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  1. The inability to appropriately react to balance perturbations is a common cause of falls. Perturbation-based balance training (PBT) is especially beneficial for improving reactive balance and shows high potent...

    Authors: Natalie Hezel, Theresa Buchner, Clemens Becker, Jürgen M. Bauer, Lizeth H. Sloot, Simon Steib and Christian Werner
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:8
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  2. This meta-analysis explored the relationship between various exercise prescription variables and their effects on fall risk reduction in older adults, enabling the selection of targeted and evidence-based inte...

    Authors: Tian-Rui Zhu, Hong-Qi Xu, Jin-Peng Wei, He-Long Quan, Xue-Jiao Han, Tian-Xiang Li and Ji-Peng Shi
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:7
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  3. Body composition and functional capacity are both related to physical activity, but the interplay is complex, as different body tissue types contribute differently on physical activity and functional capacity....

    Authors: Matti Hyvärinen, Anna Kankaanpää, Timo Rantalainen, Taina Rantanen, Eija K. Laakkonen and Laura Karavirta
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:6
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  4. Myelin, which insulates neurons, speeds up information transfer and provides the necessary conditions for cognitive and motor functioning. The direct link between physical performance and the total brain myeli...

    Authors: Mariusz J. Kujawa, Małgorzata Grzywińska, Angelika K. Sawicka, Anna B. Marcinkowska, Maciej Chroboczek, Zbigniew Jost, Edyta Szurowska, Paweł J. Winklewski, Arkadiusz Szarmach and Sylwester Kujach
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:5
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  5. Exercise-induced fatigue is a common consequence of physical activities. Particularly in older adults, it can affect gait performance. Due to a wide variety in fatiguing protocols and gait parameters used in e...

    Authors: Paul Benjamin Voorn, Remco Oomen, Jacek Buczny, Daniël Bossen, Bart Visser and Mirjam Pijnappels
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:4
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  6. Pathological aging can impair sensory information, leading to postural control disorders in older adults. Compensatory sensorial mechanisms are emerging to preserve balance function. The objective of the study...

    Authors: Marine Brika, France Mourey and Alexandre Kubicki
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:3
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  8. Physical activity (PA) may have an impact on cognitive function. Machine learning (ML) techniques are increasingly used in dementia research, e.g., for diagnosis and risk stratification. Less is known about th...

    Authors: Bettina Barisch-Fritz, Jay Shah, Jelena Krafft, Yonas E. Geda, Teresa Wu, Alexander Woll and Janina Krell-Roesch
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:1
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  9. Age-related decline in physical and cognitive capacity increases older adults’ risk of disability, long-term care placement, and mortality rate. Functional training, which uses activities of daily living or si...

    Authors: Chiung-ju Liu, Wen-Pin Chang, Yun Chan Shin, Yi-Ling Hu and Jane Morgan-Daniel
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:32
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    The Correction to this article has been published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2025 22:2

  10. Senescent cells are defined as normal cells that have undergone irreversible division arrest due to various factors. These cells have been found to play a pivotal role in aging and the development of chronic d...

    Authors: Tinghuai Huang, Charlotte Tsang and Jianwei Huang
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:31
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  11. Physical activity (PA) is fundamental to nursing home residents’ health. Likewise, physical capacity (PC) is essential to carry out activities of daily living. Although PC and PA are associated, misalignment h...

    Authors: Michael Adams, Alexander Elser, Madeleine Fricke, Lydia Jaufmann, Bettina Wollesen, Thomas Muehlbauer, Carl-Philipp Jansen and Michael Schwenk
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:30
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  12. A more fragmented, less stable rest-activity rhythm (RAR) is emerging as a risk factor for health. Accelerometer devices are increasingly used to measure RAR fragmentation using metrics such as inter-daily sta...

    Authors: Ian Meneghel Danilevicz, Sam Vidil, Benjamin Landré, Aline Dugravot, Vincent Theodor van Hees and Séverine Sabia
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:29
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  13. Due to poorer exercise tolerance, it may be challenging for frail older adults to engage in moderate- or vigorous-intensity exercise. While low-intensity exercise interventions may be more feasible, its effect...

    Authors: Nien Xiang Tou, Siew Fong Goh, Susana Harding, Mary Ann Tsao, Tze Pin Ng and Shiou-Liang Wee
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:28
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  14. With the rapid aging of the global population, identifying lifestyle patterns that effectively delay aging and reduce mortality risk is of paramount importance. This study utilizes the UK Biobank to analyze th...

