Target intensity and interval walking training in water to enhance physical fitness in middle-aged and older women: a randomised controlled study.
Target intensity and interval walking training in water to enhance physical fitness in middle-aged and older women: a randomised controlled study.
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水中目标强度和间歇步行训练可增强中老年女性的身体素质:一项随机对照研究。
DOI:
10.1007/s00421-015-3267-9
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2016
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Nose H.
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作者:
Handa S;Masuki S;Ohshio T;Kamijo Y;Takamata A;Nose H.
PurposeTo determine the target intensity for fast walking during interval walking training (IWT) in water for middle-aged and older people to enhance physical fitness.MethodsThirty-one women [59±5 (SD) years old] were randomly divided into two groups: IWT on land (LG,N= 15) and in water (WG,N= 16). All subjects were instructed to perform ≥6 sets of fast and slow walking for 3 min each in a day, ≥4 days week−1, for 8 weeks, at an intensity 35 % higher than the oxygen consumption rate at the gas exchange threshold (O2GET), with a subjective feeling of 16–18 points of the Borg scale during fast walking in each condition. Before and after IWT, we measuredO2GET, peak aerobic capacity (O2peak) by graded walking and cycling tests on land and isometric knee extension (FEXT) and flexion (FFLX) forces.ResultsBefore IWT, theO2GETfor walking in water was 14 % higher and the heart rate (HR) at a givenO2was ~10 beats min−1lower (P=0.001) than on land. During IWT, subjects in both groups performed IWT for ~4 days week−1(P> 0.9) with a 14 % higher fast walking intensity in WG than in LG (P< 0.05). After IWT, theO2peakandO2GETfor cycling,FEXTandFFLXincreased more in WG than in LG (all,P< 0.05).ConclusionWalking in water elevatedO2GETand decreased HR at a given exercise intensity in middle-aged and older women, which enabled them to perform exercise at a higher metabolic rate than on land due to improved subjective feelings, which, for these subjects, resulted in greater gains in physical fitness.