Effect of physical activity guidelines on physical function in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1873-1878

  Morey, Miriam C ^a,b   Sloane, Richard ^b   Pieper, Carl F ^b   Peterson, Matthew J ^a,b   Pearson, Megan P ^a   Ekelund, Carola C ^a   Crowley, Gail M ^a   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^b,c   Snyder, Denise C ^b   Clipp, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clinical trials; Evidence based guidelines; Exercise; Meta analysis; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TELEPHONE;

EID: 53149106279     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01937.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. 1996
2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity and Older Americans, 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2002
3. Keysor JJ, Jette AM. Have we oversold the benefit of late-life exercise? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001 56A : M412 M423.
4. van der Bij AK, Laurant MGH, Wesing M. Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for older adults. Am J Prev Med 2001 22 : 120 133.
5. Cress ME, Buchner DM, Prohaska T et al. Physical activity programs and behavior counseling in older adult populations. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004 36 : 1997 2003.
6. Cress ME, Buchner DM, Prohaska T et al. Best practices for physical activity programs and behavior counseling in older adult populations. J Aging Phys Act 2005 13 : 61 74.
7. King AC, Rejeski WJ, Buchner DM. Physical activity interventions targeting older adults. A critical review and recommendations. Am J Prev Med 1998 15 : 316 333.
8. Latham NK, Bennett DA, Stretton CM et al. Systemaic review of progressive resistance strength training in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2004 59A : 48 61.
9. Larson EB, Wang L, Bowen JD et al. Exercise is associated with reduced risk for incident dementia among persons 65 years of age and older.[see comment][summary for patients in Ann Intern Med 2006;144:I20; PMID: 16418403]. Ann Intern Med 2006 144 : 73 81.
10. Brown DW, Brown DR, Heath GW et al. Associations between physical activity dose and health-related quality of life. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004 36 : 890 896.
11. Brach JS, FitzGerald S, Newman AB et al. Physical activity and functional status in community-dwelling older women: A 14-year prospective study. Arch Intern Med 2003 163 : 2565 2571.
12. Brach JS, Simonsick EM, Kritchevsky S et al. The association between physical function and lifestyle activity and exercise in the health, aging and body composition study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 52 : 502 509.
13. Morey MC, Ekelund CC, Pearson MP et al. Project LIFE: A partnership to increase physical activity in elders with multiple chronic illnesses. J Aging Phys Act 2006 14 : 324 343.
14. Demark-Wahnefried W, Morey MC, Clipp EC et al. Leading the way in exercise and diet (Project LEAD): Intervening to improve function among older breast and prostate cancer survivors. Control Clin Trials 2003 24 : 206 223.
15. Demark-Wahnfried W, Clipp EC, Morey MC et al. Lifestyle intervention development study to improve physical function in older adults with cancer: Outcomes from Project LEAD. J Clin Oncol 2006 24 : 3465 3473.
16. ® Health Survey: Manual and Interpretation Guide. Lincoln, RI : Quality Metric Incorporated, 2000.
17. Stewart AL, Mills KM, King AC et al. CHAMPS physical activity questionnaire for older adults: Outcomes for interventions. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001 33 : 1126 1141.
18. Ware JE, Sherbourne CD. The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Med Care 1992 30 : 473 483.
19. Fillenbaum GG. OARS Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire. In : Maddox G, ed. The Encyclopedia of Aging. New York : Springer, 1987.
20. Hedges LV, Olkin I. Statistical Methods for Meta Analyses. Orlando : Academic Press, 1895.
21. Ware JE, Bayliss MS, Rogers WH et al. Differences in 4-year health outcomes for elderly and poor, chronically ill patients treated in HMO and fee-for-service systems. JAMA 1996 276 : 1039 1047.
22. Alonso J, Ferrer M, Gandek B et al. Health-related quality of life associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: Results from the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project. Qual Life Res 2004 13 : 283 298.
23. Nelson ME, Rejeski WJ, Blair SN et al. Physical activity and public health in older adults: Recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Circulation 2007 116 : 1094 1105.
24. Rowe JW, Kahn RL. Productivity in Old Age. Successful Aging. New York : Pantheon Books, 1998, pp 167 180.
25. Boueri FM, Bucher-Bartelson BL, Glenn KA et al. Quality of life measured with a generic instrument (Short Form-36) improves following pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD. Chest 2001 119 : 77 84.
26. Boyle PA, Buchman AS, Wilson RS et al. Physical activity is associated with incident disability in community-based older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007 55 : 195 201.
27. Berk DR, Hubert HB, Fries JF. Associations of changes in exercise level with subsequent disability among seniors: A 16-year longitudinal study. J Gerontol A-Biol Sci Med Sci 2006 61A : 97 102.