Association between mobility decline and health literacy in older Japanese adults: Onjuku study.

Decline in mobility is a global issue that must be addressed in rapidly aging societies. We aimed to clarify the association between locomotive syndrome (LS), a condition of decreased mobility and health literacy (HL) in community-dwelling Japanese adults aged ≥ 40 years. A descriptive survey was conducted in Onjuku Town, Japan, between 2019 and 2023.

Changes in pulmonary oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics during cycling exercise in older women performing walking training for 12 weeks.

Purpose: This study examined the hypothesis that walking training (WT) could accelerate the slowed time constant (τ) of phase II in pulmonary oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]O) on-kinetics in older women. Also, we aimed to demonstrate that O delivery and O utilization were better matched at the site of gas exchange in exercising muscles when τ[Formula: see text]O was shortened.

Methods: 20 recreationally active older women underwent WT sessions of approximately 60 min, 3-4 times a week for 12 weeks.