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Active and Healthy Ageing: Physical Activity, Quality of Life and Frailty in the Population over 65

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Submission deadline: 2023-12-31
Special Issue Editors

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,


The study of health improvement in people over 65 is a socio-demographic and socio-sanitary concern of our population, mainly regarding how to improve the emotional, cognitive and physical health of the elderly population in order to guarantee well-being, satisfaction, general health and quality of life in the ageing process. Despite the enormous efforts of academic researchers, a general solution remains to be found to limit the emotional, cognitive, social, physical and emotional health problems of the ageing population. Therefore, studies are urgently needed to improve the quality of life of such people. This Special Issue aims to give an overview of the most recent developments in the field of ageing in order to ensure a good quality of life in all respects. This Special Issue aims to provide selected contributions on developments in this field.

Potential topics include:

  • Future perspectives on the improvement of metabolic diseases, physical activity and sedentary lifestyles in the older population.

  • Effects of training on physical, cognitive and emotional health in the older population.

  • Role of the practice of physical activity in the improvement of general quality of life and sleep hygiene in the elderly population.

  • Consequences of sedentary lifestyles and obesity on physical and mental health in the elderly population.

  • Improvement of quality of life in active ageing, healthy ageing.

  • Effects of walking speed on physical and emotional health.

  • Increased well-being and physical-emotional care to ensure a good quality of life.

  • Improvement of psychophysical health in healthy elderly population and in those with pathologies.

  • Psychosocial factors influencing older adults’ physical activity.

We welcome a diversity of articles, such as conceptual and empirical articles, reviews, critical comments, and meta-analyses, for submission to this Special Issue. We will accept manuscripts from different disciplines, addressing topics related to the scope.


Dr. María Antonia Parra-Rizo,

Guest Editor


Keywords

Well-being; Mental Health; Physical Activity; Exercise; Physical Function; Older Adults; Functional Capacity; Walking Speed; Health Improvement; Metabolismo; Metabolic Diseases; Obesity Body Composition; Sleep; Body Composition; Sedentarismo; Training; Cognitive; Memory; Pathologies; Physical Health; People over 60 Years; Physical Fitness

Published Paper

Quality of life of seniors living with dementia

Lukáš Stárek;