%0 Journal Article
%T Exercise in the Elderly: An Overview
%J Activities, adaptation and aging
%D 1996
%A Caldwell, J. R.
%V 20
%N 3
%P 3-8
%X A continual exercise program, properly performed, can dramatically slow and partially reverse the debilitating effects of age and certain chronic diseases that accompany the aging process. Exercise has multiple propitious effects: it can relieve pain, produce a sense of well-being, prevent falls, increase independence, reduce medical costs, reverse obesity, protect joints from further breakdown, and increase lung and heart function. It is relatively cheap and safe-provided certain principles are followed.<p />
%G 
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0192-4788
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v20n03_02