Alexander Bonden: Physical Activity Help For Bal, Flexibler Einband

Blurb

The average age allocation of the world population is continuously changing. The increasing number of elderly people and a contemporaneous decrease in the figure of younger persons is a tendency factor around the globe. In Finland it is estimated that by 2050, the number of citizens over 65 years old will represent about 30% of the total population with a total amount over 1, 5 million (Website of Stat. fi 2021). Figure 1 illustrate the age structure of population in Finland on 31 December 2019, and the relative comparison on 1917. Although the process of aging is a triumph for the humanity, as stated by World Health Organization (2007), it is also a challenge to society. In fact, not only advantages are related to higher life expectancy. More specifically, a degradation in both physical and cognitive domains of the individuals, which also include the probability in the occurrence of age-related injuries. Furthermore, decrease in muscle strength rather than coordination in the lower extremities lead to a higher risk of falling among elderly (Thomas et al. 2019).