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PED4470
ASSESSING SPECIAL
POPULATIONS - AGING
Ovande Furtado, M.S.
Kinesiology and Sports Studies
Department
Chapter 11 Outline
Aging and Fitness
Effect of Aging on
Fitness
Aerobic Fitness
Body Composition
Strength
Evaluation of Adult
Fitness
Evaluation of
Functional Fitness
Aging and Fitness
U.S. population is aging
Median age (1990) = 32.9 years
Median age (2000) = 35.3 years
Gabbard (2004)
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Biological Regression and Motor
Performance
Biological Regression and Motor
Performance
Motor Behavior
Peak Performance (25-30)
Maximum motor performance in several
activities
Regression
Usuallydevelops after the age of 30
Most physiological functions begins to show
decrements
General rate at of 0.75 to 1 percent a year.
Fighting aging
Reasons of this loss physiological
function:
Inactivity