Fifteen Minutes Daily Brisk Walk May Be a New Best Target in Very Old Adults: Age Is Not an Excuse to Not Exercise

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¹ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France; Loire-Haute Loire French Mutuality, Saint-Etienne, France.
² University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France; Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
³ University of Lyon, UCB-Lyon 1-L-Vis Laboratory, Lyon, France.
⁴ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁵ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁶ Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France; University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁷ Department of Gerontology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁸ Loire-Haute Loire French Mutuality, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁹ Paul Bennetot Foundation, MATMUT Health Support Community Organization, Paris, France.
¹⁰ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France; National Center for Health Examination Prevention, Saint-Etienne, France; Chaire santé des ainés (head researcher) Saint-Etienne, France.

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Jérémy Raffin et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;19(3):273-275.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.12.097.

¹ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France; Loire-Haute Loire French Mutuality, Saint-Etienne, France.
² University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France; Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
³ University of Lyon, UCB-Lyon 1-L-Vis Laboratory, Lyon, France.
⁴ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁵ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁶ Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France; University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁷ Department of Gerontology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁸ Loire-Haute Loire French Mutuality, Saint-Etienne, France.
⁹ Paul Bennetot Foundation, MATMUT Health Support Community Organization, Paris, France.
¹⁰ University of Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, Saint-Etienne, France; National Center for Health Examination Prevention, Saint-Etienne, France; Chaire santé des ainés (head researcher) Saint-Etienne, France.

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Total Physical Activity, Exercise Intensity, and Walking Speed as Predictors of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Over 7 Years in Older Men: The Concord Health and Aging in Men Project.
Hsu B, Merom D, Blyth FM, Naganathan V, Hirani V, Le Couteur DG, Seibel MJ, Waite LM, Handelsman DJ, Cumming RG. Hsu B, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Mar;19(3):216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.08.018. Epub 2017 Oct 6. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018. PMID: 28993048