Home-based walking improves cardiopulmonary function and health-related QOL in community-dwelling Adults
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Walking daheim verbessert die kardiopulmonale Funktion und gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität von selbständig lebenden Erwachsenen |
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Autor: | Okamoto, N.; Nakatani, N.; Morita, N.; Saeki, K.; Kuramatani, N. |
Erschienen in: | International journal of sports medicine |
Veröffentlicht: | 28 (2007), 12, S. 1040-1045, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0172-4622, 1439-3964 |
DOI: | 10.1055/s-2007-965073 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU200808002389 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The objective of our study was to investigate the effects of a home-based walking program on physical fitness and QOL among community residents. Subjects (n = 200, mean age: 64.2 years, range: 42 - 75 years) who participated in the 32-week trial were randomly allocated to one of two groups: an exercise (E) group and a control (C) group. The E group was instructed to increase the number of steps a day that they walked and to perform aerobic walking at a target heart rate for 20 minutes or more daily, 2 or more days a week. The C group was told to continue their normal level of activity. Outcome measures were the 3-minute shuttle stamina walk test (SSWT), 30-second chair-stand test (CS-30), and SF-36. Increases in SSWT values were significantly greater in the E group than in the C group (men 24.1m vs. 6.3m; women 8.8m vs. 2.4m), as were increases in CS-30 values (men 5.9 vs. 2.6; women 4.5 vs. -0.1). On the SF-36, the scores in the E group for vitality and mental health increased significantly. Home-based walking is considered to be an effective and feasible method to improve physical fitness and QOL among community residents. Verf.-Referat