“…Physical training of the elderly population may also decrease immobility and social isolation as well as decrease osteoporosis, improve the glucometabolic state in patients with diabetes mellitus and have favourable effects on blood lipids (Young and Dinan, 1994). Patients with coronary heart disease who participate in rehabilitation programmes often express increased confidence in physical training at home and during other types of physical activities (Kellerman et al, 1977;Williams et al, 1985). One of the benef its of regular exercise training is a gain in everyday reserve capacity, that is, the ability to do more without fatigue (Gloag, 1992), and this is certainly of great importance in this age cohort.…”