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Health and Fitness Differences Between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults
(2019-06-01)
Costa Rica has one of the highest life expectancies in America, even higher than the
United States. Studies addressing health and fitness in Latin American urban and
rural older adults are scarce. PURPOSE: The purpose ...
A Comparison of Nutritional Habits, Physical Function and Psychological Constructs between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults
(2019)
Purpose: To compare nutritional habits, physical function and psychological constructs between Costa Rican older adults from urban and rural zones. Methods: Male and female older adults aged ≥ 65 yr. from urban (n = 185) ...
Características cineantropométricas e ingesta nutricional de mujeres y hombres costarricenses dedicados al modelaje publicitario
Kinanthropometric characteristics and nutritional intake of Costa Rican female and male advertising models
(2016)
El propósito del estudio fue describir las características cineantropométricas y la ingesta nutricional de mujeres y hombres costarricenses dedicados al modelaje publicitario. Se realizó un estudio transversal descriptivo ...
Development of a VO2Peak prediction equation in elderly
(2017)
Introduction. Aging decreases aerobic capacity as determined by direct maximal tests (Hassel et al. 2015). There are indirect methods to assess aerobic capacity such as the 6-min walking test (6MWT). Some equations to ...