    Authors: Ce Liu, Zhaoru Yang, Li He, Ya Xiao, Hao Zhao, Ling Zhang, Tong Liu, Rentong Chen, Kai Zhang and Bin Luo
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:27
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  15. Although a high C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) is believed to increase mortality risk, the association between the physical activity (PA), CAR, and mortality among cancer survivors has not been inve...

    Authors: Xiaoqin An, Jingyi Li, Yuan Li, Huanxian Liu, Junjun Bai, Qinxiang Guo and Baoping Jiao
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:26
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  16. Since the onset of coronavirus 2019, there has been an upsurge of tele-exercise delivery. Previous studies showed old adults find tele-exercise feasible and acceptable. However, there is limited understanding ...

    Authors: Janet Lok Chun Lee, Karly Oi Wan Chan, Rick Yiu Cho Kwan and Arnold Yu Lok Wong
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:25
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  17. We aimed to characterize the associations between physical activity levels and the risk of developing age-related diseases in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study and used Mendel...

    Authors: Jie Zhao, Zezhi Ke, Rihua Huang, Xiuyun Wen, Wenbin Liu, Suisui Wang, Xu Zhang, Xiaodong Zhuang, Litao Pan and Lizhen Liao
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:24
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  18. The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its subsequent progression to dementia has increased progression to dementia has increased worldwide, making it a topic of interest. of interest, and it ha...

    Authors: Diego Fernando Afanador-Restrepo, Alejandro Casanova-Correa, Rita Inés Martín-Ojeda, Agustín Aibar-Almazán, Ana María González-Martín, Fidel Hita-Contreras, María del Carmen Carcelén-Fraile and Yolanda Castellote-Caballero
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:23
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  19. Physical exercise is recognized for its beneficial effects on brain health and executive function, particularly through the careful manipulation of key exercise parameters, including type, intensity, and durat...

    Authors: Wenxin Chen, Jessie Leuk Siew-Pin, Yuhang Wu, Ning Huang and Wei-Peng Teo
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:22
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  20. Despite the global increase in older employees, workplace physical activity interventions (WPAIs) for this target group have not yet been sufficiently developed. The major drawback of existing WPAIs is low adh...

    Authors: Yvonne Ritter, Diana Pfister, Greta M. Steckhan, Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht, Britta Weber, Rolf Ellegast, Christian Koch, Frank Bausch, Markus Gruber and Michael Schwenk
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:21
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  21. Physical activity (PA) is imperative for healthy ageing and is a modifiable lifestyle factor. Accurate, clinically meaningful estimates of daily PA among older adults can inform targeted interventions to maint...

    Authors: Astrid Ustad, Karen Sverdrup, Gro Gujord Tangen, Øystein Døhl, Beatrix Vereijken, Pernille Thingstad and Nina Skjæret-Maroni
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:20
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  22. There has been growing interest in using unstable devices in training protocols. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of two multimodal exercise interventions (i.e., on stable and unstable surfaces) on...

    Authors: Alex Rizzato, Matteo Bozzato, Luca Rotundo, Giuseppe Zullo, Giuseppe De Vito, Antonio Paoli and Giuseppe Marcolin
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:19
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  23. Malnutrition, sarcopenia, and frailty are age-related conditions that are associated with multiple health-related negative outcomes. However, the complex associations between them remain to be elucidated. The ...

    Authors: Halil Ibrahim Celik, Ferda Koc, Kübra Siyasal, Büsra Ay, Nazlı Bengu Ilter and Ozge Mengi Celik
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:18
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  24. Hearing impairments are a rising burden in our aging society. Hearing loss is associated with reduced cognitive performance as well as decrements in balance and gait. Therefore, impaired hearing affects also d...

    Authors: Anna Wunderlich, Bettina Wollesen, Janek Asamoah, Kim Delbaere and Karen Li
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:17
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  25. Physical activity levels remain suboptimal in older adults. Exploration of potentially modifiable factors such as social support is needed to inform the development and implementation of patient-oriented physi...

    Authors: Sarah B. Lieber, Jerad Moxley, Lisa A. Mandl, M. Carrington Reid and Sara J. Czaja
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:16
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  26. In the aging society, more attention is paid to the promotion of forms of physical activity that can improve postural stability and cognitive functioning. In this context, the importance of combined exercises,...

