Association Between Structured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Older Adults

Amal A Wanigatunga; Walter T Ambrosius; W Jack Rejeski; Thomas M Gill; Nancy W Glynn; Catrine Tudor-Locke; Todd M Manini

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.7203

Association Between Structured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Older Adults

JAMA. 2017 Jul 18;318(3):297-299. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.7203.

Authors

Amal A Wanigatunga¹, Walter T Ambrosius², W Jack Rejeski³, Thomas M Gill⁴, Nancy W Glynn⁵, Catrine Tudor-Locke⁶, Todd M Manini⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
³ Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst.
⁷ Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Abstract

This post hoc exploratory analysis of Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) trial data examines the association between the trial’s physical activity intervention and sedentary time in older adults.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Accelerometry
Aged
Exercise*
Humans
Mobility Limitation
Sedentary Behavior*

Abstract

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