Efectos del ejercicio en adultos mayores / Effects of exercise in older adults

ABSTRACT

Elederly seems to be caracterized for a declinaion in physical performance, and it’s associated with frailty, and the appearance of diseases, expressed in geriatric syndromes, functional discapacity, or higly prevalent sickness. Immobility worsenes thee processes. Exercise, however, may prevent, or delay those processes and may a useful resource in most of sckness. This article is a brief review of effects of excercise in normal aging and pathologic phenomenons.