Medicina Ocupacional e Assuntos de Saúde

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Effects of Ageing in Physical Fitness

Pedro Jesús Ruiz-Montero, Óscar Chiva-Bartoll, Ricardo Martín-Moya

Ageing is a natural and inevitable process with degenerative changes in most of the physical, physiological and psychological functions. Furthermore, the ageing process has an impact on the physical of elderly people. Thus, the aim of this study is to provide to readers of information about effects of ageing and changes in physical fitness as one of the major causes of chronic diseases of ageing people. In addition, the association between physical fitness and physical activity in elderly shows health benefits in this population. In conclusion, the evolution of aging is essentially understood as a gradual accumulation of damage which produces the functional declination of any organism.