TY - JOUR 
A1 - Hernández Vicente, Adrián
AU - Santos Lozano, Alejandro
AU - Mayolas Pi, Carmen
AU - Rodríguez Romo, Gabriel
AU - Pareja Galeano, Helios
AU - Bustamante-Ara, Natalia
AU - Gómez Trullén, Eva M.
AU - Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
AU - Garatachea, Nuria
T1 - Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior at the End of the Human Lifespan
Y1 - 2019
SN - 1063-8652

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/8014
AB - To objectively assess physical activity levels and sedentary behavior in a cohort of Spanish centenarians and their nonagenarian peers. Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns were objectively measured by an ActiGraph GT3X accelerometer in centenarians (n = 18; 83% women; 100.8 ± 0.8 [100-103] years) and nonagenarians (n = 11; 91% women; 93.3 ± 2.5 [90-98] years). Centenarians showed less counts per minute (17.6 ± 7.1 vs. 46.1 ± 23.7, p = .003, d = 1.851) and steps per day (455 ± 237 vs. 1,249 ± 776, p = .007, d = 1.587) than nonagenarians. The daily number of sedentary breaks was also lower in the former (5.0 ± 1.5 vs. 6.7 ± 2.0, p = .019, d = 0.971). When observing time distribution, the most active day period in both groups was the morning, with a peak between 10:00 and 11:59. This data suggest that the decline in physical activity levels continues to worsen until the end of the human lifespan.
KW - Ejercicio físico
KW - Ancianos
KW - Anciano
KW - Deporte
KW - Fisiología humana
LA - eng
ER -