ryde, Bridgitte Swales, Kacey C. Neely, Federico Andreis, Pete Coffee, Jenni Connelly, Andrew Kirkland, Louise McCabe, Karen Watchman, Jack G. Martin, Ilaria Pina and Anna C. Whittaker
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Aging leads to a number of structural and physiological deficits such as loss of muscle mass and strength. Strength training at ~ 70% of 1 repetition max (RM) is recommended to prevent age-related loss of musc...

    Authors: Zi Xiang Lim and Jorming Goh
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:15
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  3. Atrial fibrillation negatively impacts physical fitness and health-related quality of life. We recently showed that 3 months of physiotherapist-led exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves physical fitne...

    Authors: Maria Borland, Lennart Bergfeldt, Åsa Cider, Agneta Rosenkvist, Marika Jakobsson, Kristin Olsson, Adam Lundwall, Lars Andersson and Lena Nordeman
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) are not stable conditions but change over time and among individuals, and both could have deleterious effects on health-related outcomes among older adults. T...

    Authors: Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez, Betty Manrique-Espinoza, Rosa Palazuelos-González, Ana Rivera-Almaraz and Alejandra Jáuregui
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:13
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Authors: Yvet Mooiweer, Martin Stevens and Inge van den Akker-Scheek
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:12
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:7

  6. Movement behaviors (i.e., physical activity levels, sedentary behavior) in people with stroke are not self-contained but cluster in patterns. Recent research identified three commonly distinct movement behavio...

    Authors: Patricia J. van der Laag, Roderick Wondergem and Martijn F. Pisters
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Studies have demonstrated that elderly people with low back pain (LBP) may have poor postural control compared to healthy older adults. Poor postural control is associated with poor balance performance and a h...

    Authors: Le Ge, Huanjie Huang, Qiuhua Yu, Yan Li, Xin Li, Zhicheng Li, Xi Chen, Le Li and Chuhuai Wang
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Physical activity (PA) decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among older adults, potentially leading to adverse consequences for their health. However, factors associated with reductions of PA dur...

    Authors: Linnea Sjöberg, Federico Triolo, Marguerita Saadeh, Serhiy Dekhtyar, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga and Anna-Karin Welmer
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Studies examining associations of socio-eco-demographic characteristics with physical activity (PA) participation of older adults have produced inconsistent results. Perceived PA barriers may be a possible exp...

    Authors: Hamid Arazi, Mani Izadi and Hadis Kabirian
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Regular physical activity (PA) is considered important after total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA). Objective was to systematically assess literature on recommendations given by healthcare professionals to...

    Authors: Yvet Mooiweer, Martin Stevens and Inge van den Akker-Scheek
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:7
    Content type: Review article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:12

  11. There is a need for a comprehensive evaluation of the associations between varieties of weather conditions on the time spent out-of-home (TOH) and on walking duration (WD) among older adults. We aim to investi...

    Authors: Matthias Klimek, Raphael Simon Peter, Michael Denkinger, Dhayana Dallmeier, Kilian Rapp, Dietrich Rothenbacher and Jochen Klenk
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. The accelerated loss of muscle strength and mass observed in older type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients due to the combined effects of diabetes and obesity, greatly increases their risk for sarcopenia. Ear...

    Authors: Ofer kis, Assaf Buch, Roy Eldor, Amir Rubin, Ayelet Dunsky, Naftali Stern and Daniel S. Moran
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Virtual Reality (VR) training is emerging in the neurorehabilitation field. Technological advancement is often faster than clinical implementation. Previous reviews stressed the study design and methodological...

    Authors: Ksenija Sevcenko and Ingrid Lindgren
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:4
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  14. To examine the associations between BMI categories and subsequent 3-year cognitive decline among older adults, and to test whether physical activity modifies the associations.

    Authors: Isabelle Pitrou, Helen-Maria Vasiliadis and Carol Hudon
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Loss of hand strength is a predictor of mortality in aging populations. Despite reliance on the hands to participate in equestrian driving activity, no existing studies focus on associations of hand strength t...

    Authors: Michaela M. Keener, Kimberly I. Tumlin and Nicholas R. Heebner
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. This study aimed to identify latent moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior (SB) trajectories in older adults participating in a randomized intervention trial and to expl...

    Authors: Tiara Ratz, Claudia R. Pischke, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage and Sonia Lippke
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2022 19:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Hypoxic conditioning has been proposed as a new tool to mitigate the sarcopenia and enhance health-related function, but decrements in standing balance have been observed during hypoxia exposure. The aim of th...

    Authors: Rafael Timon, Marta Camacho-Cardeñosa, Adrián González-Custodio, Guillermo Olcina, Narcis Gusi and Alba Camacho-Cardeñosa
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:25
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Aging impairs physiological processes in the autonomic nervous, endocrine, and cardiovascular systems which are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Heart rate variability (HRV), the beat-...

