Physical activity and the ageing body

Victoria J. Palmer; Emmanuelle Tulle; James Bowness

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71291-8_26

Physical activity and the ageing body

Victoria J. Palmer, Emmanuelle Tulle, James Bowness

Sociology

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Abstract

Understanding experiences of physical activity (PA) as we age requires an engagement with the ageing body. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the complexities of negotiating PA as we physically age and to consider what are appropriate ways of putting the ageing body into movement. Firstly, we present a brief outline of the sociological understandings of the ageing body and locate PA within this. We then draw on empirical data from three research projects which explore PA in older people. Before promoting PA to older people, we must understand that becoming and remaining physically active is akin to a career and is a fragile endeavour, conditional on physical, cultural and phenomenological understandings of the body.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion
Editors	Samuel R. Nyman, Anna Barker, Terry Haines, Khim Horton, Charles Musselwhite, Geeske Peeters, Christina R. Victor, Julia Katharina Wolff
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	531-549
Number of pages	19
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319712918
ISBN (Print)	9783319712901, 9783030100377
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71291-8_26
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

Keywords

ageing body
physical activity
careers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Palmer, Victoria J. ; Tulle, Emmanuelle ; Bowness, James. / Physical activity and the ageing body. The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion. editor / Samuel R. Nyman ; Anna Barker ; Terry Haines ; Khim Horton ; Charles Musselwhite ; Geeske Peeters ; Christina R. Victor ; Julia Katharina Wolff. 1. ed. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. pp. 531-549

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