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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

無運動習慣的女性長者接受毛巾操阻力訓練：族群對照研究

Abstract

Background: Aging results in deterioration of physical performance, including muscle strength, gait, and balance. Resistance training has been shown to be effective in enhancing physical function in elderlypeople. For people, who do not have regular exercise before, an easily available tool might increase their motivation to do exercise training. A towel is available for any person and it could be used in low intensity resistance training. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of resistance training with a towel in community-dwelling elderly women who did not have regular exercise before. Methods: This was a cluster controlled study. We recruited 25 elderly women in the experimental group and 24 in control group. The experimental group did resistance exercise training with a towel, one hour per section, twice per week for 3 months. We did the outcome measurements, including grip strength, biceps curls, chair stand test, gait speed, six minute walk test, before and after 3-month intervention. We used Mann-Whitney's U-tests to evaluate the differences in change scores between groups. Results: The experimental group showed significant improvement in biceps curls, gait speed and six minute walk test as compared with control group (p=0.004, 0.003, 0.005 respectively). The intervention group had improvement in grip strength, while the control group showed deteriorated performance after training, but there was no significant difference in change score between the two groups. Conclusion: Resistance training with a towel was feasible and effective for community dwelling elderly women who was a beginner of exercise.

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English

First Page

53

Last Page

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