94557 20210902121742.0 doi 10.3390/ijerph17124312 sideral 118632 ART-2020-118632 eng Gómez-Bruton, Alejandro Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0520-1640 The effects of age, organized physical activity and sedentarism on fitness in older adults: An 8-year longitudinal study 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The aims of the present study were (1) to describe the changes in physical fitness during an 8 year follow-up in a large sample of Spanish adults aged 65 or over that are initially engaged in organized physical activity (OPA), (2) to compare fitness changes according to different age groups (65 to 69 vs. 70 to 74 vs. =75 years-old), (3) to evaluate the independent and combined effects of changes in OPA engagement and sitting time (ST) on physical fitness. A total of 642 (147 males) non-institutionalized over 65 years-old participants completed the EXERNET battery fitness tests and completed a validated questionnaire from which information regarding OPA and ST were collected. All participants completed evaluations in 2008-2009 and in 2016-2017. An impairment of fitness-related variables happens after 65 years of age in both males and females, with the older participants (=75), showing the largest decreases. Males who continued performing OPA demonstrated lower decreases in balance, leg flexibility and agility when compared to those who stopped performing OPA during the follow-up. Females who continued performing OPA demonstrated lower decreases of all variables except for balance when compared to those who stopped performing OPA during the follow-up. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/FEDER/CB16-10-00477 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/IMSERSO/104-07 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/EXERNET-DEP2005-00046 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-FEDER/IMSERSO-147-11 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/DEP2016-78309-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/CUD2016-BIO-01 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/CUD2017-BIO-01 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/2008-BIO-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.39 2020 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 41 / 176 = 0.233 2020 Q1 T1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 118 / 273 = 0.432 2020 Q2 T2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 68 / 203 = 0.335 2020 Q2 T2 0.747 2020 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2020 Q2 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2020 Q2 Pollution 2020 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Navarrete-Villanueva, David Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6523-5511 Pérez-Gómez, Jorge Vila-Maldonado, Sara Gesteiro, Eva Gusi, Narcis Villa-Vicente, José G. Espino, Luis González-Gross, Marcela Casajús, José A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7215-6931 Ara, Ignacio (orcid)0000-0002-2854-6684 Gómez-Cabello, Alba (orcid)0000-0001-6492-2512 Vicente-Rodríguez, Germán Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4303-4097 1006 245 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Educación Física y Depor. 17, 12 (2020), 4312 [16 pp.] Int. j. environ. res. public health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 1661-7827 2174384 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/94557/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 482117 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/94557/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:94557 articulos driver 2021-09-02-09:43:10 ARTICLE