Exercise interventions have small clinical benefits on  PA  levels in community-dwelling older adults , with a decline in the observed improvement after six months of the intervention cessation
Exercise is a form of physical activity ( PA ) .
PA is an important marker of health and quality of life in older adults .
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to assess the effect of exercise-based interventions on an at least six-month follow up PA measure , and to describe the specific strategies implemented during the intervention to strengthen the sustainability of PA in community-dwelling 65 + year-old adults .
Long-term follow-up of very old heart failure patients enrolled in a trial of exercise training.
Little is known about how physical and psychological status changes with time in older heart failure patients . The authors followed up a cohort of 82 patients ( mean age , 80.5 years ) enrolled in a r and omized controlled trial of exercise training in heart failure .  Six-minute walk test , accelerometry , functional status , quality of life , anxiety , and depression were measured at baseline , 3 months , 6 months , and a mean of 19 months post-enrollment . There were no significant differences between the exercise and control groups at long-term follow-up . Six-minute walk distance declined by only 0.2 m/month in those attending final follow-up ( vs 4.6 m/month in nonattenders ; P=.03 ) . Similar results were seen for other outcomes . Only a small proportion of the variance in change of any of the outcomes was explained by differences in baseline variables
Exercise interventions have small clinical benefits on  PA  levels in community-dwelling older adults , with a decline in the observed improvement after six months of the intervention cessation
Exercise is a form of physical activity ( PA ) .
PA is an important marker of health and quality of life in older adults .
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to assess the effect of exercise-based interventions on an at least six-month follow up PA measure , and to describe the specific strategies implemented during the intervention to strengthen the sustainability of PA in community-dwelling 65 + year-old adults .