Cabo Carolina A, Hernández-Beltrán Víctor, Gamonales José M, Fernandes Orlando, Espada Mário C, Parraca José A
Departamento de Desporto e Saúde, Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.
Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), University of Évora, Évora, Portugal.
Front Physiol. 2024 Aug 2;15:1427038. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1427038. eCollection 2024.
Physical inactivity can lead to frailty and negative health outcomes in middle-aged to older adults. Sedentary individuals have double the risk of death compared to those who engage in high levels of physical activity (PA). The advantages of practicing PA in older age are significant, with regular, moderate-intensity activity (150 min per week)being consistently linked with a decreased risk of chronic disease, cognitive decline, and mortality. Therefore, the study aimed to carry out a bibliometric review related to the terms "Physical activity," "Functional capacity" and "Aging" including all the documents published in the Web of Science Core Collection until 31st December 2023. The sample was made up of 231 studies related to the topic. The results reported that the first document was published in 1994. However, there was no continuity in the publication of the documents till 1998, which was the first year with at least one document published. Considering 1998 as the first year, it is observed an exponential growth of 77.4%, between the oldest (1997-2008) and contemporaneous studies (2008-2023), in which "Geriatric Gerontology" was the Web of Science category with the highest number of documents (n = 59). The journal "Experimental Gerontology" was associated with the largest number of published documents (n = 7), being indexed in Quartil 2. The years 2009 had the highest number of citations (n = 1811), with a total of 7 documents published and 2018 with the higher number of documents (n = 25). These results reported the importance of PA in elderly people, and how it influences the risk of falls, improving the balance and the functional capacity. Thus, it is important to carry out programmes to promote physical activity to this population and reduce the risk of falls and the presence of diseases.
缺乏身体活动会导致中老年人身体虚弱和出现不良健康后果。久坐不动的人与进行高强度身体活动（PA）的人相比，死亡风险高出一倍。在老年时期进行身体活动有显著益处，规律的中等强度活动（每周150分钟）一直与慢性病风险降低、认知能力下降以及死亡率降低相关联。因此，该研究旨在对与“身体活动”“功能能力”和“衰老”相关的术语进行文献计量学综述，涵盖截至2023年12月31日在科学引文索引核心合集中发表的所有文献。样本由231项与该主题相关的研究组成。结果显示，第一篇文献发表于1994年。然而，直到1998年文献发表才具有连续性，1998年是至少有一篇文献发表的第一年。将1998年视为第一年，可以观察到在最早时期（1997 - 2008年）和同期研究（2008 - 2023年）之间呈77.4%的指数增长，其中“老年医学”是科学引文索引类别中文献数量最多的（n = 59）。《实验老年医学》杂志发表的文献数量最多（n = 7），被收录在第二四分位区。2009年的被引次数最高（n = 1811），共发表了7篇文献，2018年发表的文献数量最多（n = 25）。这些结果表明了身体活动对老年人的重要性，以及它如何影响跌倒风险、改善平衡和功能能力。因此，为这一人群开展促进身体活动的项目并降低跌倒风险和疾病发生率非常重要。