    Authors: Jakub Malik, Natalia Główka, Wojciech Jelonek, Rafał Stemplewski and Janusz Maciaszek
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:15
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  27. Although the metabolic equivalents (METs) system is a common procedure to quantify the intensity of physical activity in older adults, it remains unclear whether the conventional METs intensity thresholds (CTs...

    Authors: Javier Leal-Martín, Miguel Muñoz-Muñoz, Miguel Sierra-Ramón, Mónica Cerezo-Arroyo, Paola Gómez-Redondo, Luis M. Alegre, Ignacio Ara, Francisco José García-García and Asier Mañas
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:14
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  28. Balance plays a crucial role in the daily activities of older adults. Aquatic-based exercises (AE) are widely conducted as an alternative to land-based exercises (LE). Previous studies have compared AE and LE ...

    Authors: Ying Deng, Zheng Tang, Zhengting Yang, Qi Chai, Wenting Lu, Yunshi Cai, Yiting Luo and Yongzhao Zhou
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:13
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  30. Age-related declines in physical functioning have significant implications for health in later life. Physical activity (PA) volume is associated with physical function, but the importance of the pattern in whi...

    Authors: Joshua Culverhouse, Melvyn Hillsdon, Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Bastiaan E. de Galan, Hans H.C.M. Savelberg and Richard Pulsford
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:10
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  31. This study aimed to examine within-subject differences in levels of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) among Flemish grandparents aged 50 years and older during a day of providing versus not pr...

    Authors: Maxine Vanhove, Eva D’Hondt, Yanni Verhavert, Tom Deliens, Benedicte Deforche and Marie Vermote
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:11
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  32. The aging brain exhibits a neuroinflammatory state, driven partly by peripheral pro-inflammatory stimuli, that accelerates cognitive deterioration. A growing body of evidence clearly indicates that physical ex...

    Authors: Wouter A. J. Vints, Evrim Gökçe, Julija Šeikinaitė, Simona Kušleikienė, Vida J. Česnaitienė, Jeanine Verbunt, Oron Levin and Nerijus Masiulis
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:9
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  33. Older adults who engage in group sports and exercises achieve greater health benefits than those who exercise by themselves. The benefits of group participation may vary depending on the type of sports/exercis...

    Authors: Taishi Tsuji, Satoru Kanamori, Ryota Watanabe, Meiko Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Miyaguni, Masashige Saito and Katsunori Kondo
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:8
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  34. Aging is marked by a memory decline related to an executive function decline. Physical activity (PA) has beneficial effects on both executive functions and memory, especially in aging. The protective effects o...

    Authors: Ilona Moutoussamy, Laurence Taconnat, Lucie Angel, Kristell Pothier, Lucette Toussaint and Séverine Fay
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:7
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  35. Physical activity (PA) behaviours and comorbid diseases are associated with muscle strength. However, the association between dynapenia and detailed PA behaviours, including participation in aerobic and resist...

    Authors: Jae Hyeon Park, Hyung Seok Nam, Mina Park and Yeo Hyung Kim
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:6
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  36. Low muscle mass is associated with adverse health outcomes such as functional decline and all-cause mortality. This study investigated the relationship between the risk of low muscle mass and the training peri...

    Authors: Jae Ho Park, Nam-Kyoo Lim and Hyun-Young Park
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:5
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  37. Respiratory muscle training is a continuous and standardized training of respiratory muscles, but the evidence of the effects on early stroke patients is not clear. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the ...

    Authors: Yun-Shan Zhang, Kai Zhang, Lang Huang, Jing-Xue Wei, Zi-Ting Bi, Jing-Hua Xiao, Jian Huang, Chao-Song Luo, Ying-Dong Li and Jia-Mei Zhang
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:4
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  38. Many exercise studies, including older adults, do not report all relevant exercise characteristics. Especially the description of exercise intensity is missing and mostly not controlled. This leads to difficul...

    Authors: Bettina Wollesen, Mona Herden, Nicola Lamberti and Christoforos D. Giannaki
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:3
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    The Correction to this article has been published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:12

  39. Fatigue, low muscle endurance, muscle weakness and low-grade inflammation are strongly related to frailty at higher age. When signs of self-perceived fatigue and low muscle endurance are interrelated with low-...

