| Keywords |
Combined exercise training ; Body composition ; Balance ; Arterial compliance ; Elderly people |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of combined exercise training program for 10 weeks on body composition, balance and arterial compliance in the elderly. Subjects of this experiment were selected 15 older people and they were randomly assigned into 2 groups. One group was composed of 8 who participated in a regular exercise training program, and the other group was composed of 7 who did not participate in. Both groups were measured factors before and after training; body weight, muscle weight, BMI, %body fat, WHR, and measured balance, and examined arterial compliance on arterial pulse wave velocity of carotid artery and femoral artery. Exercise training program was composed of warm up (10 min), main exercise (70 min; aerobic exercise for 40 min, resistance exercise for 30 min) performed 2 times per week. Exercise intensity was 50-60% of VO2max. To establish intensity of aerobic dance and dance sports, the beat per minute was set at 112-120. As a result, there were significant differences in muscle weight, %body fat, BMI and femoral arterial compliance between control and exercise group (p<.05). However, there were no significant difference in body weight, WHR, balance and carotid arterial compliance. In conclusion, these finding suggested that the regular combined exercise has positive effects on improving muscle weight, %body fat, BMI. Also, it is beneficial to increase arterial compliance which is known as a predictor of cardiovascular disease. |