caa a22 4500 469055731 CHVBK 20180323132843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00625068 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00625068 Exercise for older women: a training method and its influences on physical and cognitive performance [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Hassmén, Ruggero Ceci, Lars Bäckman] Summary: The decline in physical and mental ability often associated with increasing age in adults has both social and economic implications that affect most nations. Hence, the maintenance of functional capacity and independence of the older person are beneficial both for the individual and society alike. One way to enhance functioning in old age is physical exercise. However, few methods exist that enable older people to monitor and regulate exercise intensity without using expensive apparatus. Utilizing the individual's subjective feeling of perceived exertion through the use of a simple rating scale is an approach that differs markedly from those previously employed. The present study used the ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) scale to induce different exercise intensities in groups of older women. Walking was chosen as the type of exercise since most older women are unfamiliar with, or affraid to engage in, other types of physical exercise such as bicycling or running. Results indicated that physical exercise capacity increased after 3 months of regular low-intensity walking in the exercise groups but not in nonexercising controls. Furthermore, these changes were accompanied by improved digit span performance. In conclusion, this study has shown that the RPE scale may be used for exercise regulation and that older women would seem to be able to use the scale to monitor and regulate their exercise intensity in an outdoor environment in much the same way as younger individuals. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Perceived exertion nationallicence Exercise nationallicence Walking nationallicence Older adults nationallicence Women nationallicence Hassmén Peter Division of Perception and Psychophysics, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden aut Ceci Ruggero Division of Perception and Psychophysics, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden aut Bäckman Lars Section of Psychology, Stockholm Gerontology Research Centre and Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, S-113 82, Stockholm, Sweden aut European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology Springer-Verlag 64/5(1992-09-01), 460-466 0301-5548 64:5<460 1992 64 421 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00625068 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00625068 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hassmén Peter Division of Perception and Psychophysics, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ceci Ruggero Division of Perception and Psychophysics, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bäckman Lars Section of Psychology, Stockholm Gerontology Research Centre and Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, S-113 82, Stockholm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology Springer-Verlag 64/5(1992-09-01), 460-466 0301-5548 64:5<460 1992 64 421 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer