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Patterns of sedentary behavior and physical function in older adults

Overview of attention for article published in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, May 2015
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Patterns of sedentary behavior and physical function in older adults
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Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, May 2015
DOI 10.1007/s40520-015-0386-4
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Keith P. Gennuso, Keith M. Thraen-Borowski, Ronald E. Gangnon, Lisa H. Colbert

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship between various objectively measured sedentary behavior (SB) variables and physical function in older adults, examine the measurement properties of an SB questionnaire, and describe the domains of SB in our sample. Forty-four older adults (70 ± 8 years, 64 % female) had their SB measured via activPAL activity monitor and SB questionnaire for 1 week followed by performance-based tests of physical function. The pattern of SB was more important than total SB time. Where a gender by SB interaction was found, increasing time in SB and fewer breaks were associated with worse function in the males only. The SB questionnaire had acceptable test-retest reliability but poor validity compared to activPAL-measured SB. The majority of SB time was spent watching television, using the computer and reading. This study provides further evidence for the association between SB and physical function and describes where older adults are spending their sedentary time. This information can be used in the design of future intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve function in older adults.

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Country Count As %
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 91 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 15%
Student > Bachelor 11 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 11%
Researcher 6 7%
Professor 4 4%
Other 18 20%
Unknown 29 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 17 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 16%
Sports and Recreations 13 14%
Psychology 4 4%
Social Sciences 3 3%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 30 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 June 2015.
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#8,207,277
of 26,178,577 outputs
Outputs from Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
#697
of 1,934 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#88,451
of 280,108 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
#12
of 21 outputs
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