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Augustine Chavez1, Robert Scales2, Juliana M Kling3
1Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ chavez.augustine@mayo.edu.
Abstract:
Physical activity can maximize health by improving disease-oriented and patient-oriented outcomes in women age 60 and older. General activity levels are low in the United States. Promoting physical activity in clinical practice is limited by time constraints and knowledge deficits. Understanding the benefits of the specific type of physical activity, the intensity, and the level in older women helps clinicians provide focused, time-efficient counseling in primary care. This review details the benefits of physical activity in older women by disease state.
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