Table 2.

Overview of the key benefits and limitations of physical activities for healthy older individuals (authors’ own processing).

Benefits

Limitations

Improvement of physical and mental health Increased fitness Improved neuroplasticity of the brain of older people Enhanced cognitive performance, especially some of the executive functions Decreased cardiovascular mortality Opportunity for social interactions Overall improvement of older people’s quality of life Non-invasive treatment Delay of aging diseases, e.g., dementia Reduction of economic burden on country’s healthcare system

A lack of randomized controlled trials Small sample sizes of people participating in the trials Short duration of the trials A lower intensity of physical exercise A lack of awareness of the importance of physical activities among people