Effects of exercise on coronary risk factors in obese, middle-aged subjects.

Ohta, Toshiki; Kawamura, Taskashi; Hatano, Kiyoshi; Yokoi, Masashi; Uozumi, Zen'ichiro; Okamoto, Noboru; Mizuno, Yoshiko; Iwatsuka, Toru; Hashimoto, Shuji

doi:10.1253/jcj.54.11_1459

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“…www.efsupit.ro 962 did not seem to elicit any beneficial effect on the total cholesterol levels in the 2 groups. The absence of significant decreases in total cholesterol in both the BW and RT groups in the current study could have also been attributed to insufficient stimuli compared to the different training loads reported in other studies that have indicated a significant reduction in lowering total cholesterol (Gregory, 1990;Ohta et al, 1990).…”

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2016

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of brisk walking and resistance training on cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and lipid profiles in overweight and obese individuals. 54 overweight and obese male and female participants, aged between 21 to 55 years old were recruited for this study. The participants were age-, gender-and weight-matched before being randomly assigned into 3 groups, with 18 participants per group. The brisk walking group was required to brisk walk 3 times a week at an intensity of 60-70% of their respective age-predicted maximum heart rate for 8 weeks. Resistance training group performed the resistance training which involved 3 sets of 8 exercise stations, 3 times a week and 45 minutes per session. For each station, 8-15 repetitions of upper and lower body exercises were carried out by using dumbbells. The control group was asked to continue with their daily routine without participating in any other forms of physical training. Body composition, lipid profiles and cardiorespiratory fitness of the participants were measured at pre, mid and post-intervention. Results showed that there was greater improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness for brisk walking and resistance training groups (p<0.01) at post-intervention compared to pre-intervention value. There were also significant improvements in percentage of body fat, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and free fat mass in the brisk walking group. Similarly, participants in the resistance training group had significant improvement in BMI, WHR, fat mass and HDL-cholesterol. Hence, it is concluded that both brisk walking and resistance training for 8 weeks were appropriate exercise modalities to reduce some of the cardiovascular risk factors among overweight and obese individuals.

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2016

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“…Changes in body composition rates [11], improvement in the cardiovascular system [12], and better muscle strength and endurance [13] have been reported as effects of forward gait exercise. In general, forward gait is widely performed as a training method; however, some recent research has been conducted on backward gait with stroke patients as subjects [14].…”

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Effects of forward & backward walking training with progressive body weight supported on stroke patients’ ambulatory ability

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2014

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Objective: In the present study, the effects of progressive body weight support treadmill forward & backward walking training (FBWT), progressive body weight support treadmill forward walking training (FWT), and progressive body weight support treadmill backward walking training (BWT), and on stroke patients' ambulatory abilities were examined. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: A total of 36 chronic stroke patients were divided into three groups with 12 subjects in each group. Each of the groups performed one of the progressive body weight supported treadmill training methods for 30 minute, six times per week for three weeks, and then received general physical therapy without any other intervention until the follow-up tests. For the assessment of the step length, total double support, cadence, gait were measured using optogait and the 10-m walk test (10MWT), 6 minutes walk test (6MWT). Results: In the within group comparisons, all the three groups showed significant differences between before and after the intervention (p<0.05). In the comparison of the three groups, there were significant differences among the three groups in stride length, double limb support stance, cadence, 10MWT, and 6MWT in the third week, and only in stride length, 10MWT, and 6MWT test in the sixth week (p<0.05). Conclusions: This study verified that progressive body weight-supported treadmill gait training positively affected the gait ability of stroke patients in an actual gait environment. It also showed that FBWT group was more effective than FWT group and BWT group training.

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“…Mountain climbing, that is, the activity to walking up and down the mountain is a very effective aerobic exercise. Many studies have shown that walking motions that account for most activities during mountain climbing use the large muscle group for long periods of time at low/medium intensities and can provide effects such as improvement of the cardiovascular system, the improvement in aerobic capacity, changes in body composition, and increases in bone density (Ohta et al, 1990;Davison et al, 1991;Duncan et al, 1991;LaCroix et al, 1996;Morris & Hardman, 1997).…”

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