Özet:

In today’s world where the proportion of the elderly population in the total population is increasing, the physical activity and exercise participation rates, which are one of the health behaviors of the elderly, are quite low in the elderly population. Although the importance of an active lifestyle is well known, older people often believe that they are too old or unbearable for physical activity. At this point, the importance of the commitment defined as the level of conformity to the prescribed exercise program is even more understood. However, about half of the elderly who are a group that will benefit from excess exercise are at low levels of exercise commitment and leave exercise without a health gain. With the maintenance of physical fitness in the elderly, efforts to improve health, exercise obstacles and motivating factors are compelled to be understood. However, because the motivating factors and obstacles are complex in this population, it becomes difficult to identify specific exercise indicators. It also has some limits because the study data in this field is obtained from more healthy elderly and is based on the information provided by the elderly in their own reports. Another problem for health professionals is the measurement of commitment to medical approaches. Different surveys, patient diaries, face-to-face conversations and observation of exercise performance are the techniques used in this sense. Though it is still unknown exactly what the effective strategy is, there are certain factors that have a strong impact on the continuation of regular exercise programs. These can be classified as exercise motivation providers and obstacles. While the beliefs of the elderly about the benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are different, there are many obstacles that prevent them from continuing their exercise behavior, real or misunderstood. When literature is studied, many factors that prevent exercise and provide motivation are ranked. In this collection it is referred to the factors that prevent exercise and motivate. It has also been introduced appropriate techniques to develop obstacles to exercise in the elderly and appropriate approaches and patient commitment.

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