Flexibility training and functional ability in older adults: a systematic review.
Flexibility training and functional ability in older adults: a systematic review.
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DOI：
10.1155/2012/306818
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Paterson DH
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作者：
Stathokostas L;Little RM;Vandervoort AA;Paterson DH
背景正如最近一项与加拿大老年人体育活动指南有关的系统审查所指出的那样，老年人的运动干预可以保持或改善功能能力。关于灵活性在维持或改善功能能力方面的作用知之甚少，目前还没有一个综合的文献支持灵活性训练处方的共识。目的.系统地回顾灵活性特定训练干预措施对65岁以上健康老年人功能结局指标的影响。方法.五个电子数据库进行了检索干预研究，涉及的概念，老龄化，灵活性，功能的结果，和培训干预。在评价了文章的相关性后，考虑了22项研究。 结果结果表明，虽然灵活性特定的干预措施可能对活动范围（ROM）的结果有影响，但关于灵活性干预措施与功能结果或日常功能之间的关系存在相互矛盾的信息。结论.由于广泛的干预协议，身体部位的研究，功能测量，结论性建议有关老年人的灵活性训练或灵活性训练干预措施的有效性作为补充其他形式的运动，或作为功能能力的显着积极影响，需要进一步调查。
Background. As indicated in a recent systematic review relating to Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults, exercise interventions in older adults can maintain or improve functional abilities. Less is known about the role of flexibility in the maintenance or improvement of functional abilities, and there currently does not exist a synthesis of the literature supporting a consensus on flexibility training prescription. Purpose. To systematically review the effects of flexibility-specific training interventions on measures of functional outcomes in healthy older adults over the age of 65 years. Methods. Five electronic databases were searched for intervention studies involving concepts related to aging, flexibility, functional outcomes, and training interventions. After evaluating the articles for relevance, 22 studies were considered. Results. The results suggested that while flexibility-specific interventions may have effects on range of motion (ROM) outcomes, there is conflicting information regarding both the relationship between flexibility interventions and functional outcomes or daily functioning. Conclusions. Due to the wide range of intervention protocols, body parts studied, and functional measurements, conclusive recommendations regarding flexibility training for older adults or the validity of flexibility training interventions as supplements to other forms of exercise, or as significant positive influences on functional ability, require further investigation.