Brisk walking may prevent disability in older adults: Study
Brisk walking may prevent disability in older adults: Study
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Walking is one of the best exercises which reflect significantly on our health. According to a study, an hour of weekly moderate-to-vigorous physical activity allowed older adults to maintain their ability to perform daily tasks.

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lead author Dorothy Dunlop, Professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US, said,  "This is less than 10 minutes a day for people to maintain their independence. It's very doable.”

 Dunlop further added, "This minimum threshold may motivate inactive older adults to begin their path toward a physically active lifestyle with the wide range of health benefits promoted by physical activity.”

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The researchers analyzed four years of data from more than 1,500 adults for the study.  The adults all had pain, aching or stiffness in lower extremity joints from osteoarthritis but were free of disability when they began the study. The team found that the weekly hour of exercise reduced their risk of mobility disability by 85 per cent and their risk of activities of daily living disability by almost 45 per cent. After four years, 24 per cent of adults who did not get the weekly hour of brisk physical activity was walking too slowly to safely cross the street, and 23 per cent reported problems performing their morning routine.

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