The purpose of this Position Stand is to provide an overview of issues critical to understanding the importance of exercise and physical activity in older adult populations. The Position Stand is divided into three sections: Section 1 briefly reviews the structural and functional changes that characterize normal human aging, Section 2 considers the extent to which exercise and physical activity can influence the aging process, and Section 3 summarizes the benefits of both long-term exercise and physical activity and shorter-duration exercise programs on health and functional capacity. Although no amount of physical activity can stop the biological aging process, there is evidence that regular exercise can minimize the physiological effects of an otherwise sedentary lifestyle and increase active life expectancy by limiting the development and progression of chronic disease and disabling conditions. There is also emerging evidence for significant psychological and cognitive benefits accruing from regular exercise participation by older adults. Ideally, exercise prescription for older adults should include aerobic exercise, muscle strengthening exercises, and flexibility exercises. The evidence reviewed in this Position Stand is generally consistent with prior American College of Sports Medicine statements on the types and amounts of physical activity recommended for older adults as well as the recently published 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. All older adults should engage in regular physical activity and avoid an inactive lifestyle.

Exercise and physical activity for older adults

SUMMARYACSM Position Stand on The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Adults. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 975-991, 1998. The combination of frequency, intensity, and duration of chr

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ACSM Position Stand: The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Healthy Adults

SUMMARYACSM Position Stand on Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults. Med. Sci. Sports. Exerc., Vol. 30. No. 6, pp. 992-1008, 1998. By the year 2030, the number of individuals 65 yr and over will reach 70 million in the United States alone; persons 85 yr and older will be the fastest gr

ACSM Position Stand: Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults

The aim of this review was to recommend training strategies that improve the functional capacity in physically frail older adults based on scientific literature, focusing specially in supervised exercise programs that improved muscle strength, fall risk, balance, and gait ability. Scielo, Science Citation Index, MEDLINE, Scopus, Sport Discus, and ScienceDirect databases were searched from 1990 to 2012. Studies must have mentioned the effects of exercise training on at least one of the following four parameters: Incidence of falls, gait, balance, and lower-body strength. Twenty studies that investigated the effects of multi-component exercise training (10), resistance training (6), endurance training (1), and balance training (3) were included in the present revision. Ten trials investigated the effects of exercise on the incidence of falls in elderly with physical frailty. Seven of them have found a fewer falls incidence after physical training when compared with the control group. Eleven trials investigated the effects of exercise intervention on the gait ability. Six of them showed enhancements in the gait ability. Ten trials investigated the effects of exercise intervention on the balance performance and seven of them demonstrated enhanced balance. Thirteen trials investigated the effects of exercise intervention on the muscle strength and nine of them showed increases in the muscle strength. The multi-component exercise intervention composed by strength, endurance and balance training seems to be the best strategy to improve rate of falls, gait ability, balance, and strength performance in physically frail older adults.

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Effects of different exercise interventions on risk of falls, gait ability and balance in physically frail older adults. A systematic review

A large proportion of adults in Western cultures are physically inactive, despite several decades of warnings about the potentially negative health consequences of a sedentary lifestyle. Efforts to promote physical activity have focused on identifying its determinants and designing interventions that might effectively promote regular physical activity. The multitude of factors that induce adults to initiate and maintain programmes of physical activity have been divided into those that are invariable (age, gender, race, ethnicity) and those that are presumed to be modifiable (behavioural and personality characteristics, environmental circumstances and community settings). The lack of consistency in the design, analysis and reporting of interventions in the lives of inactive or sedentary individuals has produced equivocal results. However, several social and environmental factors have systematically emerged as determinants of physical activity in adults. In ethnic minorities, the removal of barriers such as unaffordable facilities and unavailable childcare, high crime rates, fear for personal safety and culturally inappropriate activities are of primary importance. Social support from family, peers, communities and healthcare providers has resulted in modest improvements across cultures, ages and genders in selected settings, but the definition of specific interventions and their outcomes deserve additional attention. Longitudinal studies indicate that components of physical fitness are relatively transitory, with low to modest correlations between physical activity and measures of physical fitness in childhood and adolescence and in adulthood. Attempts to explain the activity behaviour of adults by applying various theories in programmes of intervention have also produced mixed results. Successful interventions tailor programmes to individual needs, account for personal levels of fitness, allow for personal control of the activity and its outcomes, and provide for social support by family, peers and communities. The initiation and maintenance of regular physical activity in adults depends on a multitude of biological and sociocultural variables that demand attention across the lifespan.

