Conclusions The current literature suggests the effectiveness of low-intensity exercise on improved physical and cognitive health for older adults .
It may be a desired intensity level in promoting health among older adults with better compliance , lower risk of injuries , and long-term sustainability
Background It is well known that physical exercise is important to promote physical and cognitive health in older population .
However , inconsistent research findings were shown regarding exercise intensity , particularly on whether low-intensity exercise ( 1.5 metabolic equivalent tasks ( METs ) to 3.0 METs ) can improve physical and cognitive health of older adults .
This systematic review aim ed to fill this research gap .
The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the effectiveness of low-intensity exercise interventions on physical and cognitive health of older adults .
The effect of exercise on depressive symptoms in the moderately depressed elderly.
Thirty community-dwelling , moderately depressed elderly were r and omly assigned to 1 of 3 interventions : experimenter-accompanied exercise in the form of walking , a social contact control condition , and a wait-list control . Exercise and social contact both result ed in significant reductions in both the total and the psychological subscale of the Beck Depression Inventory ( BDI ) . The exercise condition , however , unlike the control conditions , result ed in decreased somatic symptoms of the BDI . These results indicate that , at least in the short term , exercise has a broader effect compared with control conditions in reducing depressive symptoms in the moderately depressed elderly
Conclusions The current literature suggests the effectiveness of low-intensity exercise on improved physical and cognitive health for older adults .
It may be a desired intensity level in promoting health among older adults with better compliance , lower risk of injuries , and long-term sustainability
Background It is well known that physical exercise is important to promote physical and cognitive health in older population .
However , inconsistent research findings were shown regarding exercise intensity , particularly on whether low-intensity exercise ( 1.5 metabolic equivalent tasks ( METs ) to 3.0 METs ) can improve physical and cognitive health of older adults .
This systematic review aim ed to fill this research gap .
The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the effectiveness of low-intensity exercise interventions on physical and cognitive health of older adults .