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Sports Medicine
Erschienen in: Sports Medicine 1/2000

01.01.2000 | Leading Article

Exercise, Mobility and Aging

verfasst von: Monica J. Daley, Dr Warwick L. Spinks

Erschienen in: Sports Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2000

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Abstract

The elderly population is growing both in size and in proportion of the total population. The costs to the community of the elderly being in poor health are also growing proportionately. The beneficial effects of exercise on various physiological and psychological parameters in the elderly have been well established. The effects of exercise on the mobility and independence of the elderly are also of primary concern, their maintenance being an important exercise goal. Impaired balance and gait are the 2 most significant risk factors for limited mobility and falls in the elderly. It is important to understand the effects of aging and exercise on these risk factors.
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Metadaten
Titel
Exercise, Mobility and Aging
verfasst von
Monica J. Daley
Dr Warwick L. Spinks
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2000
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Sports Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2000
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200029010-00001

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