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Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Regular physical activity (PA) is of central importance for healthy aging and has a well-known impact on helping older adults maintain their cognitive and physical health. Thus, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of two physical activity interventions primarily conducted at home (print-based or w...

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Autores principales: Auerswald, Tina, Hendker, Anna, Ratz, Tiara, Lippke, Sonia, Pischke, Claudia R., Peters, Manuela, Meyer, Jochen, von Holdt, Kai, Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409466
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073785
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author Auerswald, Tina
Hendker, Anna
Ratz, Tiara
Lippke, Sonia
Pischke, Claudia R.
Peters, Manuela
Meyer, Jochen
von Holdt, Kai
Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia
author_facet Auerswald, Tina
Hendker, Anna
Ratz, Tiara
Lippke, Sonia
Pischke, Claudia R.
Peters, Manuela
Meyer, Jochen
von Holdt, Kai
Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia
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description Regular physical activity (PA) is of central importance for healthy aging and has a well-known impact on helping older adults maintain their cognitive and physical health. Thus, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of two physical activity interventions primarily conducted at home (print-based or web-based vs. web-based plus the use of an activity tracker) on cognitive and physical health parameters in older adults. Data of participants (n = 551, 60–80 years) were analyzed after being randomly allocated to a waitlist control group (CG), a web-based or print-based intervention group (IG) or a web-based intervention group that also included the use of an activity tracker (AG). Measured parameters were grip strength, endurance (two-minute step test), gait speed (four-meter walk test), cognition (Simon task; balanced integration score (BIS), reaction time and accuracy) and physical self-concept (Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ)). We found the highest effect sizes in all measured dimensions for AG (grip strength, endurance, gait speed, reaction time, physical self-concept), followed by IG (endurance, gait speed, reaction time, physical self-concept) and CG (endurance, gait speed, BIS). Findings suggest that a combined web-based and activity tracker intervention may improve physical functions, physical self-concept, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults.
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spelling pubmed-89975552022-04-12 Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial Auerswald, Tina Hendker, Anna Ratz, Tiara Lippke, Sonia Pischke, Claudia R. Peters, Manuela Meyer, Jochen von Holdt, Kai Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Regular physical activity (PA) is of central importance for healthy aging and has a well-known impact on helping older adults maintain their cognitive and physical health. Thus, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of two physical activity interventions primarily conducted at home (print-based or web-based vs. web-based plus the use of an activity tracker) on cognitive and physical health parameters in older adults. Data of participants (n = 551, 60–80 years) were analyzed after being randomly allocated to a waitlist control group (CG), a web-based or print-based intervention group (IG) or a web-based intervention group that also included the use of an activity tracker (AG). Measured parameters were grip strength, endurance (two-minute step test), gait speed (four-meter walk test), cognition (Simon task; balanced integration score (BIS), reaction time and accuracy) and physical self-concept (Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ)). We found the highest effect sizes in all measured dimensions for AG (grip strength, endurance, gait speed, reaction time, physical self-concept), followed by IG (endurance, gait speed, reaction time, physical self-concept) and CG (endurance, gait speed, BIS). Findings suggest that a combined web-based and activity tracker intervention may improve physical functions, physical self-concept, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults. MDPI 2022-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8997555/ /pubmed/35409466 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073785 Text en © 2022 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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Auerswald, Tina
Hendker, Anna
Ratz, Tiara
Lippke, Sonia
Pischke, Claudia R.
Peters, Manuela
Meyer, Jochen
von Holdt, Kai
Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia
Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_fullStr Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_short Impact of Activity Tracker Usage in Combination with a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Parameters in Healthy Adults Aged 60+: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort impact of activity tracker usage in combination with a physical activity intervention on physical and cognitive parameters in healthy adults aged 60+: a randomized controlled trial
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409466
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073785
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