scholarly journals Lack of Correlation between Accelerometers and Heart-Rate Monitorization during Exercise Session in Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 5518
Author(s):  
Laura Carbonell-Hernández ◽  
Diego Pastor ◽  
Alejandro Jiménez-Loaisa ◽  
Juan Arturo Ballester-Ferrer ◽  
Carlos Montero-Carretero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Older People ◽  
The Other ◽  
Exercise Session ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
Highly Correlated

Aging is increasing worldwide; hence, aging-related health is also more relevant. Well-programmed physical exercise is now an indispensable tool to achieve active aging and preserve older people’s health. Such “well-programmed” exercise requires efficient and useful tools to measure the activity. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerometers to estimate two different intensities of physical exercise in older people. Thirty-eight subjects (64.5 ± 5.3 years) were measured during two different sessions of physical exercise: one moderate in intensity, the other of low intensity. Heart rate and accelerometry were recorded and analyzed. The results showed that the two variables in the physical exercise sessions were not highly correlated, and that accelerometry did not seem useful to assess low-intensity sessions not based on walking.

scholarly journals Comparison of the effects of open vs. closed skill exercise on the acute and chronic BDNF, IGF-1 and IL-6 response in older healthy adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Behrendt ◽  
Franziska Kirschnick ◽  
Lasse Kröger ◽  
Phillip Beileke ◽  
Maxim Rezepin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Exercise Session ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Effects

Abstract Background Accumulating evidence shows that physical exercise has a positive effect on the release of neurotrophic factors and myokines. However, evidence regarding the optimal type of physical exercise for these release is still lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the acute and chronic effects of open-skill exercise (OSE) compared to closed-skill exercise (CSE) on serum and plasma levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNFS, BDNFP), and serum levels of insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in healthy older adults. Methods To investigate acute effects, thirty-eight participants were randomly assigned to either an intervention (badminton (aOSE) and bicycling (aCSE), n  = 24, 65.83 ± 5.98 years) or control group (reading (CG), n  = 14, 67.07 ± 2.37 years). Blood samples were taken immediately before and 5 min after each condition. During each condition, heart rate was monitored. The mean heart rate of aOSE and aCSE were equivalent (65 ± 5% of heart rate reserve). In a subsequent 12-week training-intervention, twenty-two participants were randomly assigned to either a sport-games (cOSE, n  = 6, 64.50 ± 6.32) or a strength-endurance training (cCSE, n  = 9, 64.89 ± 3.51) group to assess for chronic effects. Training intensity for both groups was adjusted to a subjective perceived exertion using the CR-10 scale (value 7). Blood samples were taken within one day after the training-intervention. Results BDNFS, BDNFP, IGF-1, and IL-6 levels increased after a single exercise session of 30 min. After 12 weeks of training BDNFS and IL-6 levels were elevated, whereas IGF-1 levels were reduced in both groups. However, only in the cOSE group these changes were significant. We could not find any significant differences between the exercise types. Conclusion Our results indicate that both exercise types are efficient to acutely increase BDNFS, BDNFP, IGF-1 and IL-6 serum levels in healthy older adults. Additionally, our results tend to support that OSE is more effective for improving basal BDNFS levels after 12 weeks of training.

scholarly journals Automated vs. manual pain coding and heart rate estimations based on videos of older adults with and without dementia

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 205566832095019
Author(s):  
Louise IR Castillo ◽  
M Erin Browne ◽  
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos ◽  
Kenneth M Prkachin ◽  
Rafik Goubran
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Video Data ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Physiological Indicators ◽  
Facial Action ◽  
Pain Scores ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Facial Action Coding

Introduction Technological advances have allowed for the estimation of physiological indicators from video data. FaceReader™ is an automated facial analysis software that has been used widely in studies of facial expressions of emotion and was recently updated to allow for the estimation of heart rate (HR) using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG). We investigated FaceReader™-based heart rate and pain expression estimations in older adults in relation to manual coding by experts. Methods Using a video dataset of older adult patients with and without dementia, we assessed the relationship between FaceReader’s™ HR estimations against a well-established Video Magnification (VM) algorithm during baseline and pain conditions. Furthermore, we examined the correspondence between the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)-based pain scores obtained through FaceReader™ and manual coding. Results FaceReader’s™ HR estimations were correlated with VM algorithm in baseline and pain conditions. Non-verbal FaceReader™ pain scores and manual coding were also highly correlated despite discrepancies between the FaceReader™ and manual coding in the absolute value of scores based on pain-related facial action coding of the events preceding and following the pain response. Conclusions Compared to expert manual FACS coding and optimized VM algorithm, FaceReader™ showed good results in estimating HR values and non-verbal pain scores.

