International Journal of Health Professions (Apr 2024)

What keeps mobile in ageing? A comparison of balance, physical activity and social integration between 60- to 80-year-old healthy people who regularly dance, do sports or are active in everyday life – a cross-sectional study / Was hält im Alter mobil? Gleichgewicht, körperliche Aktivität und soziale Integration im Vergleich zwischen 60- bis 80-jährigen gesunden Personen, die regelmäßig tanzen, Sport betreiben oder im Alltag aktiv sind – eine Querschnittstudie

  • Kidritsch Anita,
  • Grossauer Rafael,
  • Sandhofer Valerie,
  • Teichmeister Lisa,
  • Vesely Sarah,
  • Wachermayr Katharina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2024-0003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 38 – 48

Abstract

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Physical and social activity can influence positively the effects of ageing. This study examined differences in balance, physical activity and social integration between everyday active, sportive or dancing 60- to 80-year-old people in Lower Austria.

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