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Exercise and Older Adults

Overview of attention for article published in Clinics in geriatric medicine, October 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#27 of 758)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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3 news outlets
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1 blog
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31 X users
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2 Facebook pages
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1 YouTube creator
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Article details
Title
Exercise and Older Adults
Published in
Clinics in geriatric medicine, October 2017
DOI 10.1016/j.cger.2017.08.007
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Abstract

Regular exercise is essential for healthy aging and offers many health benefits, including reduced risk of all-cause mortality, chronic disease, and premature death. Because physical inactivity is prevalent, greater focus is needed on integrating exercise into care plans and counseling, and developing partnerships that support exercise opportunities. Older adults should be as physically active as their abilities and conditions allow. For substantial health benefits, older adults need to do aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and stretching exercises weekly, and balance activities as needed. Appropriate planning must take account of factors such as prescribed medications, nutrition, injuries, hip and knee arthroplasties, and chronic conditions.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 504 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 77 15%
Student > Master 48 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 25 5%
Researcher 20 4%
Other 68 13%
Unknown 233 46%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 74 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 62 12%
Sports and Recreations 49 10%
Social Sciences 12 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 2%
Other 48 10%
Unknown 248 49%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 November 2025.
All research outputs
#929,258
of 33,169,879 outputs
Outputs from Clinics in geriatric medicine
#27
of 758 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#14,648
of 354,788 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinics in geriatric medicine
#1
of 8 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,169,879 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 758 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.0. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 354,788 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its contemporaries.
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