Health-Related Functional Fitness within the Elderly Communities of Five European Countries: The in Common Sports Study

(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to analyse the functional fitness and the anthropometric values of older adults participating in the “IN COMMON SPORTS” project. (2) Methods: A total of 418 participants (eastern European Group (GEE, n = 124) and southern European Groups (GES, n = 294) h...

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Autores principales: Mollinedo-Cardalda, Irimia, Ferreira, Manuela, Bezerra, Pedro, Cancela-Carral, José María
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8657484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886536
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312810
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author Mollinedo-Cardalda, Irimia
Ferreira, Manuela
Bezerra, Pedro
Cancela-Carral, José María
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description (1) Background: The purpose of this study was to analyse the functional fitness and the anthropometric values of older adults participating in the “IN COMMON SPORTS” project. (2) Methods: A total of 418 participants (eastern European Group (GEE, n = 124) and southern European Groups (GES, n = 294) have been evaluated for anthropometric characteristics and fitness. (3) Results: The GES participants presented significant differences in anthropometric values and fitness, with the best values for upper and lower limb strength and aerobic resistance, while those from the GEE presented significantly better values for lower limb flexibility. (4) Conclusion: Older adults present differences in fitness in accordance with their country of residence, with the GES having the best functional fitness.
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spelling pubmed-86574842021-12-10 Health-Related Functional Fitness within the Elderly Communities of Five European Countries: The in Common Sports Study Mollinedo-Cardalda, Irimia Ferreira, Manuela Bezerra, Pedro Cancela-Carral, José María Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: The purpose of this study was to analyse the functional fitness and the anthropometric values of older adults participating in the “IN COMMON SPORTS” project. (2) Methods: A total of 418 participants (eastern European Group (GEE, n = 124) and southern European Groups (GES, n = 294) have been evaluated for anthropometric characteristics and fitness. (3) Results: The GES participants presented significant differences in anthropometric values and fitness, with the best values for upper and lower limb strength and aerobic resistance, while those from the GEE presented significantly better values for lower limb flexibility. (4) Conclusion: Older adults present differences in fitness in accordance with their country of residence, with the GES having the best functional fitness. MDPI 2021-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8657484/ /pubmed/34886536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312810 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Health-Related Functional Fitness within the Elderly Communities of Five European Countries: The in Common Sports Study
title_sort health-related functional fitness within the elderly communities of five european countries: the in common sports study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8657484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886536
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312810
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