Comparative analysis of physical fitness levels between elderly farmers and urban dwellers.

Little is known about how physical fitness is associated with peak plantar pressures in older adults. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was to explore whether higher physical fitness levels were associated with lower peak plantar pressures in a sample of community-dwelling older adults. In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 120 older women aged ≥60 years. To assess the level of peak plantar pressure, we used a Zebris plantar pressure platform. To estimate the level of physical fitness, a senior fitness test battery was used. To calculate the associations between the level of physical fitness and peak plantar pressures beneath the different foot regions (forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot), we used generalized estimating equations with a linear regression model. In unadjusted models, higher physical fitness levels were associated with lower peak plantar pressures. When we adjusted for chronological age, the risk of falls and the presence of foot pain, higher physical fitness levels remained associated with lower peak plantar pressures. Our study shows that higher levels of physical fitness are associated with lower peak plantar pressures, even after adjusting for several potential covariates.

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Higher physical fitness levels are associated with less language decline in healthy ageing

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-018-24972-1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

K. Segaert ◽

S. J. E. Lucas ◽

C. V. Burley ◽

P. Segaert ◽

A. E. Milner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Fitness ◽

Healthy Ageing ◽

Fitness Levels

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Health-Related Physical Fitness Levels of Elementary School Children Ages 5–9

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1992.75.3.819 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 819-826 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Holly R. Lehnhard ◽

Robert A. Lehnhard ◽

Stephen A. Butterfield ◽

Donna M. Beckwith ◽

Scott F. Marion

Keyword(s):

Physical Fitness ◽

Skinfold Thickness ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Students ◽

Physical Fitness Test ◽

Public School Students ◽

Health Goals ◽

Health Related ◽

The One ◽

Fitness Levels

National health goals include an increase in the physical activity and physical fitness of school-age children by the year 2000. To assess current fitness levels in the state of Maine, more than 8,000 public school students, ages five through nine, were assessed using a nationally known (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) health-related physical fitness test. Maine students were then compared with a national norm group on (1) the one-mile walk/run (minutes:seconds), (2) skinfold thickness (centimeters), (3) one-minute timed sit-ups (number performed correctly), and (4) the sit and reach test for flexibility (centimeters). Generally, Maine boys and girls scored higher than the norms on the sit-up, sit and reach, and one-mile walk/run; however, they had significantly larger skinfold thicknesses. Implications for assessment of health-related fitness in this age group were discussed.

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