Clinical Study
Flexibility of Older Adults Aged 55–86 Years and the Influence of Physical Activity
Table 1
Subject characteristics.
| | Total sample () | Men () | Women () |
| Age (years) | 71 ± 8.6 | 70.4 ± 8.8 | 71.4 ± 8.4 | BMI | 26 ± 3.9 | 26.3 ± 3.1 | 25.8 ± 4.4 | Mass (kg) | 71 ± 12.9 | 78.2 ± 10.5 | 64.5 ± 11.4 | Physical activity level (MET/minutes/day) | 406 ± 201 | 386 ± 182 | 423 ± 215 | Shoulder abduction (degrees, ) | 138 ± 15 | 138 ± 15 () | 138 ± 16 () | Hip flexion (degrees, ) | 109 ± 19 | 102 ± 18 () | 114 ± 18* () |
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BMI: body mass index, .
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