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Home-based circuit training for elderly women
— an exploratory investigation | | Author(s) | Jon C Ashmead, Jochen G Bocksnick |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 26, no 4, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 47-60 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Musculoskeletal systems ; Physical capacity ; Exercise ; Performance ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effects of participation in a home-based strength-training programme on muscular strength and muscular endurance were determined in 10 healthy older females (mean age 66.4 years) who participated in 10 weeks of home-based resistance training. Following the guidance of exercise videos produced specifically for this study, subjects exercised 3 times a week for 25 minutes per session. Each session involved a 3-5 minute warm-up, two rounds of a strengthening circuit (using tubing, body weight and dumbell exercises) and 3-5 minute cool-down. Pre- and post-intervention measures were taken of maximum handgrip strength, and six muscular endurance tests (chest press, leg extension, seated row, hamstring curl, biceps curl, and triceps press-down). Dependent t-tests revealed statistically significant improvements for all six muscular endurance tests as well as dominant hand-grip strength. Participants also reported vast improvements in functional abilities of activities of daily living (ADLs). These results demonstrate that a home-based strength training programme can be considered a viable option for improving muscular fitness in older people who may be reluctant to join community-based courses. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030512209 A |
| Classmark | BD: BK6: BI: CEA: 5H: 4C: 7T |
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