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The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study

The aims of the present study were (1) to describe the changes in physical fitness during an 8 year follow-up in a large sample of Spanish adults aged 65 or over that are initially engaged in organized physical activity (OPA), (2) to compare fitness changes according to different age groups (65 to 6...

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Autores principales: Gomez-Bruton, Alejandro, Navarrete-Villanueva, David, Pérez-Gómez, Jorge, Vila-Maldonado, Sara, Gesteiro, Eva, Gusi, Narcis, Villa-Vicente, Jose Gerardo, Espino, Luis, Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela, Casajus, Jose A., Ara, Ignacio, Gomez-Cabello, Alba, Vicente-Rodríguez, German
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32560257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124312
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author Gomez-Bruton, Alejandro
Navarrete-Villanueva, David
Pérez-Gómez, Jorge
Vila-Maldonado, Sara
Gesteiro, Eva
Gusi, Narcis
Villa-Vicente, Jose Gerardo
Espino, Luis
Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela
Casajus, Jose A.
Ara, Ignacio
Gomez-Cabello, Alba
Vicente-Rodríguez, German
author_facet Gomez-Bruton, Alejandro
Navarrete-Villanueva, David
Pérez-Gómez, Jorge
Vila-Maldonado, Sara
Gesteiro, Eva
Gusi, Narcis
Villa-Vicente, Jose Gerardo
Espino, Luis
Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela
Casajus, Jose A.
Ara, Ignacio
Gomez-Cabello, Alba
Vicente-Rodríguez, German
author_sort Gomez-Bruton, Alejandro
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description The aims of the present study were (1) to describe the changes in physical fitness during an 8 year follow-up in a large sample of Spanish adults aged 65 or over that are initially engaged in organized physical activity (OPA), (2) to compare fitness changes according to different age groups (65 to 69 vs. 70 to 74 vs. ≥75 years-old), (3) to evaluate the independent and combined effects of changes in OPA engagement and sitting time (ST) on physical fitness. A total of 642 (147 males) non-institutionalized over 65 years-old participants completed the EXERNET battery fitness tests and completed a validated questionnaire from which information regarding OPA and ST were collected. All participants completed evaluations in 2008–2009 and in 2016–2017. An impairment of fitness-related variables happens after 65 years of age in both males and females, with the older participants (≥75), showing the largest decreases. Males who continued performing OPA demonstrated lower decreases in balance, leg flexibility and agility when compared to those who stopped performing OPA during the follow-up. Females who continued performing OPA demonstrated lower decreases of all variables except for balance when compared to those who stopped performing OPA during the follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-73457272020-07-09 The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study Gomez-Bruton, Alejandro Navarrete-Villanueva, David Pérez-Gómez, Jorge Vila-Maldonado, Sara Gesteiro, Eva Gusi, Narcis Villa-Vicente, Jose Gerardo Espino, Luis Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela Casajus, Jose A. Ara, Ignacio Gomez-Cabello, Alba Vicente-Rodríguez, German Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aims of the present study were (1) to describe the changes in physical fitness during an 8 year follow-up in a large sample of Spanish adults aged 65 or over that are initially engaged in organized physical activity (OPA), (2) to compare fitness changes according to different age groups (65 to 69 vs. 70 to 74 vs. ≥75 years-old), (3) to evaluate the independent and combined effects of changes in OPA engagement and sitting time (ST) on physical fitness. A total of 642 (147 males) non-institutionalized over 65 years-old participants completed the EXERNET battery fitness tests and completed a validated questionnaire from which information regarding OPA and ST were collected. All participants completed evaluations in 2008–2009 and in 2016–2017. An impairment of fitness-related variables happens after 65 years of age in both males and females, with the older participants (≥75), showing the largest decreases. Males who continued performing OPA demonstrated lower decreases in balance, leg flexibility and agility when compared to those who stopped performing OPA during the follow-up. Females who continued performing OPA demonstrated lower decreases of all variables except for balance when compared to those who stopped performing OPA during the follow-up. MDPI 2020-06-16 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7345727/ /pubmed/32560257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124312 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gomez-Bruton, Alejandro
Navarrete-Villanueva, David
Pérez-Gómez, Jorge
Vila-Maldonado, Sara
Gesteiro, Eva
Gusi, Narcis
Villa-Vicente, Jose Gerardo
Espino, Luis
Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela
Casajus, Jose A.
Ara, Ignacio
Gomez-Cabello, Alba
Vicente-Rodríguez, German
The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study
title The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study
title_full The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study
title_fullStr The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study
title_short The Effects of Age, Organized Physical Activity and Sedentarism on Fitness in Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study
title_sort effects of age, organized physical activity and sedentarism on fitness in older adults: an 8-year longitudinal study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32560257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124312
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