title: [Physical performance of older patients training regularly: comparison with a normal population].
abstract: Previous studies indicate that physical performance, being a relevant prognostic parameter for cardiovascular events and mortality, decreases with age. Thus, the maintenance and restoration of physical performance as part of a rehabilitation program is of great interest. In the present study, 35 physically active participants, aged 58 - 78 years, were investigated by cardiopulmonary exercise testing. In comparison to matched participants drawn from an epidemiological study, there was no significant difference in performance g between the two groups. Additionally, oxygen kineticswere incrementally measured in order to evaluate a fairly simple procedure for determining fitness under activities of daily life. Surprisingly, this method did not reveal any clinically relevant association between oxygen kinetics and physical fitness.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Greifswald.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ewert
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Greifswald.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obst
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Greifswald.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gürtler
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Greifswald.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Greifswald.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gläser
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Greifswald.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bollmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D064797:Physical Conditioning, Human / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values