Strength training for people living with HIV: a narrative review ABSTRACT Part of the collateral effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV (PLHIV) is lipodystrophy, muscle atrophy, inflammation, metabolic syndrome, among others, which affect the quality of life of this public. Muscle strength training serves as a relevant strategy, but it is necessary to understand the physiological impact mechanisms of this strategy. Therefore, the objective of this work was to carry out a narrative review of the literature to contribute to this elucidation. For this, a search for original articles was carried out in the databases PubMed, Scielo, Bireme, Lilacs, and Google Scholar, with the descriptors: HIV, training, strength, and AIDS and the same in the English language (HIV, training, strength, AIDS). Thirteen original articles were found related to the proposal of this work. Note that studies have shown positive results for muscle strength training applied to PLHIV, in terms of anthropometry, body composition, immunity, and physical capabilities, which are related to the quality of life. It is understood that strength training must be coherent to result in the quality of life for PLHIV.
The purpose is to evaluate possible relationships between the level of structured physical exercise and the risk of falls in the elderly. The volunteers were elderly of both genders aged from 60 to 70 years old, sorted into 3 groups, which were: Structured Exercise Group (SEG); Sufficiently Active Group (SAG); Insufficiently Active Group (IAG). For data collecting, validated tools were used, being the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I-BRASIL) and Test Up and Go (TUG) for the level of physical activity, risk of fall, and mobility, respectively. In addition, perimetry of the abdomen, waist, and hip were collected, in addition to body mass and height. It was found that the level of physical activity is directly related to the fear of falls and that the exercises structured by a professional and Physical Education further reduce this fear.
Strength training is an integral part of training programs for aesthetics and sports performance. Although experiments compare the responses of some methods, there is a lack of studies that analyze the time of execution, the recovery and perceptions of pain and exertion. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the metabolic and physiological responses of traditional, drop set and blood flow restriction training. The sample consisted of 16 trained men aged 32 ± 10,5 and minimum of 3 years of continuous and regular practice of ST. Data were collected in 4 days, being the first one assigned to maximum load testing and the following 3 days we analyzed randomly the drop set, blood flow restriction and traditional training methods. Blood lactate was analyzed after the training session. Pre and post intervention arm circumference, heart rate and total time, perceived pain and exertion rating scales, repetition and total volumes. Results showed no significant difference on repetitions number between blood flow restriction and drop set methods but total volume and time were significantly higher on drop set. The highest blood lactate value was found on drop set despite the other methods also show high values. Blood flow restriction and drop set showed significant difference regarding to traditional method on post exercise subjective exertion rating scale, a fact that relates with the highest total volume, mostly on drop set.
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