title: Aging and exercise.
abstract: In older adults, regular exercise provides numerous health benefits that include improvements in blood pressure, coronary artery disease,diabetes, lipid profile, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, mood,neurocognitive function, and overall morbidity and mortality. This article discusses the benefits of exercise in the elderly and how physicians can help such patients overcome barriers to exercise (eg,sedentary lifestyle, lack of education, coexisting morbidities), and offers some practical exercise prescriptions for both healthy and compromised elderly patients.
authors: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37208, USA. jeralyn_allen@yahoo.com
authors: Jeralyn
authors: J
authors: Allen
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Morelli
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans