Key result
This review updates previous publications on the health benefits of regular physical activity for older people across a wide spectrum of diseases, including coronary heart disease and diabetes.
Why the study?
Does physical activity improve health outcomes in older people with various conditions including coronary heart disease?
Does physical activity improve health outcomes in older people with various conditions including coronary heart disease?
This review provides an update on recommended physical activities for older adults, including those with coronary heart disease.
Supports physical activity in older adults with coronary heart disease; extends prior reviews but leaves practice implications open pending new trials.
Two previous publications by the author in Reviews in Clinical Gerontology have dealt firstly with the background physiology of exercise and secondly with the benefits to health of regular exercise across a wide spectrum of diseases and disabilities in older people. This article assumes that the reader is familiar with these reviews. A useful recent report focusing on coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and arthritis summarizes recommended physical activities for various age groups and conditions.
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E. J. Bassey (2005) conducted a review in Coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and arthritis in older people. Physical activity was evaluated. This review updates previous publications on the health benefits of regular physical activity for older people across a wide spectrum of diseases, including coronary heart disease and diabetes.
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