Listar Investigación y Desarrollo por autor "Concha-Cisternas, Yeny"

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      Older people in Chile: The new social, economic and health challenge for the 21stcentury (2020) 

      Troncoso-Pantoja, Claudia; Leiva Ordoñez, Ana María; Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela; Nazar, Gabriela; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny; Martorell, Miquel; Ramírez-Alarcón, Karina; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Cigarroa, Igor; Díaz, Ximena; ... (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2020-06)
      Ageing will be one of the most significant social transformations of the 21stcentury worldwide. In the last 40 years, Chile has tripled its older adult population. As a result, by 2050 the country will have the highest ...
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      Perceived barriers, level of physical activity and sedentary behavior in functional elderly (2022) 

      Cancino-Poblete, Constanza; Quezada-Leal, Makarena; Bueno-Olivares, Nicolás; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny (Editorial Ciencias Medicas, 2022-12)
      Introduction: It has been observed that non-compliance with physical activity recommendations increases as age advances, which can be attributed to internal and external barriers. Objective: To analyze the relationship ...
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      Perceptions and characteristics of adult physical activity during the pandemic. A case study in Chile (2024) 

      Garrido-Méndez, Alex; Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe; Matus-Castillo, Carlos; Toro-Salinas, Andrés; Álvarez, Cristian; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Celis-Morales, Carlos (Federacion Espanola de Docentes de Educacion Fisica, 2024)
      The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered the lifestyles of the world’s population due to confinement measures aimed at reducing social activity. These measures led to increased levels of physical inactivity and associated ...
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      Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in primary school teachers (2024) 

      Bravo-Moya, José; Baeza-Arellano, Belén; Valdés-Retamal, Patricia; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny (Federacion Espanola de Docentes de Educacion Fisica, 2023)
      Physical activity (PA) is fundamental for the development of a healthy life; however, the teachers of the Chilean educational system have extensive working hours and curricular activities, which could restrict the practice ...
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      Relationship between appendicular muscular mass index and physical function in older people (2024) 

      Alarcon-Rivera, Miguel; Cornejo-Mella, Carolina; Caceres-Aravena, Camila; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny; Fernandez-Valero, Paz; Guzman-Munoz, Eduardo (AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS, 2023)
      This study aimed to establish the relationship between the appendicular muscle mass index (AMMI), assessed from anthropometric variables, and the physical function of older people. Seventy-six older people participated in ...
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      Risk Factors and Gender Differences for Depression in Chilean Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the National Health Survey 2016–2017 (2024) 

      Nazar, Gabriela; Alcover, Carlos-María; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny; Cigarroa, Igor; Díaz-Martínez, Ximena; Gatica-Saavedra, Mariela; Lanuza, Fabián; Leiva-Ordónez, Ana María; Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela; Martorell, Miquel; ... (Tech Science Press, 2022)
      Depressive disorders are recognized as one of the most common mental health conditions across different age groups. However, the risk factors associated with depression among older people from low-and middle-income countries ...
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      Sports family climate and the level of physical activity in adolescents (2024) 

      Gómez, Bárbara; González, Ayleen; Pasten, Estefany; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny (Federacion Espanola de Docentes de Educacion Fisica, 2022)
      Introduction: It has been reported that the level of physical activity (PA) of adolescents would be influenced by the sports family climate. Aim: To analyze the relationship between the sports family climate and the level ...
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      Walking pace and cognitive impairment in elderly: finding from the Chilean National Health Survey 2016-2017 (2024) 

      Concha-Cisternas, Yeny; Castro-Piñero, José; Vásquez, Jaime; Martorell, Miquel; Cigarroa, Igor; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Parra-Soto, Solange; Poblete, Felipe; Matus-Castillo, Carlos; Garrrido-Méndez, Álex; ... (Universidad del Norte, 2022)
      Background: Walking pace could be considered an early risk marker of cognitive impairment in older people. Objective: To determine the association between walking pace and cognitive impairment in older Chilean adults. ...