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Group vs home-based exercise training in healthy older men and women
— a community based clinical trial | | Author(s) | Abby C King, William L Haskell, C Barr Taylor |
| Journal title | JAMA, (Journal of the American Medical Association), vol 266, no 11, September 18 1991 |
| Pages | pp 1535-1542 |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Good Health ; Young elderly ; Middle aged ; Living in the community ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 160 women and 197 men aged 50 to 65 who were sedentary and free of cardiovascular disease, and living in the community in northern California participated in this year-long randomised, controlled trial to compare: higher-intensity group-based exercise training; higher-intensity home-based exercise training; lower-intensity home-based exercise training; and assessment-only control. Compared with controls, subjects in all three exercise training conditions showed significant improvements in treadmill exercise test performance at 6 and 12 months. Lower-intensity exercise training achieved changes comparable with those of higher-intensity training. 12-month exercise adherence rates were better for the two home-based regimes relative to the group-based exercise training condition. There were no significant training-induced changes in lipid levels, weight, or blood pressure. The authors conclude that this community-based exercise training programme improved fitness but not heart disease risk factors among sedentary, healthy older people. In addition, home-based exercise was as effective as group exercise in producing these changes; lower-intensity exercise training was as effective; and the exercise regimes were relatively safe. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980828215 A |
| Classmark | CEA: CD: BBA: SE: K4: 3G: 7T * |
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