Home-based exercise training program for improving activity of daily living in the elderly individuals

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The purpose of this study were to examine the effect of resistance training employing daily physical actions and to design the exercise training program for the elderly individuals. The subjects performed the training exercise, such as sitting onto and standing from a chair, calf raise and sit-up actions, for 3 months (every day, 2-3 sets/day, 16 times/set). The 3-month exercise training increased the muscle thickness, muscle strength and the ability to perform activities of daily living, and improved scores of index of QOL. The effect of the present resistance training affected the level of muscle strength per body weight before intervention. These findings indicate that the present resistance training program is useful for the elderly individuals with lower force-generating capacity to improve QOL.