scholarly journals Changes in outdoor physical activities among older people in Sweden: Exploring generational shifts in time spent in natural environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertil Vilhelmson ◽  
Eva Thulin
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Natural Environments

scholarly journals Walking in Natural Environments as Geriatrician’s Recommendation for Fall Prevention: Preliminary Outcomes from the “Passiata Day” Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Battaglia ◽  
Valerio Giustino ◽  
Giuseppe Messina ◽  
Mariangela Faraone ◽  
Jessica Brusa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Exercise Intervention ◽  
Sagittal Plane ◽  
Frontal Plane ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Body Balance ◽  
Walking Program ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Outdoor Walking ◽  
Risk Of Falls

Background: The Geriatric Unit of the University of Palermo developed the “Passiata Day” model, a green exercise intervention consisting of a one-hour walk, once/week, in a city park. The purpose of this study was to assess body balance in older people who walked regularly compared to sedentary people. Methods: 106 older people (75 women and 31 men; mean age: 72.3 ± 8.2 years) without fall history were invited to participate voluntarily in this natural environment walking program. After six months, both the participants who had taken part regularly in the walk (i.e., the physical activity group (PAG; n = 72; 54 women and 18 men; mean age: 70.7 ± 7.2 years)), and who had not accepted to be included in the outdoor walking program (i.e., the sedentary group (SG; n = 34; 21 women and 13 men; mean age: 75.5 ± 9.4 years)), performed a stabilometric test with open eyes (OE) and with closed eyes (CE). Results: Our preliminary results showed significant differences between groups on the ellipse sway area both in the OE (p < 0.05) and in CE condition (p < 0.01). Moreover, we found a significant difference on sway along the frontal plane both in the OE (p < 0.05) and in the CE condition (p < 0.01), and on sway along the sagittal plane for the test with CE (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Based on our preliminary findings, we suggest that walking regularly in an outdoor setting could lead to a greater body balance in older people and could be recommended by geriatricians for preventing the risk of falls. The next step will be to investigate the effect of an experimental outdoor walking program structured in terms of intensity, frequency and volume.

Leisure-time physical activities for community older people with chronic diseases

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 940-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Chun Lin ◽  
Lian-Hua Huang ◽  
Mei Chang Yeh ◽  
John Jen Tai
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Physical Activities

Keeping disease at arm's length – how older Danish people distance disease through active ageing

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1364-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASKE JUUL LASSEN
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Active Life ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Activity Centre

ABSTRACTMany older people live with a range of chronic diseases. However, these diseases do not necessarily impede an active lifestyle. In this article the author analyses the relation between the active ageing discourse and the way older people at two Danish activity centres handle disease. How does active ageing change everyday life with chronic disease, and how do older people combine an active life with a range of chronic diseases? The participants in the study use activities to keep their diseases at arm's length, and this distancing of disease at the same time enables them to engage in social and physical activities at the activity centre. In this way, keeping disease at arm's length is analysed as an ambiguous health strategy. The article shows the importance of looking into how active ageing is practised, as active ageing seems to work well in the everyday life of the older people by not giving emphasis to disease. The article is based on ethnographic fieldwork and uses vignettes of four participants to show how they each keep diseases at arm's length.

scholarly journals Evaluation of functional fitness’ participants of the Universities of the Third Age University of Physical Education in Warsaw

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Izabela Rutkowska ◽  
Jolanta Marszałek ◽  
Joanna Piotrowska ◽  
Natalia Morgulec-Adamowicz ◽  
Waldemar Skowroński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Older People ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Functional Fitness ◽  
Nordic Walking ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Third Age ◽  
Fitness Test ◽  
The Third

Abstract Introduction: The assessment of functional fitness of older people, who took part in different forms of activities e.g. in programs which are offered by UTW, together with the information about the fitness level, can have a great importance in optimization of motor activation of older people. The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes in the level of functional fitness and basic parameters of the anthropometric parameters of older women after 16-weeks activity program offered by University of the Third Age (UTW) at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw. Material and methods: Ten women at the age of 72,0±5,40 who attended UTW 1,7±0,48 years took part in the study. Women participated in the activities 2-3 a week, and the major activities were Nordic Walking and gymnastics. Moreover they had a chance to attend Tai Chi, swimming and dancing classes. The Fullerton Functional Fitness Test was used to assess women’s functional fitness. Test was done twice - during the second week and at the end of first semester. Results were evaluated with the usage of norms described for particular test trials and age groups (Jones and Rikli 2002). Measurements and evaluation of basic anthropometric parameters were done as well as Body Mass Index was calculated. Results: At the end of the cycle of activities, it turned out that women achieved better results during the fitness tests than they had after the first test. During evaluation with the usage of norms of Fullerton Fitness Test good level of aerobic endurance, strength and coordination of tested women was noted, however the flexibility test results gave evidence of negligence in this area. It was also discovered that participation in the cycle of physical activities might have been one of the elements that caused positive, considering health, changes in anthropometric parameters of tested women. Reducing of the body mass and the percentage of the fat tissue and regular physical activity had an influence on lean body mass increase. onclusions: Physical activities done by UTW participants during the program, where the major activities were Nordic Walking and gymnastics, had the influence on improvement of their fitness and positive changes in their anthropometric parameters.

