Exercise and Behavior: Adjuncts to Pro-Myogenic Compounds for Enhancing Mobility in Older Adults.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
; 78(Suppl 1): 61-66, 2023 06 16.
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ABSTRACT
Physical activity and exercise training exert multiple and varied beneficial effects on a wide array of human tissues, making them therapeutic modalities that can prevent and treat age-related decline in physical function. The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium is currently working to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying how physical activity improves and preserves health. Exercise training, especially when task specific, is an effective intervention for improving skeletal muscle performance and physical function in everyday activities. As seen elsewhere in this supplement, its adjunctive use with pro-myogenic pharmaceuticals may prove to be synergistic in effect. Behavioral strategies aiming to promote exercise participation and sustain adherence are being considered as additional adjuncts to further improve physical function in comprehensive, multicomponent interventions. One application of this combined strategy may be to target multimodal pro-myogenic therapies in prehabilitation to optimize physical preoperative health to enhance functional recovery postsurgery. We summarize here recent progress on biological mechanisms of exercise training, behavioral approaches to exercise participation, and the role task-specific exercise plays in synergy with pharmacologic therapies with a particular focus on older adults. Physical activity and exercise training in multiple settings should serve as the baseline standard of care around which other therapeutic interventions should be considered when the goal is restoring or increasing physical function.
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Asunto principal:
Ejercicio Físico
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Terapia por Ejercicio
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Aged
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Humans
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En
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J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
Año:
2023
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Article
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Estados Unidos