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How does genetic contribute to aging?

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  • 20% contribution to longevity
  • DNA damage
  • DNA repair capacity
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External factors contribute (BLANK) % to longevity

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80%

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What are some environmental external factors that contribute to aging?

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Exposure to:
- pollutants/ toxins
- Bacteria/ viruses
- Damage to nervous system

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What are some lifestyle external factors that contribute to aging?

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  • Exercise
  • Diet
  • Stress
  • Self efficacy (self limiting perspective)
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What are some psychosocial external factors that contribute to aging?

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  • Social relationships
  • Feelings of loneliness
  • Quality of life
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Exercise has been shown to improve?

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  • CV health & aerobic power
  • Muscle strength & physical function
  • Flexibility
  • Control obesity
  • Mental functions
  • Improve biological age by 10-20 years
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As we age what happens to our connective tissue?

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  • Altered ability to maintain & repair
  • Decrease water concentration
  • Collagen & elastin become more stiff and brittle
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As we age what happens to our cartilage?

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  • Calcification
  • Decrease water content
  • Intervertebral discs shrink & crack (increase load on other structures)
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As we age there are changes to connective tissue and cartilage, ultimately these changes lead to what?

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  • Decreased load and energy absorption
  • Increased risk of injury
  • Functional implications
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What is sarcopenia and when does it occur?

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  • Sarcopenia: Loss of muscle strength and functional quality
  • As we age 1-3% per year >50
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What happens to skeletal muscle as we age?

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  • Sarcopenia
  • Decrease in number and diameter of mm fibers
  • Muscle fibers become fat or collagen
  • Maximize reserve before loss of function
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What happens to bone as we age?

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  • Decrease in subchondral bone
  • Osteopenia
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What is osteopenia?

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Increased osteoclast activity and decreased osteoblast

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What are the functional implications due to musculoskeletal changes with age?

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  • Loss of ROM
  • Pain
  • Postural management
  • Decreased load tolerance and absorption
  • Morbidity and mortality
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Because of the functional implication due to changes of musculoskeletal system with aging what ultimately occurs?

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  • Increase risk of injury, falls & fx
  • Increase in pain
  • Decrease mobility, function & participation
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What are some postural changes with aging?

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  • Forward head
  • Thoracic kyphosis
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As we age there are structural changes seen in the heart and vascular system what does this cause?

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  • Reduced contractility, valve dysfunction, fibrosis
  • Decreased heart rate max (which not altered by exercise)
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What are some cardiovascular changes with aging according to thoracic spine?

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  • Thorax is stiffer
  • Increased kyphosis diminishing rib care mobility
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Cardiovascular changes with age cause diminished elastic recoil of the lung causes what to happen?

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  • Decreased lung volume then less oxygen reaching tissues
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What are some cardiopulmonary changes with aging?

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  • Decreased cardiac output
  • Decreased oxygen delivery
  • Decreased aerobic capacity
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As we age there is a loss of sensory receptors which can cause what?

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Decline in somatic senses (fine touch, pressure, vibration)

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As we age we loose hair and nerve cells which can cause what?

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Dizziness/vertigo leads to increased fall risk

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Why does visual/hearing decline rapidly between 60-80 y/o?

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  • Decreased acuity, contrast sensitivity, depth perception
  • Cataracts, macular degeneration
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What happens to taste/smell after 60 y/o?

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What are some neurological changes with aging?
- Loss of myelin - Axonal loss - Waste products accumulate between and inside neurons
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What does a loss of myelin cause?
- Slow conduction velocity - Slow response time/reaction time
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What does axonal loss cause?
- Decreased muscle activation (less muscle mass) - Reduced ability to feel (sensory perception)
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Neurological changes with aging cause (Decline or Incline) in brain weight/volume
Decline
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Why is there a decline in brain weight/volume as we age?
Loss of gray and white matter
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Why doe we loose gray and white matter as we age?
- Gray: Neuronal atrophy/cell death - White: Axonal loss and decreased myelination
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The decline in brain weight/volume is not uniform what areas are most impacted?
- Prefrontal cortex - Striatum (basal ganglia) - Temporal lobe - Cerebellum - Hippocampus
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What is the implications of the decline in brain weight/volume?
Decline in: - Higher level executive function - Memory - Motor control - Motor learning
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What are the changes with information processing as we age?
- Decrease sensory input (reduces processing speed) - Slower reaction time
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As we age what changes between accuracy vs speed?
- Accuracy: good - Speed: reduced
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As we age what are the changes to attention?
- Decreased attentional capacity - Decreased ability to divide attention - Increased dual task costs
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There are less age related decline in what types of memory?
- Semantic - Remote
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What type of memory decline with aging?
- Working memory (shorter chunks) - Episodic memory (memory of events)
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As we age what are some change in steady state control?
- Increased sway - Reduced limits of stability - True capacity better determined with increased challenge (eyes closed, decrease BOS)
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As we age what are some changes in anticipatory postural control?
- Slower activation of both postural (activation prior to movement) and mover muscles - Decreased ability to stabilize the body in advance of voluntary movements
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As we age what are some changes in reactive postural control?
- Impaired timing of muscles - Hip > Ankle strategies - Take >1 step (shorter step, slower step velocity, more co activation) - Lateral stepping (less likely to cross over, sustain more limb collisions)
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What are falls associated with?
- Morbidity and mortality - Loss of independence - Social isolation - Fear - Activity restriction
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What are some age related changes that may contribute to fall risk?
- Muscle weakness - Sensory impairments - Slower nerve conduction - Postural alignment - Slower/less effective anticipatory/reactive postural control - Slower processing & response
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Name some psychosocial aspects of aging
- Adjustment to retirement - Loss of lifetime roles - Isolation - Loss of others close to them - Loss of independence - Depression
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Older adults have reduced performance but are able to demonstrate motor learning when the task have what demands?
- Simple - Task specific & functional
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What is the difference between part vs whole practice on motor learning with older adults?
- Mixed results - Part may reduce processing demands - Whole practice may produce a better movement quality
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For motor learning in older adults which is better Blocked or Random?
Random practice may decrease performance but enhance retention
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For motor learning in older adults which is better massed or distributed?
Distributed practice may decrease performance but enhances retention & reduces risk of injury
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What type of feedback improves motor learning with older population?
- Rely on visual feedback - Sensory information processing is reduced with age - Implicit learning may be better for older adults - Knowledge of results is better
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