In aging research, recruiting people with poor health and function is challenging. A recent study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center, at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, shows that physical performance and physical activity can be measured at home…
Fundamental and early-appearing dispositions of feeling and reacting, also known as temperament, are reflected in the amount of physical activity in midlife. High perceptual and associative sensitivity is associated with more frequent physical activity in both women and men. Men…
MSc Tiia Kekäläinen defended her doctoral dissertation in Gerontology and Public Health "Leisure activities and well-being in midlife and older age: with special reference to physical activity and resistance training". The opponent was Professor Ossi Rahkonen (University of Helsinki) and…