Old People Are Younger Now
2020-09-23 20:54:58.227478+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The functional ability of older people is nowadays better when it is compared to that of people at the same age three decades ago. This was observed in a study conducted at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The study compared the physical and cognitive performance of people nowadays between the ages of 75 and 80 with that of the same-aged people in the 1990s.
Koivunen, K, Sillanpää, E, Munukka, M, Portegijs, E, Rantanen, T. Cohort differences in maximal physical performance: a comparison of 75- and 80-year-old men and women born 28 years apart. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa224.
Munukka M, Koivunen K, von Bonsdorff M, Sipilä S, Portegijs, E, Ruoppila I, Rantanen T. Birth cohort differences in cognitive performance in 75- and 80-Year-Olds - A comparison of two cohorts over 28 years. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01702-0.