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- Title
Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior at the End of the Human Lifespan.
- Authors
Hernández-Vicente, Adrián; Santos-Lozano, Alejandro; Mayolas-Pi, Carmen; Rodríguez-Romo, Gabriel; Pareja-Galeano, Helios; Bustamante, Natalia; Gomez-Trullén, Eva M.; Lucia, Alejandro; Garatachea, Nuria
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
SPAIN; ACCELEROMETERS; ACTIGRAPHY; CENTENARIANS; GAIT in humans; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL method; SEDENTARY lifestyles; PHYSICAL activity; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Aging & Physical Activity, 2019, Vol 27, Issue 6, p899
- ISSN
1063-8652
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/japa.2018-0122