The physiological impact of high‐intensity interval training in octogenarians with comorbidities

• Main Authors: James E.M. Blackwell (Author), Nima Gharahdaghi (Author), Matthew S. Brook (Author), Shinya Watanabe (Author), Catherine L. Boereboom (Author), Brett Doleman (Author), Jonathan N. Lund (Author), Daniel J. Wilkinson (Author), Kenneth Smith (Author), Philip J. Atherton (Author), John P. Williams (Author), Bethan E. Phillips (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Declines in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and fat‐free mass (FFM) with age are linked to mortality, morbidity and poor quality of life. High‐intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to improve CRF and FFM in many groups, but its efficacy in the very old, in whom comorb...