Physical fitness and indices of lifestyle-related diseases before and after interval walking training in middle-aged and older males and females
Physical fitness and indices of lifestyle-related diseases before and after interval walking training in middle-aged and older males and females
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DOI:
10.1136/bjsm.2009.064816
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
影响因子:
18.4
通讯作者:
Nose, H.
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作者:
Morikawa, M.;Okazaki, K.;Nose, H.
Hypothesis Whether increasing peak aerobic capacity for walking ((V) over dotO(2peak)) by interval walking training (IWT) is closely linked with decreasing the indices of lifestyle-related diseases (LSDs) in middle-aged and older people were examined.Methods For 4 months from April to September 2005 or 2006, 246 males and 580 females (similar to 65 years) performed IWT consisting of >= 5 sets of fast walking at >= 70% (V) over dotO(2peak) for 3 min followed by slow walking at = 4 days/week. Before and after IWT, we measured (V) over dotO(2peak), body mass index (BMI), %body fat, arterial blood pressure, thigh muscle strength and blood parameters. We analysed 198 males and 468 females who had undergone all the measurements both before and after IWT. To examine the hypothesis, we divided the subjects equally into three groups according to their pretraining (V) over dotO(2peak) : low, middle and high groups for each sex.Results Before training, it was found that thigh muscle strength and blood high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration were lower, whereas body weight, BMI, %body fat, arterial blood pressure and blood glucose were higher in the low group than the high group (all, p