Physical activity benefits of attending a senior center depend largely on age and gender: a study using GPS and accelerometry data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Senior centers offer important opportunities for physical activity and social interaction. Seniors who visit a senior center regularly can gain physical activity from transportation and from specific activities offered within the senior center. However, there is very little knowledge regarding the specific physical activity gains obtained from regular visits to senior centers, and no effort has been made to use device-based measures of physical activity to test the potential physical activity benefits of attending a senior center.

Methods

To fill this gap, the present study examined the physical activity patterns of 227 seniors living in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area in Spain. Using GPS and Accelerometer 7-day tracking data, and GIS measures we assessed the ligh

SUBMITTER: Marquet O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157997 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature