Habitual physical activity and health in the elderly: The Nakanojo Study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Aoyagi, Yukitoshi ^a   Shephard, Roy J ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise duration; Mental and physical health; Pedometer accelerometer; Step count

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACCELEROMETER; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FITNESS; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HABIT; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WALKING;

EID: 77954143520     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00589.x     Document Type: Review

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