Habitual Walking and Its Correlation to Better Physical Function: Implications for Prevention of Physical Disability in Older Persons

Abstract

Habitual walking may impart important health benefits in terms of improvement in physical performance, fitness, and its implications for the prevention of physical disability in older adults. This also reinforces the theory that low- to moderate-intensity activities may improve cardiorespiratory fitness. There is an inevitable physiological age-related decline in physical fitness.