Assessment of the effectiveness of rehabilitation period on physical fitness and exercise tolerance in elderly people
Journal Title: Antropomotoryka. Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 22, Issue 57
Abstract
[b]Aim of the study[/b]. The study was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a two-week program, developed at rehabilitation camp, to improve physical fitness and exercise tolerance in elderly people. [b]Material and methods[/b]. The 10-day training program, which consisted of a 30-minute morning gymnastics and 1-hour water exercise a day, was attended by 50 people aged between 60 and 70 years. In all these patients standard somatic features were measured. To assess the level of physical fitness and physical ability the Fullerton Functional Fitness Test was carried out. Assessment of body balance, upper body strength, flexibility and lower body exercise tolerance was also carried out in all patients. [b]Results[/b]. Normal body mass index BMI was reported only by 22% of participants. The results of the 6-minute corridor walk test showed a significant improvement in covering the above distance for both women and men. In the group with normal and abnormal BMI the improvement of results in the walk test was also reported. In terms of physical fitness the group of female patients similar in age range as the test group of men obtained better results in individual trials of the above test. [b]Conclusions[/b]. 1. Performed set of tests has shown that the exercises conducted in the framework of rehabilitation period significantly improved physical fitness and exercise tolerance in older adults. 2. The results achieved before and after the treatment in the Fullerton Test were significantly different in terms of gender. 3. In terms of exercise tolerance with regard to BMI no statistically significant differences were observed.
Authors and Affiliations
Krystyna Rożek, Jerzy Piechura, Anna Skrzek, Tomasz Ignasiak, Monika Bartczyszyn, Marta Majewska
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