著者

山内 知子 山田 忠樹 MONIRUL ISLAM MOHAMMOD 岡田 暁宜 高橋 龍尚 竹島 伸生

出版者

日本体力医学会

雑誌

体力科學 (ISSN:0039906X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.5, pp.513-523, 2003-10-01

被引用文献数

3 4

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of well-rounded exercise program (WREP) on cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, flexibility, body composition, and serum lipid concentration in a group of older outpatients. WREP was composed of programmed aerobic/anaerobic accommodating circuit exercise (PACE) and flexibility exercises Twenty-two volunteers (69.6±3.2yr) were used as subjects All participants engaged in a supervised exercise program (50min/day and 3 days/week) for 12 weeks After 12 weeks of training, there was a significant increase in V0_2 corresponding to lactate threshold (13.4%) but peak VO_2 did not change. There were significant increases for knee extension (17.1%) and flexion (12.3%), chest pull (10.9%), low back flexion (26.6%), and shoulder press (14.6%) after training. Side stepping agility (13%), trunk flexion (129%) and trunk extension (19%) were also significantly improved. There were significant decreases in percent of body fat (-8.3%), total cholesterol (-7.1%) and low-density hpoprotein cholesterol (-9.7%) Blood pressure also decreased in SBP (-1OmmHg) and DBP (-5mmHg) The decline in SBP was significant in thirteen hypertensive patients (-14mmHg) compared to non-hypertensive patients (-5mmHg) These results indicate that WREP elicits significant improvement of overall fitness in older outpatients (Jpn J Phys Fitness Sports Med 2003, 52 : 513~524)