| Keywords |
Elderly women ; Combined exercise ; Abdominal fat ; Self-reliance fitness ; Immune cell |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 12 weeks aerobic and resistance exercise on abdominal fat, self-reliance fitness and immune cell in elderly women. The participants, who were aged 70 to 80 years, performed 12 weeks combined exercise program (3 days/wk, 75 min/day). Combined exercise decreased abdominal visceral fat, improved lower limbs muscle volume and self-reliance fitness. In addition, after combined exercise improved significantly with T-helper cell number and T-helper/T-suppressor, NK cell number, IL-6 and TNF-α concentration. Therefore, the improvement in body composition, self-reliance fitness prevented sarcopenia. Also, strengthen of immune cell after combined exercise would be a positive effect for disorder of elderly caused by obesity and aging. |