    Authors: Ivan Bautmans, Veerle Knoop, Ingo Beyer, Helle Bruunsgaard, Drude Molbo, Erik Lykke Mortensen and Rikke Lund
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:2
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  40. Gait initiation is challenging for older individuals with poor physical function, particularly for those with frailty. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome associated with increased risk of illness, falls, and func...

    Authors: Jana Maria Hommen, João P. Batista, L. Cornelius Bollheimer, Frank Hildebrand, Thea Laurentius and Hannah Lena Siebers
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2024 21:1
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  41. Physical activity was known to be the protective factor against frailty. Technology acceptance is associated with behavioural intention to technology usage. Technology has been effective in promoting healthy b...

    Authors: Rick Yiu Cho Kwan, Joanna Wing Yan Yeung, Janet Lok Chun Lee and Vivian W. Q. Lou
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:24
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  42. The Covid-19 outbreak in spring of 2020 posed an array of challenges for nursing homes, including promoting resident physical activity (PA). Given the diversity of factors affecting resident PA, we explored ho...

    Authors: Lea-Sofie Hahn, Ansgar Thiel, Dorothée Trüb, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Andreas M. Nieß, Gorden Sudeck and Annika Frahsa
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:23
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  43. Resistance training (RT) and nutritional supplementation are recommended for the management of sarcopenia in older adults. However, optimal RT intensity for the treatment of sarcopenia has not been well invest...

    Authors: Yu Chang Chen, Wang-Chun Chen, Chia-Wei Liu, Wei-Yu Huang, ICheng Lu, Chi Wei Lin, Ru Yi Huang, Jung Sheng Chen and Chi Hsien Huang
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:22
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  44. Exercise training recommendations for seniors include the targeted training of strength, balance, endurance and flexibility domains. Agility training (AT) is conceptualized as a multi-component and time-effici...

    Authors: Eric Lichtenstein, Steffen Held, Ludwig Rappelt, Jonas Zacher, Angi Eibl, Sebastian Ludyga, Oliver Faude and Lars Donath
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:21
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  45. Evidence on the factors influencing physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in middle-aged and older adults taking care of their grandchild(ren) is limited, even though this knowledge seems imperati...

    Authors: Marie Vermote, Tom Deliens, Benedicte Deforche and Eva D’Hondt
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:20
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  46. Scarce evidence is available about the minimum number of valid days wearing the activPAL3 to obtain a precise estimate of sedentary behaviour (SB) and awake-time movement behaviours (ATMB) in nursing home (NH)...

    Authors: Pau Farrés-Godayol, Miguel Ángel Ruiz-Díaz, Philippa Dall, Dawn A. Skelton, Eduard Minobes-Molina, Javier Jerez-Roig and Maria Giné-Garriga
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:19
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  47. There is lack of research on combinations of possible modifiable risk factors for dementia in a life-time perspective. Dementia has currently no cure, and therefore new knowledge of preventive factors is impor...

    Authors: Maren Lerfald, Stian Lydersen, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Tom I. L. Nilsen, Rannveig S. Eldholm, Nicolas Martinez-Velilla, Geir Selbæk and Linda Ernstsen
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:18
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  48. Interdependencies of health, fitness, cognition, and emotion can promote or inhibit mobility. This study aimed to analyse pathways and interactions between individual subjective and objective physical performa...

    Authors: Bettina Wollesen, Nadja Schott, Thomas Klotzbier, Laura Luise Bischoff, Thomas Cordes, Julian Rudisch, Ann-Kathrin Otto, Katharina Zwingmann, Claudia Hildebrand, Thomas Joellenbeck, Lutz Vogt, Daniel Schoene, Matthias Weigelt and Claudia Voelcker-Rehage
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:17
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  49. The term “long lie” is often used when individuals who have fallen are unable to stand up on their own, so they have to lie unintentionally for a longer period of time until they are noticed and can be helped....

    Authors: Jenny Kubitza, Iris T. Schneider and Bernd Reuschenbach
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:16
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  50. Exercise is often cited as a major factor contributing to improved cognitive functioning. As a result, the relationship between exercise and cognition has received much attention in scholarly literature. Syste...

    Authors: Peter Blomstrand, Dario Tesan, Elisabeth Mueller Nylander and Nerrolyn Ramstrand
    Citation: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2023 20:15
    Content type: Review article Published on:
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