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Are Barriers the Same Whether I Want to Start or Maintain Exercise? A Narrative Review on Healthy Older Adults

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  • Nathalie André

    (Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l’Apprentissage (UMR CNRS 7295), Université de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France
    Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, USR CNRS 3565, Université de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France)

  • Nounagnon Frutueux Agbangla

    (Université de Paris, EA 3625-Institut des Sciences du Sport-Santé de Paris (I3SP), 75015 Paris, France
    Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société (URePSSS), ULR 7369, Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, F-59000 Lille, France)

Abstract

To help older adults begin or adhere to regular physical exercise, several studies have endeavored to identify barriers to active behavior. However, there is a lack of information about barriers for active older people. In addition, most of the reviews of the literature compare only active people to inactive or sedentary people without examining in detail the barriers with respect to the degree of commitment to behavioral change. Finally, there is no consistency in the results of studies investigating the effects of barriers on the relationship between stages of change and exercise behavior. The first aim of this narrative review is to compare barriers that affect exercise stages of change from those that affect levels of exercise behavior in a healthy older population and the factors that can lead to relapse or dropout; the second aim is to identify the extent to which barriers hinder the relationships between stages of change and exercise behaviors. The results showed that barriers are well identified in sedentary people and in the first two stages of change (pre-contemplation and contemplation) compared to active seniors and other stages of change (preparation, action and maintenance). Consistency between the formulations of the different stages in comparison with the transtheoretical model and the definition of barriers and the limitations of measuring physical activity in the different studies are discussed. Finally, novel perspectives of research are proposed to address the flaws in the reviewed studies.

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  • Nathalie André & Nounagnon Frutueux Agbangla, 2020. "Are Barriers the Same Whether I Want to Start or Maintain Exercise? A Narrative Review on Healthy Older Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-19, August.
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    1. Reichert, F.F. & Barros, A.J.D. & Domingues, M.R. & Hallal, P.C., 2007. "The role of perceived personal barriers to engagement in leisure-time physical activity," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 97(3), pages 515-519.
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