    Authors: Bernhard Grässler, Beatrice Thielmann, Irina Böckelmann and Anita Hökelmann
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:24
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  19. We conducted a meta-analysis to analyze the effects of resistance training on measures of body composition, muscle strength, and muscle performance in older people with sarcopenia.

    Authors: Nan Chen, Xiangfeng He, Yuwei Feng, Barbara E. Ainsworth and Yu Liu
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:23
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  20. The Frail’BESTest was developed in order to include frail older adults when they are using the BESTest. Recently, psychometrics properties (internal coherence, systems usefulness, complementarity and inter-rat...

    Authors: A. Kubicki, D. Laroche, L. Coquisart, G. Basile, M. Brika and F. Mourey
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:22
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Resistance training with pneumatic machines attenuates the age-associated loss in muscle strength and function in older adults. However, effectiveness of scaled-up pneumatic machine resistance training in the ...

    Authors: Shuen Yee Lee, Alycia Goh, Ken Tan, Pei Ling Choo, Peck Hoon Ong, Wai Pong Wong and Shiou-Liang Wee
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. The assessment of stability recovery performance following perturbations contributes to the determination of fall resisting skills. This study investigated the association between stability recovery performanc...

    Authors: Jil Bosquée, Julian Werth, Gaspar Epro, Thorben Hülsdünker, Wolfgang Potthast, Kenneth Meijer, Rolf Ellegast and Kiros Karamanidis
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:20
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Associations between age, concerns or history of falling, and various gait parameters are evident. Limited research, however, exists on how such variables moderate the age-related decline in gait characteristi...

    Authors: Daniel Niederer, Tobias Engeroff, Johannes Fleckenstein, Oliver Vogel and Lutz Vogt
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:19
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. This systematic and meta-analytic review aimed to investigate the effects of physical exercise on the working memory of older adults, and to identify the moderators of these effects.

    Authors: Cai Zhidong, Xing Wang, Jilin Yin, Dehai Song and Zhitong Chen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:18
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  25. One reason for the controversial discussion of whether the dual task (DT) walking paradigm has an added value for diagnosis in clinical conditions might be the use of different gait measurement systems. Theref...

    Authors: Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, Bettina Wollesen, Oliver Vogel, Julian Rudisch, Thomas Cordes, Thomas Jöllenbeck and Lutz Vogt
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:17
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) affects 10–20% of the individuals over the age of 65; this proportion being higher in the institutional care facilities than within a general population.

    Authors: Marek Zak, Szymon Krupnik, Waldemar Brola, Dorota Rebak, Tomasz Sikorski, Frederic Dutheil, Jaroslaw Andrychowski and Daniel Courteix
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Higher age and cognitive impairment are associated with a higher risk of falling. Wearable sensor technology may be useful in objectively assessing motor fall risk factors to improve physical exercise interven...

    Authors: Jelena Bezold, Janina Krell-Roesch, Tobias Eckert, Darko Jekauc and Alexander Woll
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:15
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  28. There are substantial socioeconomic status (SES) differences in sports activity (SA) during the transition to retirement. In line with social-ecological models, the aim of this longitudinal study was to examin...

    Authors: Dorothee Jürgens and Benjamin Schüz
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. One in four older adults in Denmark and almost half of the very old above 75 do not meet the World Health Organization’s recommendations for a minimum of physical activity (PA). A cost-efficient and effective ...

    Authors: Rasmus Tolstrup Larsen, Christoffer Bruun Korfitsen, Camilla Keller, Jan Christensen, Henning Boje Andersen, Carsten Juhl and Henning Langberg
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. The current SARS Cov-2 infection control measures have paradoxical effects. On the one hand, the lockdown measures help to protect vulnerable populations in particular. On the other hand, these measures inevit...

    Authors: Ansgar Thiel, Dorothee Altmeier, Annika Frahsa, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Andreas Nieß and Gorden Sudeck
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:11
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  32. To gain first insight into the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme for pre-frail older adults with independent use of novel ICT technology.

    Authors: Hilde A. E. Geraedts, Hidde Dijkstra, Wei Zhang, Francisco Ibarra, Iman Khaghani Far, Wiebren Zijlstra and Martin Stevens
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. A growing number of older adults suffer hip and pelvic fractures leading to hospital admission. They often result in reduced physical activity (PA) and impaired mobility. PA can be objectively measured with bo...

    Authors: Karin Kampe, Klaus Pfeiffer, Ulrich Lindemann, Daniel Schoene, Kristin Taraldsen, Kilian Rapp, Clemens Becker and Jochen Klenk
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Research suggests that individuals with low back pain (LBP) may have poorer motor control compared to their healthy counterparts. However, the sample population of almost 90% of related articles are young and ...

    Authors: Le Ge, Chuhuai Wang, Haohan Zhou, Qiuhua Yu and Xin Li
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. The purpose of the study was to examine how bone mineral density (BMD) is related to body composition depending on the practiced sport (endurance, speed-power, throwing sports) in participants of the World Mas...

