Rouchard - Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults

ExercisePhysical ActivityOlder Adults

Danielle R. Bouchard, PhD, CSEP-CEP

University of New Brunswick

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bouchard, Danielle R., 1980- editor.

Title: Exercise and physical activity for older adults / Danielle R. Bouchard, PhD, CSEP-CEP, University of New Brunswick, editor.

Description: First. | Champaign, Illinois : Human Kinetics, Inc., [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019041558 (print) | LCCN 2019041559 (ebook) | ISBN 9781492572909 (paperback) | ISBN 9781492592167 (epub) | ISBN 9781492592174 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Exercise for older people. | Physical education and training. | Physical fitness for older people.

Classification: LCC GV482.6 .E95 2021 (print) | LCC GV482.6 (ebook) | DDC 613.7/10846--dc23

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ISBN: 978-1-4925-7290-9 (print)

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This book is dedicated to my mother, Monique,
who left this world too early to be proud of the woman I became.

Contents

Danielle R. Bouchard, PhD, CSEP-CEP, andSarah Webb, BSKin, CSEP-CPT

Theodore C. Goldsmith, BS

Zachary Zimmer, PhD

Katherine Boisvert-Vigneault, MSc, and Isabelle J. Dionne, PhD

Martin Snchal, PhD, CEP, andBrittany Rioux, MSc

Silvia Pogliaghi, MD, PhD, and Juan M. Murias, PhD

Joseph W. Duke, PhD, and Andrew T. Lovering, PhD

Anthony C. Hackney, PhD, DSc

Debra J. Rose, PhD, FNAK

Eduardo Martinez-Valdes, PT, MSc, PhD, and Alessandro M. De Nunzio, B. Eng., MSc, PhD

Danielle R. Bouchard, PhD, CSEP-CEP, and Andrea Mayo, MSc

Kelliann K. Davis, PhD, FACSM, CCEP, and Daniel E. Forman, MD, FAHA, FACC

Mariana Wingood, PT, DPT, and Nancy Gell, PT, PhD, MPH

Gregory W. Heath, DHSc, MPH, and Danielle R. Bouchard, PhD, CSEP-CEP

Nattai Borges, PhD, and Luke Del Vecchio, PhD

Preface

Many textbooks summarize findings on the benefits of physical activity and exercise for older adults, but they are outdated and almost never focus solely on the role of physical activity on the universal occurrence of natural physical aging. In our book, we ask the following questions:

• What are the benefits of physical activity and exercise while aging?
• How much physical activity is recommended in the absence of diseases?
• What are the physical expectations for older adults who remain active or start exercising?
• How much physical activity is recommended regardless of chronic conditions?

In North America, at least, aging is often perceived as a negative and is associated with diseases, mobility issues, and a reduction in physical activity. There is a need for a book that teaches the newest generation that most adults age 65 and older are still functional, live without major diseases, and are still interested and able to exercise. In the same vein, the number of older adults who decide to participate in competitive sports at advanced ages is booming and likely to increase over the next decade. It is important to teach our students that aging is inevitable but that physical activity as a whole can largely slow the inevitable age-related decrease in physical function. With worldwide changes in age demographics, it is important to have a resource that guides older people and those who work with them about the benefits of exercise and what realistic physical outcomes are expected.

Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults represents a collaborative effort from contributors across the world to discuss the physical benefits of exercise and physical activity for older adults without major diseases, making this book unique in the sense of its primary prevention focus.

The content of this book mainly targets university and college students and professors for course content that is structured around older adults and the process of aging. The contributors bring different perspectives from around the world. The information in this textbook takes on an academic approach and may be more appropriate for upper-year university courses with a sufficient background of basic physiology, biology, and psychology. It also includes a broader approach to physical activity by including information on sedentary behavior that has been recently associated with poor physical functions and health outcomes in older adults. One of the main objectives of this textbook is to provide an explanation for the physical age-related changes that typically occur and how exercise can limit these changes. Students and educators in exercise sciences, health promotion, and preventative medicine may find the content of this textbook to be of great value.

A strength of this textbook is a more in-depth discussion of human physiology systems and their changes throughout the aging process. It is important to explain what is happening within people as they age in order to fully understand how these changes affect their abilities to perform physical activity. This textbook also discusses the behavioral aspects of exercise practices, which are often overlooked in a typical book on exercise. It is imperative for readers to understand that most benefits of regular physical activity cannot be achieved if the behavior is not practiced regularly. Although the content is for academic settings, practical elements throughout the textbook have been included as Functional Fitness Checkup, Putting It Into Practice, and Behavior Check sections.