730300login-check25 minutes of walking per day may help older hospitalized adults maintain function |
By Andrew Rhoades
Only 25 minutes of slow walking each day could be enough to mitigate the negative effects of bed rest among older hospitalized patients, a recent study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found.
According to Daniel Gallardo-Gómez, a PhD student in health sciences at the University of York, and colleagues, prior research has found “that older adults spend only 45 minutes per day out of their hospital bed, less than 5% of a 24-hour period.” Read the full story in Healio.
730300login-check25 minutes of walking per day may help older hospitalized adults maintain function |