Promoting Stair Climbing as an Exercise Routine among Healthy Older Adults Attending a Community-Based Physical Activity Program

Stair climbing provides a feasible opportunity for increasing physical activity (PA) in daily living. The purpose of this study was to examine the daily walking and stair-climbing steps among healthy older adults (age: 74.0 ± 4.9 years; Body Mass Index (BMI): 22.3 ± 2.5 kg/m2). Participants (34 fema...

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Published in:	Sports (Basel) Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 23
Main Authors:	Hongu, Nobuko, Shimada, Mieko, Miyake, Rieko, Nakajima, Yusuke, Nakajima, Ichirou, Yoshitake, Yutaka
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 18.01.2019 MDPI
Subjects:	Age Aging Body mass index Body weight Climbing Community community-based program Exercise Gender Health care Intervention Knee Medical personnel Muscle strength Older people pedometer Physical activity Physical fitness Physical training Physiology Professionals Sociodemographics stair-climbing Walking Japan stair-climbing pedometer aging community-based program walking physical activity
ISSN:	2075-4663, 2075-4663
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