Barrier: Reductions in muscle mass (age-related sarcopenia), joint stiffness, and decreased flexibility are common and can make it more challenging to engage in regular physical activity.

Another theme that arose from the focus group feedback on barriers to physical activity for African–American women in the deep south included negative outcome expectations.

New research from the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in ...

"If we understand the barriers to physical activity now in this population and target them with specific tailored solutions, then in the future, we can predict who is going to be at higher risk of ...

Conclusion Personal, social, environmental, and policy and programme-related barriers and facilitators influence the amount of activity children with disability undertake. The barriers to physical ...

Researchers determined barriers of body function, personal beliefs, and environmental factors influenced whether patients with hemophilia engaged in physical activity.

Today, we want to talk about the importance of inclusive physical activity, an approach that opens the doors of movement and ...

The determinants were capability, motivation, and opportunity. If you have a weak link in your system, you will experience more barriers and will be less likely to act on your good intentions to ...

Posters presented at the 2025 Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical & Scientific Conference highlight the complex care needs and physical activity barriers for individuals with myotonic dystrophy.

This two-phase mixed methods study adds to existing knowledge on physical activity barriers for African–American women and advances efforts to promote physical activity and resolve health ...