Arroyo J F, Ricou F J
Institutions universitaires de gériatrie de Genève.
Praxis (Bern 1994). 1996 Feb 6;85(6):172-5.
Physical capacity and exercise tolerance decrease in the elderly because of derangements of the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. It is increasingly apparent that many of these alterations are not necessarily connected to ageing but rather to physical inactivity. Rehabilitation programs adapted to the individual capacities of each patient permit prevention and even reversal of organic and functional deficits of the two systems, which are sometimes at the onset of serious invalidity. The recognition of the usefulness of such programs should lead the practitioner to persuade his elderly patients to sustain a physical activity adapted to their state of health.
由于心血管和肌肉骨骼系统的紊乱，老年人的身体能力和运动耐量会下降。越来越明显的是，这些变化中的许多并非必然与衰老相关，而是与缺乏身体活动有关。根据每位患者的个体能力制定的康复计划能够预防甚至逆转这两个系统的器质性和功能性缺陷，这些缺陷有时是严重残疾的开端。认识到此类计划的有效性应促使从业者劝说老年患者坚持进行适合其健康状况的体育活动。
