Open AccessEffects of Ageing in Physical Fitness
Author(s) -
Pedro Jesús Ruíz-Montero,
Óscar Chiva-Bartoll,
Ricardo Martín-Moya
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
occupational medicine and health affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2329-6879
DOI - 10.4172/2329-6879.1000241
Subject(s) - ageing , population ageing , physical fitness , gerontology , population , physical activity , healthy ageing , psychology , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , environmental health , physical therapy
Ageing is a natural and inevitable process with degenerative changes in most of the physical, physiological and
psychological functions. Furthermore, the ageing process has an impact on the physical of elderly people. Thus, the
aim of this study is to provide to readers of information about effects of ageing and changes in physical fitness as
one of the major causes of chronic diseases of ageing people. In addition, the association between physical fitness
and physical activity in elderly shows health benefits in this population. In conclusion, the evolution of aging is
essentially understood as a gradual accumulation of damage which produces the functional declination of any
organism