Kinesiology 4474A/B Lecture 12: KIN 4474_Lecture12

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 4474A/B
• Professor: Liza Stathokostas

Document Summary

60% of older adults are not active (not meeting the physical activity guidelines); 17% of the old people begin a program to be active or are physically active; if older people start a program, there is a 50% drop rate. It is an 8-week intervention program educates older adults about the importance of exercise and provides them with experience in developing an exercise routine, which in turn motivates them to maintain the program; (cid:862)experie(cid:374)tial lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) This is a test function for older adults. Total their function increased at 6 months (this is not supervised, they are doing it on their own. After the intervention, it brought them to the physical activity guidelines. Proxy measures were taken; 400 m proxy measure that can be correlated with the aerobic variable. Faster you can walk the 400m, the better your aerobic capacity. Self-efficacy (how confident did they feel in planning an exercise session?)