Factors Affecting Levels of Physical Activity in Adults

n‐type silicon‐doped epitaxial layers of gallium arsenide grown by molecular‐beam epitaxy (MBE) or metal‐organo chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) have been investigated by measurements of the Hall effect and the strengths of the localized vibrational modes (LVM) of silicon impurities using both Fourier transform absorption spectroscopy and Raman scattering at an excitation energy of 3 eV close to the E1 band gap. Lines from Si(Ga) donors, Si(As) acceptors, Si(Ga)‐Si(As) pairs, and Si‐X, a complex of silicon with a native defect, were detected and correlated for the two techniques. The maximum carrier concentration [n] found for samples grown under standard conditions was 5.5×1018 cm−3. At higher doping levels Si‐X becomes dominant and acts as an acceptor, so reducing [n]. An integrated absorption of 1 cm−2 in the Si(Ga) LVM line corresponds to 5.0±4×1016 atoms cm−3: a similar calibration applies to the Si(As) line, but for Si‐X, an absorption of 1 cm−2 corresponds to only 2.7±1.0×1016 defects cm−3. Possib...

The calibration of the strength of the localized vibrational modes of silicon impurities in epitaxial GaAs revealed by infrared absorption and Raman scattering

Infrared absorption measurements of heavily carbon-doped AlAs have revealed a localized vibrational model at 630 cm-1 which appears as a Fano profile. Raman scattering measurements show a corresponding line at 634 cm-1: possible reasons for the difference in frequency are discussed. The line is assigned to CAs acceptors and a comparison is made with a two-parameter Keating cluster model. Additional weaker lines at 615 cm-1, 633 cm-1 and 645 cm-1 have been observed in absorption, and possible interpretations have been considered.

The lattice sites of carbon in highly doped AlAs:C grown by molecular beam epitaxy

New high-resolution FTIR transmission spectra are presented for the fine structure of local vibrational modes associated with 10B, 11B and 12C impurities in GaAs. Attempts are made at reproducing these results from cluster calculations based on a range of harmonic force constant models. For the boron impurities good agreement with the fine structure arising from host crystal isotope effects is readily achieved, but the impurity isotope shift cannot be satisfactorily reproduced by harmonic models which can be deemed physically reasonable. The same conclusion applies to the carbon results and, in this case, even the host isotope effects are not so well reproduced. We derive a general relation between impurity isotope shifts and the width of the fine structure from host crystal isotope effects. Both the detailed model calculations and this more general relationship point to the conclusion that, for any model to be satisfactory, anharmonicity must be included.

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Host and impurity isotope effects on local vibrational modes of GaAs:CAs and GaAs:BAs

Infrared absorption (IR) and Raman scattering measurements have been made of the localized vibration modes (LVM) due to defects incorporating silicon impurities in p‐type Si‐doped GaAs grown by liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) on (001) planes and by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on (111)A and (311)A planes. Analysis of a closely compensated LPE sample indicated that an existing calibration factor for the SiAs LVM (399 cm−1) relating the integrated absorption coefficient (IA) to the concentration [SiAs] should be increased by 40%, so that IA=1 cm−2 corresponds to [SiAs]=7×1016 cm−3. The SiAs LVM appeared as a Fano dip in the hole absorption continuum at ∼395 cm−1 in the highly doped p‐type material, some 4 cm−1 lower in frequency than its normal position in compensated GaAs. Electron irradiation of samples led to the progressive removal of the Fano dip and a shift with the emergence of the expected SiAs LVM absorption line at 399 cm−1. In MBE samples the irradiation also generated SiGa donors, but the site switch...

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The calibration of the strength of the localized vibrational modes of silicon impurities in epitaxial GaAs revealed by infrared absorption and Raman scattering

The lattice sites of carbon in highly doped AlAs:C grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Host and impurity isotope effects on local vibrational modes of GaAs:CAs and GaAs:BAs

A local vibrational mode investigation of p‐type Si‐doped GaAs

Recent Measurements and Theory Relating to Impurity-Induced LVMS in GaP and GaAs