Land- versus water-walking interventions in older adults: Effects on body composition

Naylor, Louise H.; Maslen, Barbara; Cox, Kay L.; Spence, Angela L.; Robey, Elisa; Haynes, Andrew; Carter, Howard; Lautenschlager, Nicola T.; Ridgers, Nicola D.; Pestell, Carmela; Green, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.019

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“…The result of WC was positive but insignificant for the WATERinMOTION group. Another study conducted on older people showed a greater reduction of the WC when water-walking and also of longer duration (24 to 48 weeks) (Naylor et al, 2020), which can explain its better result than the current one.…”

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confidence: 48%

Efficacy of the WATERinMOTION Aquatics Exercise Programme on the Body Weight and Composition of Sedentary Older Women with Overweight/Obesity

Rezaeipour¹,

Apanasenko²,

Raghi³

2021

Monten. J. Sports Sci. Med.

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Some controversy remains regarding the effects of aquatic exercise on body weight and composition. The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term impacts of the WATERinMOTION aquatics exercise program on body weight and composition without nutritional intervention in sedentary older women with overweight/ obesity. The study was developed as a quasi-experimental project (pre/post-study). Forty-four inactive women were volunteers from a convenience sample with a mean age of 71.1±5.7 years (Ukraine, 2019). Participants were allocated randomly into two groups: WATERinMOTION (n=22) or a control group (n=22). Meanwhile, the WATERinMOTION group performed the WATERinMOTION exercise programme with two weekly sessions of 55 minutes each. The control subjects did not participate in any physical exercises. They were asked to perform their routine activities during the study. Both programmes lasted one month. Height, body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), fat mass (FM), total body water (TBW), and free fat mass (FFM) were the anthropometric variables that were measured pre/post-study. The analysis found statistically significant differences in body weight (-0.7, P=0.004), BMI (-0.3, P=0.002), and FM (-0.6, P=0.03) between the pre and post measurements of the WATERinMOTION group. Moreover, the comparison of groups at post revealed a significant difference in body weight (P˂0.001), BMI (P˂0.001), TBW (P=0.005), FM (P˂0. 001), FFM (P=0.003), and WC (P=0.007). The WATERin- MOTION programme, which is not associated with nutritional monitoring, showed significant benefits for losing weight and the body composition of sedentary older women who are overweight and/or obese.

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Efficacy of the WATERinMOTION Aquatics Exercise Programme on the Body Weight and Composition of Sedentary Older Women with Overweight/Obesity

Rezaeipour¹,

Apanasenko²,

Raghi³

2021

Monten. J. Sports Sci. Med.

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“…A study conducted by [8] that tested the effectiveness of two walking programs at moderate intensity (both aquatic and land environment) on the body composition of elderly participants showed that both programs had beneficial effects on body composition. Like our results, [8] revealed that exercise in an aquatic environment provided a significant reduction in abdominal fat.…”

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“…A recent intervention study [8] that tested the impact of two walking programs (landwalking versus water-walking), concluded that the water program can be considered safer and is a preferred activity for elderly people, providing benefits in body composition that are similar or higher than those achieved in land-based exercise programs. Results showed that older participants benefit more from the lower impact forces and decreased risk of falls associated with water-walking, without compromising improvements in their cardiorespiratory fitness.…”

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“…Regarding cognitive function, another intervention study [8] tested the effectiveness of an aquatic exercise program in a group of older women, aged between 60 and 80 years old, and reported that aquatic exercises can contribute to the maintenance and improvement of cognitive function.…”

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“…Secondly, to perceive which of the three water-based exercise programs will be more effective in improving function in non-institutionalized older people. According to the existing literature [3,5,[8][9][10][11] we predicted that differences would be found in the experimental groups, as opposed to the CG, and that the ComG program would be more effective than the AerG and IntG programs.…”

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Impact of Different Aquatic Exercise Programs on Body Composition, Functional Fitness and Cognitive Function of Non-Institutionalized Elderly Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Farinha

Teixeira

Serrano

et al. 2021

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Aquatic physical exercise programs have become progressively more popular among elderly people. Some of the major physical exercise program disadvantages on land are minimized due to the specific properties of the aquatic environment. The purpose of the present randomized controlled study is to verify the effects of different aquatic physical exercise programs on body composition, functional fitness and cognitive function in non-institutionalized elderly people. For this study, 102 elderly individuals were randomly allocated into four different groups: AerG (n = 25, 71.44 ± 4.84 years); IntG (n = 28, 72.64 ± 5.22 years); ComG (n = 29, 71.90 ± 5.67 years) and CG (n = 20, 73.60 ± 5.25 years). Individuals from the groups AerG, IntG and ComG participated in three different aquatic physical exercise programs for a period of 28 weeks. The CG participants kept to their usual routines. All participants were evaluated for body composition, functional fitness and cognitive function at two time moments, i.e., pre- (M1) and post-intervention (M2). Significant differences for body composition were found between M1 and M2 for FM (p < 0.001), LBM (p < 0.001) and WCir (p < 0.01) in the AerG, for BMI (p < 0.05), FM (p < 0.05), LBM (p < 0.001) and LCir-R (p < 0.05) in the IntG, and for WGT (p < 0.01), FM (p < 0.05), LBM (p < 0.01), LCir-R (p < 0.05) and LCir-L (p < 0.01) in the ComG groups. For functional fitness, differences were found between M1 and M2 for 2m-ST (p < 0.000), 30s-CS (p < 0.000), 30s-AC (p < 0.05), HG-T-R (p < 0.000) and HG-T-L (p < 0.000) in the AerG, for 2m-ST (p < 0.05), BS-R (p < 0.05), 30s-CS (p < 0.000), 30s-AC(p < 0.01), HG-T-R (p < 0.000) and HG-T-L (p < 0.000) in the IntG, and for 30s-CS (p < 0.000), HG-T-R (p < 0.000) and HG-T-L (p < 0.000) in the ComG groups. The present study evidenced the beneficial effects of physical exercise in an aquatic environment on body composition, functional fitness and cognitive function in non-institutionalized elderly adults. The ComG water-based exercise program showed more beneficial effects in the improvement of body composition and cognitive function variables, while the IntG and AerG programs were more effective in the improvement of functional fitness.

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The effects of water-based exercise on body composition: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhu

Jin

Zhao

2023

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

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Land- versus water-walking interventions in older adults: Effects on body composition

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

Efficacy of the WATERinMOTION Aquatics Exercise Programme on the Body Weight and Composition of Sedentary Older Women with Overweight/Obesity

Efficacy of the WATERinMOTION Aquatics Exercise Programme on the Body Weight and Composition of Sedentary Older Women with Overweight/Obesity

Impact of Different Aquatic Exercise Programs on Body Composition, Functional Fitness and Cognitive Function of Non-Institutionalized Elderly Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The effects of water-based exercise on body composition: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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