Ejercicio físico y envejecimiento saludable: impacto sobre el bienestar general y la aptitud física en adultos mayores

Introduction: Physicalexercise is crucial in healthy ageing, offering multiple benefits in physical fitness and the general well-being of older adults.Objective: To evaluate the effects of three types of physical exercise (dance, coordinated exer-cises, and multimodal program) on functional capacity and general well-being in older adults in a Colombian city. Methodology: Quasi-experimental study with 450 older adults who attended daily meetings in three senior groups, participated voluntarily, and signed informed consent; Senior-Fitness-Test and T-WHO5 scale were applied.Results: Multimodal exercise had a greater impact on improving physical capacities while dance had a greater effect on psychological well-being; the intervention focused on coordination was the least effective.Discussion: In agreement with other authors, we identified not only the main effects of each intervention, but also how the variables of time, age,and the interactions between them influ-ence the results obtained.Conclusions: Interventions do not produce the same impact in all age groups; forolder people, it is necessary to adapt physical exercise programs to their characteristics and abilities to opti-mize their effectiveness.