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The Catholic University of Murcia, through the Group of Research in Health, Physical Activity, Fitness and Motor Behavior (GISAFFCOM), will lead the National Research Network on 'Active Aging, Exercise and Health', by decision of the Higher Sports Council.

The Network will be composed of researchers from the universities of Cádiz, Granada, Valencia, Extremadura, Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, Autónoma de Madrid and San Jorge de Zaragoza;

all of them led by Dr. Pablo J. Marcos, principal investigator of the GISAFFCOM and professor of the Faculty of Sports of the UCAM.

This scientific consortium is part of one of the 21 networks granted this year by the Higher Sports Council, of which 6 will be headed by private universities.

The proposals of this group are aimed at establishing strategic actions, unifying and designing protocols for evaluation and evaluation of physical, psychological and psychosocial variables for the design of comprehensive intervention programs based on scientific evidence.

The Network will also provide advice and training in policies and programs of public administrations and private entities.

"Our goal is to promote active aging as a measure to ensure that older people enjoy a healthy life, fully integrated into their environment, as well as promoting the development of solidarity and intergenerational relationships," says the UCAM researcher, Pablo Jorge Marcos.

The GISAFFCOM group has a broad curriculum of scientific publications and management of national and international projects.

This is the case of 'Promoting the shiftsedentary Lifestyle towards active Ageing'-`LIFEAGE' (ERASMUS + 2018), in which it investigates together with 5 other European universities on active aging, or the National Challenges Project 2018, of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities: 'Intelligent Bio-healthy Machinery: Design and manufacture of new ergonomic, efficient, healthy outdoor fitness machinery and with application for mobile devices (App) for the assessment and control of training', in which it collaborates with the Metal Technology Center and Murcia companies COPELE SLU y Equipos para Entorno Urbano SL

Source: UCAM