Eligibility Training Interventions
Aging is an inevitable condition in one’s life, and with that comes limitations in range motion, and functional abilities of the body. There are multiple studies dedicated to this matter, one of which is a systematic review by Liza Stathokostas, Robert M. D. Little, A. A. Vandervoort, and Donald H. Paterson called: Flexibility Training and Functional Ability in Older Adults. This research was conducted to test how flexibility-training interventions can maintain or improve functional abilities in healthy adults over the age of 65 years. As this research was exploratory, a hypothesis was not stated.
According to Stathokostat et al., in this study there were 1127 participants, of whom 841 were female, and 286 were male. The participants’ ages ranged from 65 years to 88 years old. An electronic literature on five databases was researched for intervention studies, which related to training interventions, flexibility, aging, and functional results. After the articles were evaluated for relevance, 22 studies were selected. Out of the 22 studies, twenty were based on community-based populations and two on individuals in assisted-living homes. The exclusions consisted of any participants who had any neurological symptoms, or used any medication that may have affected their vision or balance, which would …show more content…
This review suggests for future studies to address issues such as the relationship between flexibility training interventions and functional outcomes, and the relationship between improved flexibility and daily functioning and health benefits. In addition, it was suggested that there was no risk in including the flexibility exercises into stretching routines. This study concluded that more research would be needed in the future in this subject
According to Stathokostat et al., in this study there were 1127 participants, of whom 841 were female, and 286 were male. The participants’ ages ranged from 65 years to 88 years old. An electronic literature on five databases was researched for intervention studies, which related to training interventions, flexibility, aging, and functional results. After the articles were evaluated for relevance, 22 studies were selected. Out of the 22 studies, twenty were based on community-based populations and two on individuals in assisted-living homes. The exclusions consisted of any participants who had any neurological symptoms, or used any medication that may have affected their vision or balance, which would …show more content…
This review suggests for future studies to address issues such as the relationship between flexibility training interventions and functional outcomes, and the relationship between improved flexibility and daily functioning and health benefits. In addition, it was suggested that there was no risk in including the flexibility exercises into stretching routines. This study concluded that more research would be needed in the future in this subject