scholarly journals Atmospheres, landscapes and nature: Off-road runners’ experiences of well-being

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara MacBride-Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Human World ◽  
Trail Running

This article reflects on the relations between health and natural landscapes. The study explores how the landscape context – its textual and sensory aesthetics – positively shapes experiences and perceptions of the landscape, for those people who seek out natural environments for health. While health promotion is designated along the lines of encouraging choice or improving access to natural environments, this article wants to show how physical activities are intertwined with atmospheres and affects emanating from the natural and human world. An in-depth case-study of trail running across two sites (New Zealand, United Kingdom) is used to analyse the interconnections between health landscapes. It finds that when participants say that landscape ‘matters’ for health, they are referring to: (1) aesthetics and feelings, (2) flexibility and adaptiveness and (3) exploration and adventure. Avoiding the conclusion that the landscape is merely a resource for health, the analysis confirms that it is the complex of spaces, social practices, along with their physical fleshy selves, minds and emotions, and the particular quality of the earth beneath them, that gives rise to positively perceived health, for both immediate and enduring benefit.

scholarly journals Relations Between Exercise Habit and Visual Attentional Ability in Older Adult Community Dwellers: Evidences From the Yakumo Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 117957271877307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Hatta ◽  
Kimiko Kato ◽  
Akihiko Iwahara ◽  
Taketoshi Hatta ◽  
Kazumi Fujiwara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Regression Coefficients ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Exercise Habits ◽  
Exercise Habit ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Study Database

Objective: The relation between mild everyday exercise and cognitive ability in healthy older people was examined using cohort study database. Methods: Individually calculated linear regression coefficients in digit cancelation task performances for 11 years age from 65 to 75 years were compared between mild exercise habit holders and non-holders. Results: Exercise habit holders showed significantly smaller age-related decline than non-holders, irrespective of task difficulty. Discussion: The results suggested that even mild exercise habit for long years possesses benefits on sustaining cognitive function in older people as well as the physical activities such as programmed in a sport gym. It also becomes clear that it is difficult for ordinary older adult to continue exercising habits for many years. Therefore, more substantial ways are required for local health officials to advertise the effectiveness of mild exercise habits and to devise the necessary work to become a habit.

scholarly journals Life satisfaction, worthwhileness of life and leisure activities among older people: assessing the mediating effect of self-reported health limitations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.E. Hancock ◽  
L.B. Sherar ◽  
P. Downward
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Older People ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract What makes life worthwhile is an under-researched dimension of subjective wellbeing (SWB) but important for older people. Leisure participation is positively related to SWB, but SWB reduces with poor health, and health deteriorates with age. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional Taking Part Surveydata on almost 7,000 English adults aged 50+ from 2016/17-2018/19, we investigated relationships between different leisure activities and life satisfaction and worthwhileness. The analyses further explored the mediating effects of limiting long-standing illness and/or disability. Before accounting for health limitations, participating in exercise-related physical activity (i.e., sport and exercise) and a greater number of different leisure activities were positively associated with both SWB dimensions. Passive mental activities (e.g., TV-watching) were negatively associated with SWB. Other physical activities (i.e., activities of daily living, e.g., gardening, active travel); social activities; cultural activities (e.g., visiting museums, cinemas) and hobbies (e.g., handicrafts, music-making) were associated with worthwhileness. Using Structural Equation Modelling we showed the mediating effect of health limitations varied with SWB dimension and different leisure activities. Positive associations between social and culture/hobby activities and SWB were not mediated by poor health; neither was the negative association between passive mental activities and SWB. The positive association between exercise-related physical activity and SWB was mediated by health limitations more than other physical activities. Overall, poor health mediated the association between worthwhileness and leisure activities less than life satisfaction. Promoting a range of activities contributing to feelings of worthwhileness may provide a route to enhanced wellbeing, despite declining health among older people.

scholarly journals The effect of eight exercises on reaction and response times in older people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helia karimimoghadam ◽  
Mehrangiz Azmoun Cavan ◽  
Golaleh Karbasi
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Older People ◽  
Response Time ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Independent Test ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Inactive Group

Abstract Purpose the physical activities have a lot of effects on the improvement of cognitive and motor performance. The purpose of this study is to survey the effect of exercise and physical activities on the reaction and response times (or durations) in older people. Methodology: the method of the study is casual-comparative and its statistic society were consisted of older people of Sanandaj that among them, 30 inactive persons were randomly selected and 30 active and available persons were also selected and their reaction and response times were measured. The reaction time was measured by the reaction timer made by Takei Company (model YB1000) and response time was measured through the movement and response field test of Nelson's selection. The reaction time was firstly and then the response time was measured. For data analysis from the descriptive statistics, the K-S test and T- independent test were used. Results Kolmogorov - Smirnov test revealed that study results have normal distribution. According to the study results, exercise and physical activity have positive effect on reaction and response times so that the results of T independent test showed that the active group has meaningfully lower reaction time (P = 0.000) and response time (P = 0.0.000) than the inactive group. Conclusion the results of this study showed that exercise and physical activities lead to the decrement in reaction and response times through the positive physiological and psychomotor changes.

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