General features of advanced age

Drums Alive Golden Beats Chapter 7: Physiological Fundamentals of Sport for the Elderly General features of advanced age

Reduction of the body size (decrease of spinal disc height, increasing curvature of the spinal column, shrinking of the collodiaphyseal angle of the femur)
Limitation of the mobility of the spinal column (decrease in elasticity of the tendons)
Atrophy of the active and passive loco-motor system, and thus the support function; increase in the connective and fatty tissue (increased risk of falls, limitation of the ability to cope with everyday life).
Changes in the skin and hair
Continuous worsening of the ability of the sense organs to function (aging of the nervous system)
Increasing risk of internal diseases / so-called age-related illnesses (high blood pressure, lipometabolic disorders, diabetes, etc.)
Co-morbidities
Psychological changes (depression, anxiety, etc.)
Decreased ability to adapt
(c.f. Weineck, Sportbiologie (Sport Biology), 2000)

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