Tag: Exercise: Walking
Multifaceted Home-Based PT Does Not Aid Walking After Hip Fracture
Findings based on intervention designed to help older persons recovering from hip fracture
Short-Term Walking Intervention Offers Lasting Health Benefits
Significantly fewer cardiovascular events, fractures seen for intervention group versus controls
More Steps Tied to Lower Death Risk in Older Women
Association between steps, mortality leveled off at approximately 7,500 steps/day
Morning Exercise Linked to BP Reduction in Sedentary Seniors
Additional reduction seen in average systolic BP with combination of morning exercise and regular breaks
Walking Tied to Better QoL in Those With/at Risk for CVD
Magnitude of link between walking time, QoL greater in those with, at risk for CVD than healthy individuals
Exercise Intervention Doesn’t Improve Walking Ability in PAD
Smaller mean change from baseline to follow-up in 6-minute walking distance with exercise intervention
AHA: Supervised Exercise Ups 6-Minute Walking Distance in PAD
But no improvement seen with branulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
Bayesian Method Useful for Noncompleters of 400-m Walk
Simplistic imputation method to calculate speed tends to overestimate population mean
Even Low Level of Physical Activity May Cut Fracture Risk
Lower rate of fracture for individuals who walk or bicycle less than 20 minutes/day versus hardly ever
Walking Provides Physical, Mental Benefits to Dialysis Patients
Even patients with advanced kidney disease can feel better with 'low-intensity' exercise regimen
