Effects of Aquatic and Dry Land Resistance Training Devices on Body Composition and Physical Capacity in Postmenopausal Women

• Authors: Juan Colado , Xavier Garcia-Masso , Michael Rogers , Victor Tella , Juan Benavent , Estelio Dantas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

To determine the effects of a supervised strength training program on body composition and physical capacity of older women using three different devices: weight machines, elastic bands, and aquatic devices that increase drag forces (ADIDF). Four groups were formed: control group, weight machine group (WMG), elastic band group (EBG) and a group that used ADIDF (ADIDFG). Body composition and physical capacity were assessed before and after the intervention period. The ADIDFG showed improvements in fat mass (FM), fat-free mass of the left arm (FFM-LA) and right arm (FFM-RA), knee push-up test (KPT), squat test (ST) and crunch test (CT) (p <0.05). Individuals in the EBG and WMG also improved their FM, fat free mass (FFM), FFM-LA, FFM-RA, KPU, ST and CT. ADIDF training improves body composition and physical capacity of postmenopausal women as does performing land-based training programs.

Keywords

EN

aquatic training; weight machines; elastic bands; fitness

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 32
• Pages: 185-195

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2012

online

30 - 5 - 2012

Contributors

author

Juan Colado

• Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health, Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Xavier Garcia-Masso

• Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health, Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Michael Rogers

• Department of Human Performance Studies, Center for Physical Activity and Aging, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

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Victor Tella

• Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health, Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Juan Benavent

• Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health, Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Estelio Dantas

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-012-0035-3