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Senior Sport ”We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw

Senior Sport Senior Sport is not about competing it is about exercising both body and mind. Exercising movements are slower and more natural. Training is focused on balance and coordination and activities to support ordinary daily life.

Senior Sport FEAR OF IMPROVED EXERCISE, REDUCED SELF ‐ ACTIVE FALLING ACTIVITY CONFIDENCE LIVING DOWN IMPROVED LOSS OF RISK OF BALANCE, MORE FALLS PHYSICAL FALLING STRENGTH, POWERS DECREASES MOTORICAL SKILLS

Senior Sport Traditional Exercise Recommended Age: Exercise for 25 ‐ 65 years Seniors • Fast movements Recommended Age: • Repetitive 65 – 90 years movements • Built up muscles • Slow movements • Competition • Natural movements • Training balance, coordination • Activities to support ordinary daily life

Senior Sport • Product development was based on research results • The product concept consisted of seven separate research projects. • A pilot playground built at the Santa Claus Sports Institute (Rovaniemi, Finland) enabled observing and measuring the cooperation and motor development of a preschool playgroup as well as a group of 60 ‐ 81 year ‐ olds. • Information on research project: • http://research.smartus.fi/showPage.php?page id=43 • Exercising senior citizens balance and motor coordination. http://www.newtest.com/Docs/Exercising%20Senior%20Citizen • %20Baland%20Motor%20Coord.pdf • Cases in Barcelona, Spain. Interviews of Physiotherapists (cases on file).

Senior Sport Physical •The proportion of people aged over 65 is growing rapidly. Awareness • 37% of the population over 75 years of age lives alone and their independence in day ‐ to ‐ day activities is affected by loss of agility, coordination and balance, and a slowing down of movement. •One out of three adults age 65 and older falls each year, but less than half talk to their healthcare provider about it. 1 • Among older adults (those 65 or older), falls are the leading cause of injury death. They are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma. 2 • In 2010, 2.3 million nonfatal fall injuries among older adults were treated in emergency departments and more than 662,000 of these patients were hospitalized. 2 • In 2010, the direct medical costs of falls, adjusted for inflation, was $30.0 billion. 4

Senior Sport • Individuals have the ability to promote successful aging in many ways. Social One can adapt physiologically through health promotion efforts, exercise, and an adequate diet. Psychological or mental health can be Awareness maintained through positive attitudes toward adjustments to limitations and changes that may come with aging, continuing to seek intellectual stimulation by taking classes, attending lectures, and staying involved. Social factors that can affect whether or not someone ages successfully include staying active, volunteering, making new friends, and maintaining good relationships . 5

Senior Sport Cognitive • There are a number of elderly people that never show any signs of an age ‐ related decline in cognitive functions. However, there is a Awareness greater number of older seniors that do experience a loss of cognitive skills and abilities to varying degrees. For most of them the decline is part of the aging process caused by the death of brain cells. For others, dementia is the result of an illness or disease such as Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or Huntington's Disease. 6 • Just as the body needs physical exercise to keep fit, the brain needs mental exercise to stay active and alive. Mental exercise stimulates the brain, often providing long ‐ lasting positive effects regarding thinking and reasoning skills, memory and processing speed. 6

Senior Sport • Stretching of the muscles • Increased joint range of motion • Cardio ‐ respiratory • Blood circulation • Balance Work • Walking exercises • Motor Coordination • Hand ‐ Eye Coordination • Proprioception Work (Process of adapting feet to different surfaces • Column exercises • Muscle Strength Work • Adaptation to the daily ling activities

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Senior Sport 1. Finger Steps 2. High Chin ‐ Up Bars

Senior Sport 3. Bench with low Chin ‐ Up Bars 4. Bench with low Chin ‐ Up Bars

Senior Sport 5. Gangway 6. Balance Beam

Senior Sport 7. Rope Walker 7. Rope Walker

Senior Sport 8. Ramp 9. Screw

Senior Sport 10. Steps 11. Stretching Board

Senior Sport 12. Balance Stool 13/15. Snake Pipe

Senior Sport 14. Chin ‐ Up Bars with Handles

Senior Sport Model #80481 -(6) Fitness Events 2 -Max. Height: 7’8” 3 4 7’3” 1 5’0” 15’1” 6 5 16’6”

Senior Sport Model #80495 -(12) Fitness Events -Max. Height: 7’8” 6 7 11 6’5” 12 4 10 9 8 3 14’6” 2 5 1

Senior Sport Model #80482 -(11) Fitness Events Model #80482 -Max. Height: 7’8” 5 8 9 5 7 16’1” 10 11 6 3 4 18’6” 9’5” 2 1 14’9”

Senior Sport Model #80490 -(17) Fitness Events -Max. Height: 7’8” 15 16 14 11 6 13 4 17 9 10 3 29’3” 8 7 5 12 2 16’7” 16’6” 1 14’9”

Senior Sport Senior Care Housing Community Centers Parks Municipalities

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Senior Sport • The wooden parts are made of impregnated glazed and varnished wood or glue ‐ laminated timber. Handles and seats are aluminum and coated with natural rubber. Metal parts are either 1) Aluminum, 2) Stainless Steel, 3a) Hot ‐ dip Galvanized Steel, 3b) Blast ‐ Cleaned, Zinc Epoxy ‐ Coated and Powder ‐ Painted Steel or 3c) Electrodeposited and Powder ‐ Painted Steel. • Installation of products needs only minimum of concrete (balance stool) all the other parts of the structure has strudy underground foundations

Senior Sport •( 1 ) Hausdorff JM, Rios DA, Edelber HK. Gait variability and fall risk in community–living older adults: a 1–year prospective study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001;82(8):1050–6. •( 2 ) Hornbrook MC, Stevens VJ, Wingfield DJ, Hollis JF, Greenlick MR, Ory MG. Preventing falls among community–dwelling older persons: results from a randomized trial. The Gerontologist 1994:34(1):16–23. •( 3 ) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web–based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. Accessed November 30, 2010. •( 4 ) Stevens JA. Fatalities and injuries from falls among older adults – United States, 1993–2003 and 2001–2005. MMWR 2006a;55(45). • ( 5) http:/ / AgeWorks.com Under the direction of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, this site will soon offer the latest aging-related nutritional, health, and lifestyle information • ( 6) http:/ / seniors.lovetoknow .com / Cognitive_Activities_for_ the_Elderly

Senior Sport Today, Lappset has already built more than a thousand parks for senior citizens, in 23 countries, worldwide. For example, Lappset has built more than 600 senior parks around the cities of Barcelona, Girona, and Lleida, in the region of Catalonia, north ‐ east Spain. Thank you.