Iconocast Logo

Welcome To Iconocast

How to add a URL link from your web site to the Iconocast web sites

Virtual tour of Southern California
blank

 

Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: physical activity + older adults + retraining  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/13/2008)

Posted -34 sec ago
Belleville Intelligencer, Canada - Apr 18, 2008
Eligible seniors and adults with a physical disability can get help with home help/homemaking including laundry, meal preparation and running errands. ...
Science and Recovery in Schizophrenia
Psychiatric Services (subscription) - May 1, 2008
Schizophrenia Bulletin 26:835?846,2000[Abstract/Free Full Text] Bartels SJ, Van Citters AD: Community-based alternatives for older adults with serious ...
Source: Google News

Promoting physical activity for older adults The challenges for changing behavior -
LR Brawley, WJ Rejeski, AC King - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
... and learning from them); and (4) attribution-retraining skills (ie ... that may assist
our efforts to intervene and promote physical activity for older adults. ...

Physical activity and older adults: a review of health benefits and the effectiveness of … -
AH Taylor, NT Cable, G Faulkner, M Hillsdon, M … - Journal of Sports Sciences, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
Page 1. Physical activity and older adults: a review of health benefits
and the effectiveness of interventions AH TAYLOR, 1 * NT ...

Integrative Review of Physical Activity Intervention Research with Aging Adults -
VS Conn, MA Minor, KJ Burks, MJ Rantz, SH Pomeroy - Geriatrics, 2003 - Blackwell Synergy
... Pilot Test of an Attribution Retraining Intervention to Raise Walking Levels in
Sedentary Older Adults. ... oriented counseling for physical activity in older ...

[CITATION] Training and retraining adult and older adult workers
HL Sterns - Age, health, and employment, 1986

Falls prevention over 2 years: a randomized controlled trial in women 80 years and older -
AJ Campbell - Age and Ageing, 1999 - Br Geriatrics Soc
... programme of strength and balance retraining exercises was ... had a higher level of
physical activity at baseline ... and Fall Reductions in Older Adults: A Randomized ...

A cognitive-behavioural model for promoting regular physical activity in older adults
ME Lachman, A Jette, S Tennstedt, J Howland, BA … - Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1997 - informaworld.com
... sense of control Cognitive restructuring Attributional retraining ... PROMOTING ACTIVITY
IN OLDER ADULTS 257 ... as a means for increasing physical activity (Barke & ...

Effects of Resistance Training on Older Adults. -
GR Hunter, JP McCarthy, MM Bamman - Sports Medicine, 2004 - sportsmedicine.adisonline.com
... reported data suggesting that the lower values found in older adults are mediated
by reduced physical activity and disappear when older adults have activity ...

Changes in electromyographic activity, muscle fibre and force production characteristics during … -
K Hakkinen, WJ Kraemer, RU Newton, M Alen - Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 2001 - Blackwell Synergy
... of frailty and in physical rehabilitation programmes ... in muscle morphology,
electromyographic activity, and force ... progressive resistance training in older women ...

[BOOK] Aging, Physical Activity, and Health -
RJ Shephard - 1997 - books.google.com
... to peak values observed as a young adult. ... 8 Aging, Physical Activity, and Health
standardized score could ... among those who are functionally older (Borkan and ...

Systematic Review of Progressive Resistance Strength Training in Older Adults -
NK Latham, DA Bennett, CM Stretton, CS Anderson - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical …, 2004 - Geron Soc America
... mean age of 60 years or older) and where ... The primary outcome was physical disability,
assessed as a ... umbrella term for impair- ments, activity limitations, and ...

Source: Google Scholar

"Retraining" older adults increases physical activity

Last Updated: 2007-12-05 15:58:45 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Joene Hendry

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "It's never too late to learn," might be the slogan of a program designed to increase physical activity in older adults and to encourage them to stop blaming their health problems on old age. After 4 weeks retraining the group increased their level of physical activity by 24 percent on average, researchers report.

"This brief community-based intervention led to older adults' changing the way they think about aging and increasing their physical activity levels," Dr. Catherine A. Sarkisian told Reuters Health.

Forty-six sedentary adults, 65 years and older, participated in a pilot study consisting of 1-hour attribution retraining classes that "repeatedly emphasized that 'old age' is not a reason for lack of regular exercise," Sarkisian, from the University of California at Los Angeles, added.

A health educator retrained the seniors to attribute their lack of exercise to things within their control such as attitude, knowledge about how to exercise, or having an exercise buddy.

After each retraining session participants underwent an hour's worth of strength, endurance and flexibility training, Sarkisian and colleagues report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Seven weeks after the start of the program, pedometer-measured steps had increased an equivalent of 2.5 miles.

Moreover, all 46 of the participants said the program was enjoyable and improved their mood, 61 percent reported a decrease in their average daily pain, 85 percent said their energy level improved, and 54 percent indicated they slept better.

The participants also had increased expectations for their age and improved quality of life scores, the investigators note.

Sarkisian and colleagues hope to further corroborate the efficacy of attribution retraining in an ongoing study involving a greater number of older adults. They are also planning an additional pilot study in a group of octogenarians.

SOURCE: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, November 2007.

Copyright © 2007 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.

 
 
 
Google
Web www.iconocast.com

Search inside Iconocast for the keyword you have in mind.

Iconocast has collected more than 50,000 articles and press releases on health and science.

These are current and most up to date press releases on the subject you are searching.

We collect current health and science press releases daily from more than 5000 research and health institutes. Here is an example : The elderberry way to perfect skin

We believe if you do search inside Iconocast, you will get better results than searching the web alone.

 
 
Continue News With: News3 ; News4 ; News5 ; News6 ; News7 ; News8 ; News9 ; News9A


ADVERTISEMENT

Iconocast is about learning and teaching without borders; we offer eMarketing, Internet Advertising, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Online Branding, and eMarketing News Services.

 

Iconocast Home Page

Contact Iconocast

© 2003-07. ICONOCAST is a trademark of iconocast.com.