Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential applications have recently received much attention in the media with partly bold claims that it will alter ‘our’ world beyond imagination. Indeed, AI is a very powerful tool in helping humans make sense of vast multi-dimensional sources of information. Yet, its full power within science, healthcare and our day-to-day lives is still to be determined. This thematic series emphasizes the potential of applying AI to design and evaluate optimal physical activity or exercise programs tailored for older adults across various settings.
Optimal physical activity or exercise-based interventions to support healthy ageing require an individual tailoring of intervention ingredients to the older person. Effective tailoring requires knowledge of individual characteristics which can be targets for an intervention, knowledge of the effects of specific interventions, and procedures to match intervention ingredients to individual needs and preferences. Using multi-dimensional datasets, AI-based methods can be employed to develop approaches which support individual tailoring and hence ultimately support healthy ageing.
This thematic series will highlight the state-of-the-art progress in this area of research through specialist contributions in physical activity, exercise, and AI. We anticipate that the readership of European Review of Aging and Physical Activity (EURAPA) and beyond will be able to use this resource to get a high-quality, peer-reviewed, and informed opinion on relevant applications of AI to promote healthy ageing and gaps of knowledge that need to be addressed in due course.