Age Differences in Coping: Does Less Mean Worse?

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Meeks ◽  
Laura L. Carstensen ◽  
Brenda-Fay Tamsky ◽  
Thomas L. Wright ◽  
David Pellegrini
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Adaptive Strategies ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Third ◽  
Older Subjects ◽  
Quantitative Changes

Previous research suggests that elderly people utilize fewer coping strategies than younger people. Some researchers suggest that these quantitative changes reflect decreases in the use of maladaptive strategies; others contend that they reflect decreases in the use of adaptive strategies by older adults. The present article reports the findings of three studies of coping in older people, two addressing coping with health problems, and the other addressing coping with moving. In all three studies, the number of self-reported coping strategies decreases with age. Results do not support the idea that decreases in the number of strategies imply decrements in the quality of coping, however: in two studies, age was unrelated to the effectiveness of strategies, in the third, effectiveness ratings were higher for older subjects. The need for evaluation of specific outcomes of coping strategies is discussed, along with the need for task-specific measurement of coping. It is proposed that decreases in the number of coping strategies reflect improved coping efficiency, rather than a deterioration of adaptational skills.

scholarly journals Ageing, Vision Impairment and Digital Inclusion in Ireland

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blaithin Anna Mary Gallagher ◽  
Emma Murphy ◽  
Antoinette Fennell
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Older People ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Ict Competence ◽  
Highly Correlated

Our population is ageing. Vision impairment is highly correlated with ageing and the population of older people with vision impairment is increasing. ICT competence is essential to fully partake in society. Older people, in particular those with vision impairment, are at a high risk of being excluded from the digital revolution and must be ecnourage to use ICT's. This paper outlines four projects in which NCBI has been involved in relation to older adults and digital inclusion. Improving access to ICT for older people with vision impairment will enhance their participation in social, cultural and economic life and bridge the digital divide.

scholarly journals Effect of a home based, low intensity, physical exercise program in older adults dialysis patients: a secondary analysis of the EXCITE trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossella Baggetta ◽  
◽  
Graziella D’Arrigo ◽  
Claudia Torino ◽  
Samar Abd ElHafeez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Home Based

scholarly journals Physiological responses of batsmen during a simulated One Day International century

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Pote
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Respiratory Exchange Ratio ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
The Other ◽  
Match Play ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Training Programmes

Background: There is a limited amount of literature on thephysiological cost of batting. Of the studies that have beencompleted, most have used protocols that are of short durationand high intensity, and it has been questioned whether thisrepresents actual game play. Furthermore, it is difficult to studysports such as cricket due to the intermittent nature of the game.Objective: To determine the physiological responses of batsmenduring a simulated One Day International century.Methods: Seventeen male batsmen from the Rhodes UniversityCricket Club performed a simulated batting work bout knownas the BATEX© protocol. The protocol consisted of six, five oversstages, each lasting 21 minutes. Three of the stages (stages one,three and five) were low-intensity stages and the other three(stages two, four and six) were high-intensity stages. During thework bout selected physiological responses were recorded..Results: Heart rate (124±15-159±14 beats.min-1), oxygen uptake(29.3±6.1-43.4±6.3 ml.kg-1.min-1), energy expenditure (48.1±9.2-109.2±10.5 kJ.min-1) and core temperature (37.7±0.3-38.7±0.4 oC)responses all increased significantly (p<0.05) between stageone and stage six. The respiratory exchange ratio decreasedsignificantly (p<0.05) between stages one and six (0.90±0.19-0.89±0.37).Conclusions: Batting is more physically demanding thanoriginally thought, and as a result training programmes shouldconcentrate on simulating real match play situations to improveperformance and reduce the risk of injury.

