PubMed:30018825 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PubMed/sourceid/30018825","sourcedb":"PubMed","sourceid":"30018825","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018825","text":"Comparisons of the Health Benefits of Strength Training, Aqua-Fitness, and Aerobic Exercise for the Elderly.\nOBJECTIVE: To compare strength training, aqua-fitness, and aerobic exercise programs to discern the differences in the benefits achieved by each of the activities in older people.\nDESIGN: Double-blind randomized trial.\nSETTING: Controlled clinical environment.\nPARTICIPANTS: 108 people: 54 female paired with a male of the same age (average age of 65.5 ± 5.6 years).\nINTERVENTIONS: Three exercise programs (aqua-fitness, aerobic exercise, and strength training) for six months.\nMAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Body Mass Index, Senior Fitness Test (which evaluated functional fitness), and the SF-12 Health Survey.\nRESULTS: Men showed greater positive changes in the aerobic exercise group for general self-perceived mental health, leg strength, and flexibility of legs and arms. The largest improvements in overall self-perceived physical health and upper limb strength were in the men of the strength training group. The women participants in the strength training group obtained greater benefits, especially in self-perceived mental and physical health and in the strength of the four limbs.\nCONCLUSIONS: To maximise benefits, older people, in general, may want to consider participating in aerobic activity. Furthermore, older women would benefit greatly, both emotionally and physically, from exercise that includes strength training.","tracks":[]}