    Authors: Anna Kopiczko, Jakub Grzegorz Adamczyk, Karol Gryko and Marek Popowczak
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:13

  36. The effects of group exercise on the physical function of community-dwelling older adults remain unclear. The changes in lower extremity muscle strength, timed up and go (TUG) time, and the motor fitness scale...

    Authors: Chisato Hayashi, Soshiro Ogata, Tadashi Okano, Hiromitsu Toyoda and Sonoe Mashino
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. The main purpose of the research was to examine the differences between adults in the age group 70+ and two other age groups (45–59 and 60–69), concerning their healthy and active lifestyle. The death toll of ...

    Authors: Sima Zach, Aviva Zeev, Miki Ophir and Sigal Eilat-Adar
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Multimodal exercise training (MT) as a time-efficient training modality promotes a wide range of physical dimensions. Incorporating agility-like training aspects (coordination, changes of direction and velocit...

    Authors: Mareike Morat, Tobias Morat, Wiebren Zijlstra and Lars Donath
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:4
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  39. Cognitive functioning (CF) is important for wellbeing and an independent life. However, older adults with chronic diseases are at a higher risk of poorer CF levels. Although, research suggests that physical ac...

    Authors: Esmee Volders, Renate H. M. de Groot, Juul M. J. Coumans, Catherine A. W. Bolman and Lilian Lechner
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. A peer-led exercise program is one way to empower people sharing similar characteristics to encourage others to be active, but there is a lack of evidence that these programs have physical function and other b...

    Authors: D. R. Bouchard, J. V. Olthuis, V. Bouffard-Levasseur, C. Shannon, T. McDonald and M. Sénéchal
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:2
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  41. The sit-to-stand (STS) test has been deployed as surrogate measures of strength or physical performance in sarcopenia diagnosis. This study examines the relationship of two common STS variants – Five Times Sit...

    Authors: Xianyang Sherman Yee, Yee Sien Ng, John Carson Allen, Aisyah Latib, Ee Ling Tay, Huda Mukhlis Abu Bakar, Chien Yee Jolene Ho, Wan Cheen Charissa Koh, Hwee Heem Theresa Kwek and Laura Tay
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2021 18:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Map-based tools have recently found their way into health-related research. They can potentially be used to quantify older adults’ life-space. This study aimed to evaluate the validity (vs. GPS) and the test-r...

    Authors: Timo Hinrichs, Adriana Zanda, Michelle P. Fillekes, Pia Bereuter, Erja Portegijs, Taina Rantanen, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Andreas W. Zeller and Robert Weibel
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. This study aimed to investigate whether personality traits and their facets are associated with a multi-methods assessment of physical activity and walking performance and whether they explain the discrepancy ...

    Authors: Tiia Kekäläinen, Antonio Terracciano, Sarianna Sipilä and Katja Kokko
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:20
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  44. Polish clinicians and researchers face challenges in selecting physical activity tools appropriate and validated for older people. The aim of this study is to provide cultural adaptation and validation of the ...

    Authors: Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Agnieszka Ćwirlej-Sozańska, Natalia Wołoszyn, Bernard Sozański, Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska and Richard Washburn
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:19
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  45. Older patients with cancer are underrepresented in trials investigating the effect of exercise therapy. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effect of exercise therapy during medical antine...

    Authors: Marta Kramer Mikkelsen, Carsten Bogh Juhl, Cecilia Margareta Lund, Mary Jarden, Anders Vinther and Dorte Lisbet Nielsen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:18
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  46. Training effects reported for stepping exergames on stepping performances in older adults often based on not comprehensively validated outcomes measures, and follow-up data on their sustainability are lacking....

    Authors: Klaus Hauer, Elena Litz, Michaela Günther-Lange, Caroline Ball, Eling D. de Bruin and Christian Werner
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:17
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  47. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted communities across the world. Government responses, of promoting ‘social distancing’ at a population level, and ‘self-isolation’ of older adults to mitigate its spread have b...

    Authors: Conor Cunningham and Roger O’ Sullivan
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:16
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  48. Evidence suggests that targeted exercise is important for people living with dementia. The aim of this review was to collect and synthesize evidence on the known barriers and facilitators to adherence to walki...

    Authors: J. Vseteckova, K. Dadova, R. Gracia, G. Ryan, E. Borgstrom, J. Abington, M. Gopinath and Y. Pappas
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:15
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  49. Sarcopenia, a progressive loss of muscle mass and function with advancing age, is a prevalent condition among older adults. As most older people are too frail to do intensive exercise and vibration therapy has...

    Authors: Shuang Wu, Hong-Ting Ning, Su-Mei Xiao, Ming-Yue Hu, Xin-Yin Wu, Hong-Wen Deng and Hui Feng
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:14
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  50. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Hilde Bremseth Bårdstu, Vidar Andersen, Marius Steiro Fimland, Lene Aasdahl, Truls Raastad, Kristoffer T. Cumming and Atle Hole Sæterbakken
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:13
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2020 17:11

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