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Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
Physical activity shows promise for protection against cognitive decline in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To better understand barriers to adoption of physical activity in this population, a clear understanding of daily and weekly activity patterns is needed. Most accelerom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27097226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153898 |
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author | Watts, Amber Walters, Ryan W. Hoffman, Lesa Templin, Jonathan |
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description | Physical activity shows promise for protection against cognitive decline in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To better understand barriers to adoption of physical activity in this population, a clear understanding of daily and weekly activity patterns is needed. Most accelerometry studies report average physical activity over an entire wear period without considering the potential importance of the variability of physical activity. This study evaluated individual differences in the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity and determined whether these differences could be predicted by AD status, day of wear, age, gender, education, and cardiorespiratory capacity. Physical activity was measured via accelerometry (Actigraph GT3X+) over one week in 86 older adults with and without AD (n = 33 and n = 53, respectively). Mixed-effects location-scale models were estimated to evaluate and predict individual differences in the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity. Results indicated that compared to controls, participants with AD averaged 21% less activity, but averaged non-significantly greater intra-individual variability. Women and men averaged similar amounts of physical activity, but women were significantly less variable. The amount of physical activity differed significantly across days of wear. Increased cardiorespiratory capacity was associated with greater average amounts of physical activity. Investigation of individual differences in the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity provided insight into differences by AD status, days of monitor wear, gender, and cardiovascular capacity. All individuals regardless of AD status were equally consistent in their physical activity, which may have been due to a highly sedentary sample and/or the early disease stage of those participants with AD. These results highlight the value of considering individual differences in both the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity. |
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spelling | pubmed-48383282016-04-29 Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Watts, Amber Walters, Ryan W. Hoffman, Lesa Templin, Jonathan PLoS One Research Article Physical activity shows promise for protection against cognitive decline in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To better understand barriers to adoption of physical activity in this population, a clear understanding of daily and weekly activity patterns is needed. Most accelerometry studies report average physical activity over an entire wear period without considering the potential importance of the variability of physical activity. This study evaluated individual differences in the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity and determined whether these differences could be predicted by AD status, day of wear, age, gender, education, and cardiorespiratory capacity. Physical activity was measured via accelerometry (Actigraph GT3X+) over one week in 86 older adults with and without AD (n = 33 and n = 53, respectively). Mixed-effects location-scale models were estimated to evaluate and predict individual differences in the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity. Results indicated that compared to controls, participants with AD averaged 21% less activity, but averaged non-significantly greater intra-individual variability. Women and men averaged similar amounts of physical activity, but women were significantly less variable. The amount of physical activity differed significantly across days of wear. Increased cardiorespiratory capacity was associated with greater average amounts of physical activity. Investigation of individual differences in the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity provided insight into differences by AD status, days of monitor wear, gender, and cardiovascular capacity. All individuals regardless of AD status were equally consistent in their physical activity, which may have been due to a highly sedentary sample and/or the early disease stage of those participants with AD. These results highlight the value of considering individual differences in both the amount and intra-individual variability of physical activity. Public Library of Science 2016-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4838328/ /pubmed/27097226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153898 Text en © 2016 Watts et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Watts, Amber Walters, Ryan W. Hoffman, Lesa Templin, Jonathan Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease |
title | Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_full | Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_fullStr | Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_short | Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_sort | intra-individual variability of physical activity in older adults with and without mild alzheimer’s disease |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27097226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153898 |
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