Open AccessThe Impact of Recreational Exercises on Older Women: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Gojko Skundric,
Veljko Vukićević,
Slobodan Vignjevic,
Nikola Lukić,
Nenad Njaradi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of anthropology of sport and physical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2536-5703
pISSN - 2536-569X
DOI - 10.26773/jaspe.211004
Subject(s) - scopus , recreation , inclusion (mineral) , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , older people , web of science , test (biology) , population , applied psychology , medicine , medline , physical therapy , meta analysis , environmental health , nursing , social psychology , political science , law , paleontology , biology
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of regular exercise in the prevention system or the elderly in order to improve the quality of their life. The four electronic databases are researched for collecting articles (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus and Web of Science). A search was conducted by title, taking a predefined combination of the following keywords into account: recreational exercise, Senior Fitness Test, older women. The search was undertaken in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. 136 studies were identified, of which 18 met the inclusion criteria. It has been determined that regular physical activity enables the improvement of the quality of life and positively affects the health of the examined groups, but older people represent a physically inactive part of the population.