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ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2022

The Longitudinal Association Between Physical Activity and Physical Function in Older Women.

Christie L Ward-Ritacco, Mary L Greaney, Phillip G Clark, Deborah Riebe

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Article in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Christie L Ward-RitaccoDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States.
Mary L GreaneyDepartment of Health Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States.
Phillip G ClarkProgram in Gerontology and Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States.
Deborah RiebeDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The age-related decline in physical function is ameliorated by physical activity; however, less is known about changes in physical function in active vs. inactive older women. The purpose of this study was to determine the longitudinal associations between physical activity and physical function in community-dwelling older women. Methods: 238 participants (age 79.0 ± 5.1) were dichotomized into two activity groups [inactive (IG); Results: The repeated measures ANCOVA yielded a significant main effect for activity group for the Timed Up and Go ( Conclusion: Older women who engaged in regular exercise at baseline had higher levels of objectively measured physical function and were less likely to have abnormal Timed Up and Go scores. These findings help illustrate the long-term benefit of exercise on physical function in older women.

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older womenphysical activityphysical functionTimed Up and Go testtranstheoretical model

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PMCPMC9352878

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