Motivational factors for physical activity in the elders

Hoy en día, la población de edad avanzada es consciente de los beneficios de la práctica de la actividad física, lo que lleva a una creciente demanda de programas especializados de actividad física en los centros urbanos o de auto-práctica recreativa. Sin embargo, estas personas abandonan fácilmente esos programas o la práctica recreativa y vuelven a un estilo de vida sedentario. Un factor clave para evitar esta omisión es mantenerlos motivados para practicar y permanecer en los programas. Objetivos: Este estudio tiene como objetivo comprender los factores motivacionales que llevan a las personas mayores a la actividad física a fin de mejorar los programas existentes para satisfacer mejor las necesidades de esta población.Nowadays the elderly population is well aware of the benefits of the practice of physical activity, which leads to an increasing demand for specialized physical activity programs in urban centers or recreational self-practice. However, people easily quit those programs or recreational self-practice and return to a sedentary lifestyle. A key factor to avoid this quittance is to keep them motivated to practice and stay in the programs. Objectives: This study aims to understand the motivational factors that lead older people to physical activity in order to improve existing programs so to better meet the needs of this population.peerReviewe

Motivational factors for physical activity in the elders

Hoy en día, la población de edad avanzada es consciente de los beneficios de la práctica de la actividad física, lo que lleva a una creciente demanda de programas especializados de actividad física en los centros urbanos o de auto-práctica recreativa. Sin embargo, estas personas abandonan fácilmente esos programas o la práctica recreativa y vuelven a un estilo de vida sedentario. Un factor clave para evitar esta omisión es mantenerlos motivados para practicar y permanecer en los programas. Objetivos: Este estudio tiene como objetivo comprender los factores motivacionales que llevan a las personas mayores a la actividad física a fin de mejorar los programas existentes para satisfacer mejor las necesidades de esta población.Nowadays the elderly population is well aware of the benefits of the practice of physical activity, which leads to an increasing demand for specialized physical activity programs in urban centers or recreational self-practice. However, people easily quit those programs or recreational self-practice and return to a sedentary lifestyle. A key factor to avoid this quittance is to keep them motivated to practice and stay in the programs. Objectives: This study aims to understand the motivational factors that lead older people to physical activity in order to improve existing programs so to better meet the needs of this population.peerReviewe

Barriers to physical activity in the elderly

Hoy en día, la población de edad avanzada es consciente de los beneficios de la práctica de la actividad física, lo que conduce a una creciente demanda de programas especializados de actividad física en los centros urbanos o de auto-práctica recreativa. Sin embargo, estas personas abandonan fácilmente esos programas o la práctica recreativa y vuelven a un estilo de vida sedentario. Un factor clave para evitar esta omisión es mantenerlos motivados para practicar y permanecer en los programas. Objetivos: Este estudio tiene como objetivo comprender los factores motivacionales que llevan a las personas mayores a la actividad física a fin de mejorar los programas existentes para satisfacer mejor las necesidades de esta población.Nowadays the elderly population is well aware of the benefits of the practice of physical activity, which leads to an increasing demand for specialized physical activity programs in urban centers or recreational self-practice. However, people easily quit those programs or recreational self-practice and return to a sedentary lifestyle. A key factor to avoid this quittance is to keep them motivated to practice and stay in the programs. Objectives: This study aims to understand the motivational factors that lead older people to physical activity in order to improve existing programs so to better meet the needs of this population.peerReviewe

Global maps of soil temperature

Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation canopies and near the ground surface, where critical ecosystem functions occur and most terrestrial species reside. Here, we provide global maps of soil temperature and bioclimatic variables at a 1-km² resolution for 0–5 and 5–15 cm soil depth. These maps were created by calculating the difference (i.e., offset) between in-situ soil temperature measurements, based on time series from over 1200 1-km² pixels (summarized from 8500 unique temperature sensors) across all the world’s major terrestrial biomes, and coarse-grained air temperature estimates from ERA5-Land (an atmospheric reanalysis by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts). We show that mean annual soil temperature differs markedly from the corresponding gridded air temperature, by up to 10°C (mean = 3.0 ± 2.1°C), with substantial variation across biomes and seasons. Over the year, soils in cold and/or dry biomes are substantially warmer (+3.6 ± 2.3°C) than gridded air temperature, whereas soils in warm and humid environments are on average slightly cooler (-0.7 ± 2.3°C). The observed substantial and biome-specific offsets emphasize that the projected impacts of climate and climate change on near-surface biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are inaccurately assessed when air rather than soil temperature is used, especially in cold environments. The global soil-related bioclimatic variables provided here are an important step forward for any application in ecology and related disciplines. Nevertheless, we highlight the need to fill remaining geographic gaps by collecting more in-situ measurements of microclimate conditions to further enhance the spatiotemporal resolution of global soil temperature products for ecological applications

Global maps of soil temperature.

Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation canopies and near the ground surface, where critical ecosystem functions occur and most terrestrial species reside. Here, we provide global maps of soil temperature and bioclimatic variables at a 1-km2 resolution for 0-5 and 5-15 cm soil depth. These maps were created by calculating the difference (i.e. offset) between in situ soil temperature measurements, based on time series from over 1200 1-km2 pixels (summarized from 8519 unique temperature sensors) across all the world's major terrestrial biomes, and coarse-grained air temperature estimates from ERA5-Land (an atmospheric reanalysis by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts). We show that mean annual soil temperature differs markedly from the corresponding gridded air temperature, by up to 10°C (mean = 3.0 ± 2.1°C), with substantial variation across biomes and seasons. Over the year, soils in cold and/or dry biomes are substantially warmer (+3.6 ± 2.3°C) than gridded air temperature, whereas soils in warm and humid environments are on average slightly cooler (-0.7 ± 2.3°C). The observed substantial and biome-specific offsets emphasize that the projected impacts of climate and climate change on near-surface biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are inaccurately assessed when air rather than soil temperature is used, especially in cold environments. The global soil-related bioclimatic variables provided here are an important step forward for any application in ecology and related disciplines. Nevertheless, we highlight the need to fill remaining geographic gaps by collecting more in situ measurements of microclimate conditions to further enhance the spatiotemporal resolution of global soil temperature products for ecological applications

Barriers to physical activity in the elderly

The population awareness of the physical exercise’s benefits is widely diffused. These benefits are particularly important in the elderly because, with increasing age, there is a decline of the musculoskeletal system and the maximum oxygen consumption which reduces the functional fitness of the elderly and can often lead to a significant decline in the quality of life. Despite this awareness, a large part of the population remains sedentary. It is important to know what the barriers are, so they can be circumvented in order to increase the engagement of the elderly population in existing physical activity programs.Objectives: This study aims to identify some of the personal, behavioral and environmental barriers that prevent older adults to be physically active

Motivational factors for physical activity in the elders

Nowadays the elderly population is well aware of the benefits of the practice of physical activity, which leads to an increasing demand for specialized physical activity programs in urban centers or recreational self-practice. However, people easily quit those programs or recreational self-practice and return to a sedentary lifestyle. A key factor to avoid this quittance is to keep them motivated to practice and stay in the programs.Objectives: This study aims to understand the motivational factors that lead older people to physical activity in order to improve existing programs so to better meet the needs of this population

MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE ELDERS

Nowadays the elderly population is well aware of the benefits of the practice of physical activity, which leads to an increasing demand for specialized physical activity programs in urban centers or recreational self-practice. However, people easily quit those programs or recreational self-practice and return to a sedentary lifestyle. A key factor to avoid this quittance is to keep them motivated to practice and stay in the programs.Objectives: This study aims to understand the motivational factors that lead older people to physical activity in order to improve existing programs so to better meet the needs of this population.<br /

BARRIERS TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE ELDERLY

The population awareness of the physical exercise’s benefits is widely diffused. These benefits are particularly important in the elderly because, with increasing age, there is a decline of the musculoskeletal system and the maximum oxygen consumption which reduces the functional fitness of the elderly and can often lead to a significant decline in the quality of life. Despite this awareness, a large part of the population remains sedentary. It is important to know what the barriers are, so they can be circumvented in order to increase the engagement of the elderly population in existing physical activity programs.Objectives: This study aims to identify some of the personal, behavioral and environmental barriers that prevent older adults to be physically active.<br /

Barriers to physical activity in the elderly

Hoy en día, la población de edad avanzada es consciente de los beneficios de la práctica de la actividad física, lo que conduce a una creciente demanda de programas especializados de actividad física en los centros urbanos o de auto-práctica recreativa. Sin embargo, estas personas abandonan fácilmente esos programas o la práctica recreativa y vuelven a un estilo de vida sedentario. Un factor clave para evitar esta omisión es mantenerlos motivados para practicar y permanecer en los programas. Objetivos: Este estudio tiene como objetivo comprender los factores motivacionales que llevan a las personas mayores a la actividad física a fin de mejorar los programas existentes para satisfacer mejor las necesidades de esta población.Nowadays the elderly population is well aware of the benefits of the practice of physical activity, which leads to an increasing demand for specialized physical activity programs in urban centers or recreational self-practice. However, people easily quit those programs or recreational self-practice and return to a sedentary lifestyle. A key factor to avoid this quittance is to keep them motivated to practice and stay in the programs. Objectives: This study aims to understand the motivational factors that lead older people to physical activity in order to improve existing programs so to better meet the needs of this population.peerReviewe