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Aerobic Exercise Prescription for Older Population: A Short Review
| Michael T.C. Liang1* and Steve Jui-Hsing Lin2 | |
| 1Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA | |
| 2Department of Physical Education, National Pingtung University of Education, Pingtung, Taiwan, Republic of China | |
| Corresponding Author : | Michael T.C. Liang California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion 3801 West Temple Avenue, Building 66-207 Pomona, California 91768, USA Tel: 886-8-7226141 E-mail: mtcliang@csupomona.edu |
| Received January 29, 2014; Accepted February 26, 2014; Published February 28, 2014 | |
| Citation: Liang MTC, Lin SJH (2014) Aerobic Exercise Prescription for Older Population: A Short Review. J Nov Physiother 4:201 doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000201 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Liang MTC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Aerobic exercise can lower the susceptibility to certain preventable chronic diseases, decrease mortality and improve health in the older adults. The health benefits of aerobic exercise include prevention of cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases; lowering blood pressure and blood lipids; lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, back pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, falls and, to some extent, sarcopenia; and improving quality of life and independent living in older adults. Aerobic training should be continued in order to be beneficial. If it is professionally prescribed by a physiotherapist or clinical exercise specialist using the most current research evidence, aerobic exercise can be enjoyable and safe. Professional and medical supervision during aerobic training may be needed for the older population and those who are at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension or who have diabetes mellitus, obesity, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. More research is still needed to identify the physiological and cellular mechanisms that show exercise can slow the aging process. This review article presents aerobic exercise-induced cardiovascular benefits and optimal exercise prescription for promoting cardiovascular-pulmonary-muscular health and preventing age-related diseases and mortality
