Exploring patterns of daily physical and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults
Author(s) -
Sue Lord,
Sébastien Chastin,
Lynn McInnes,
Linda Little,
Pam Briggs,
Lynn Rochester
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afq166
Subject(s) - explained variation , regression analysis , analysis of variance , medicine , body mass index , physical activity , demography , gerontology , sedentary lifestyle , variance (accounting) , linear regression , psychology , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , accounting , pathology , sociology , business
recent evidence suggests that the interaction between periods of sedentary and activity behaviour is important for health; providing distinctive information to assessment of activity alone. This study quantified activity and sedentary behaviour in older, community-dwelling adults.
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