scholarly journals Total Transcriptome Responses to Low and Higher Intensity Aerobic Exercise Interventions in Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 688-688
Author(s):  
Meghan Smith ◽  
Gabriella McWilliams ◽  
Angela Bryan ◽  
Douglas Seals ◽  
Thomas LaRocca
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
Maximum Heart Rate ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Low Intensity

Abstract Aerobic exercise is a universally recommended strategy for increasing healthspan, and recent advances in next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics (e.g., RNA-seq/transcriptomics) have made it possible to broadly profile the molecular transducers of exercise. However, most transcriptome studies of exercise have focused on coding genes only, and the transcriptomic response to different exercise interventions has not been characterized by RNA-seq in older adults. Therefore, we performed total RNA-seq (to capture both coding and non-coding gene expression) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected from healthy, previously sedentary older adults (males and females, aged 70 ± 1 years). Samples were collected before and after 16 weeks of either low-intensity continuous training (LICT, 50% maximum heart rate, 3 x 30 min/week) or moderate-intensity continuous training plus interval training (MICT+IT, 60-80% maximum heart rate, progressively increased to include IT, 3 x 30 min/week). We found that both interventions modified biological processes (transcriptome modules) related to oxygen transport and reduced inflammatory signaling/immune activation processes (more pronounced with LICT). Interestingly, transcriptome changes unique to LICT subjects included increased expression of genes linked with vascularization and endothelial cell migration, whereas MICT+IT was uniquely associated with a robust increase in antioxidant response gene expression. We also observed numerous changes in long non-coding RNAs and microRNAs that could be linked with these exercise-associated gene expression changes with both interventions. These data provide a first comprehensive look into transcriptomic changes associated with moderate vs. low intensity aerobic exercise in older adults, and they suggest distinct benefits of each exercise strategy.

scholarly journals Using Geocaching to Promote Active Aging: Qualitative Study

10.2196/15339 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. e15339
Author(s):  
Silvia Fornasini ◽  
Marco Dianti ◽  
Alessandro Bacchiega ◽  
Stefano Forti ◽  
Diego Conforti
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Older People ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Senior Center ◽  
Organizational Network ◽  
Active Involvement

Background Over the past few years, the development of technologies supporting active aging has been increasing. Among the activities that promote physical exercise by using technologies is geocaching—a treasure hunt of sorts in which participants use a receiver GPS to hide or find real or virtual objects. Although this activity is particularly suited to the promotion of healthy lifestyles in older people, geocaching remains to be unexplored in this area. Objective This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of activities combining geocaching and self-tracking technologies to promote active aging, evaluate the usability of technologies, and explore the ways in which technologies have been integrated in the organizational context under examination to determine the user experience of participants. Methods A group of individuals aged 65 years and older (N=14) attending a senior center managed by a social cooperative was involved in the study. Some of them created the geocaching contents, and others, split into 2 teams, participated in the game. Each participant was given a pedometer bracelet and the geocaching app. The steps taken by individual participants along with the number of caches found by each group translated into team scores. Results The main results of the study were as follows: (1) activities in favor of active aging that involve the use of new technologies can foster the participation of elderly people; in particular, adding gamification to self-tracking can be a valid strategy to promote physical exercise among the elderly; (2) for this to happen, involvement of older people firsthand is crucial, and there must be a focus on their active involvement and empowerment in every phase of the project; and (3) the mediation of conflicts and competition that arise from the gamification could only take place because of the strong support of the organization in the form of social workers. Conclusions The results show that promoting active aging through technologies requires more effort than simply using these tools; it requires a wider process that involves an articulated organizational network with heterogeneous actors, technologies, and relations.

scholarly journals ¿Cómo interpretan el envejecimiento activo las personas mayores en España? Evidencias desde una perspectiva no profesional / How do elderly people in Spain assess active aging? Evidence from a lay-perspective

