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Seasonality in physical activity and walking of healthy older adults

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology, October 2015
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Title
Seasonality in physical activity and walking of healthy older adults
Published in
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40101-015-0071-5
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Tasuku Kimura, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Eijun Nakayama, Wataru Kakihana

Abstract

An increasing number of older adults require improvements in their quality of life. Physical activities, particularly walking ability, are of primary importance for older adults. The influence of season on physical activity has not been sufficiently studied among older adults. Therefore, this report compared the physical activity and walking of older individuals between summer and winter seasons using a longitudinal study design in a community in a mid-latitude area. Participants in the study comprised 39 healthy community-dwelling adults ranging in age from 65 to 80 years. Physical parameters and activities as well as the preferred speed of walking were measured at half-year intervals. Significant seasonal differences from summer to winter and from winter to summer were detected. Specifically, body fat percentage, single-leg stance, walking speed, cadence, stride length, and trunk and head-trunk pitch ranges were greater in winter than in summer, whereas grip strength and steps per day were greater in summer. Temperature and total activity level were considered to be related to body fat percentage. Grip strength was thought to be affected by outdoor temperature. The possibility of relationships between increased activity per unit time in older adults and increased preferred walking speed, cadence, and stride length in winter temperatures was discussed. The seasonal climatic environment of the geographic area of this study affected the activity level of the participants. These results indicate that seasonality should be considered when analyzing physical activity and walking in older adults.

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Unknown 81 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 21%
Student > Master 12 15%
Student > Bachelor 10 12%
Researcher 8 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 7%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 18 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 16 20%
Sports and Recreations 14 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 16%
Engineering 3 4%
Neuroscience 3 4%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 21 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 November 2015.
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#6,443,738
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#128
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#72,039
of 287,373 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#1
of 5 outputs
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