The Medical Minute: Exercise helps to keep seniors safe from falls – courtesy of Penn State Health News Each day, more than 800 Americans suffer a hip fracture. Most of those fractures are due to falls, and most happen to seniors, who have lower bone density and muscle mass than...
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Choose An Active Retirement Community for Your Loved One – They Promote Physical Well Being
Choose An Active Retirement Community for Your Loved One – They Promote Physical Well Being Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia found that older adults in retirement communities who said they were involved in exercise more often were less likely to experience certain health issues as they got older. However,...
Moderate Intensity Physical Activity For Older Adults Reduces Mobility Problems – Video
Moderate Intensity Physical Activity For Older Adults Reduces Mobility Problems – Video
Moderate-Intensity Physical Activity For Older Adults Reduces Mobility Problems
Moderate-Intensity Physical Activity For Older Adults Reduces Mobility Problems Among older adults at risk of disability, participation in a structured moderate-intensity physical activity program, compared with a health education intervention, significantly reduced the risk of major mobility disability (defined in this trial as loss of ability to walk about a...