Aula Abierta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Rodríguez Rodríguez ◽  
Fermina Rojo-Pérez ◽  
Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas ◽  
María-Eugenia Prieto-Flores
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Lay Perspective ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Sociedad Civil

RESUMENLa población española está envejeciendo lo que, unido a una mejora de condiciones de vida, hace aumentar las posibilidades de desarrollar un envejecimiento activo. Investigadores y agentes sociales han intentado medirlo, a pesar de su dificultad. Este trabajo pretende analizar cómo las personas mayores en España construyen su envejecimiento activo, evaluando sus dimensiones, factores y efectos en su estilo de vida. Los datos cuantitativos proceden de la Encuesta Piloto del Estudio Longitudinal Envejecer en España (ELES-EP). Se complementan con 7 grupos focales a 50 personas de 50 y más años, participantes en ELES-EP, y 10 entrevistas en profundidad con responsables de organizaciones de la sociedad civil de personas mayores. Analizados con ATLAS.ti, aportan una visión no profesional sobre el envejecimiento activo. Los resultados muestran que estas personas en España no definen claramente el envejecimiento activo, pero identifican factores condicionantes relacionados con el pilar “participación”, las actividades principales (personales, culturales y sociales, de disfrute de tiempo libre, de participación en iniciativas sociales) y los beneficios que consiguen. Esta visión no profesional puede ser así comparada con la identificada en la literatura científica. Estudios futuros deberían encaminarse a obtener las claves para la conceptualización del envejecimiento activo por los propios protagonistas.Palabras Clave: Envejecimiento Activo, Personas Mayores, Perspectiva no profesional, Metodología mixta, España.ABSTRACTThe Spanish population is becoming older and alternatives for the development of an active living in different social contexts arise. Efforts to make active ageing an operative concept under professional and non-professional views (research, social agents, individuals) have been made. The paper aims at analysing how older adults in Spain build their active ageing, by studying the dimensions, factors and consequences that derive from their way of living. Quantitative data come from the Longitudinal Aging Study in Spain, Pilot Survey, ELES-PS, completed those from seven focus groups, composed by 50 individuals older than 50, participants in ELES-PS, and 9 indepth interviews with senior social organizations officers. Qualitative data have been analysed with ATLAS.ti. Results show that older people in Spain do not clearly define what active ageing is for them, but their discourses allows identifying some conditioning factors of their active behaviour, their main declared activities (personal, cultural, social activities, leisure time in general, involvement in some social participation interests) and the benefits they get. Literature on active ageing will allow comparison with active ageing’s lay vision. Future research should aim to obtain the keys for the conceptualization of active aging by the older people themselves.Keywords: Active Ageing, Older Adults, Lay Perspective, Mixed methods, Spain.

Muscle Oxygenation Responses to Low-intensity Steady Rate Concentric and Eccentric Cycling

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (03) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rakobowchuk ◽  
Laurie Isacco ◽  
Ophélie Ritter ◽  
Alicia Represas ◽  
Malika Bouhaddi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Cardiac Output ◽  
Exercise Bout ◽  
Systolic Arterial Pressure ◽  
Muscle Oxygenation ◽  
Exercise Session ◽  
Metabolic Demand ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Mechanical Power Output ◽  
Training Impulse

AbstractMuscle deoxygenation responses provide information about the training impulse of an exercise session enabling adaptation to be predicted. Our aim was to investigate muscle oxygenation profiles during prolonged low-intensity eccentric and concentric cycling. Twelve healthy men performed two 45-min exercise sessions of concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC) cycling, matched for the same heart rate at the start of each session. Mechanical power output during ECC was ~2.5 times that of CON (210±40 W vs. 82±16 W). Oxygen uptake, blood lactate, cardiac output and systolic arterial pressure responses did not differ between exercises. Heart rate was similar at 5 min of each exercise bout but progressively increased during ECC and was higher at 15, 30 and 45 min of ECC compared to CON (+10 bpm), with a trend for a lower stroke volume. Diastolic and mean blood pressures were higher during ECC. No significant differences were observed in muscle oxygenation profiles. Muscle oxygenation responses during prolonged low-intensity exercise were not affected by the type of muscle action at the same metabolic demand and cardiac output.

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