TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life responses after combined and aerobic water-based training programs in older women
T2 - a randomized clinical trial (ACTIVE Study)
AU - Häfele, Mariana Silva
AU - Alberton, Cristine L.
AU - Schaun, Gustavo Z.
AU - Häfele, Vítor
AU - Nunes, Gabriela N.
AU - Andrade, Luana S.
AU - Pinto, Stephanie S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil (CAPES, Finance Code 001) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – Brazil (CNPq, 307496/2017-1). The authors thank the participants for their contribution to this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important health index for older adults. Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of 16 weeks of aerobic training to 8 weeks of aerobic followed by 8 weeks of combined (i.e., resistance and aerobic exercises) training, as well as to a control group on the QoL of older women exercising in the aquatic environment. Methods: 52 older women were first randomized to either aerobic training (n = 35) or a control group (n = 17). After 8 weeks of intervention, participants initially assigned to the aerobic training group were again randomized to either 8 additional weeks of aerobic (n = 17) or combined training (n = 18). Aerobic training was performed at the heart rate percentage associated with the anaerobic threshold, while resistance training sets were performed at maximal effort. The control group performed low-intensity water-based therapeutic exercises. QoL was assessed before (week 0) and after the intervention (week 17) using the WHOQOL-BREEF and WHOQOL-OLD questionnaires. Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) and Bonferroni post hoc tests (α = 0.05) were used to compare time points and groups. Results: QoL improved significantly only in the training groups after the 16-week training intervention, whereas it remained unchanged in the control group. In addition, autonomy, environment, and present, past and future activities domains were more impacted after combined training. Conclusion: QoL improved only in the water-based training groups, and the addition of resistance exercises to the training program resulted in additional benefits to autonomy, environment, and past, present, and future activities domains. Trial registration: Clinical Trials NCT03892278.
AB - Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important health index for older adults. Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of 16 weeks of aerobic training to 8 weeks of aerobic followed by 8 weeks of combined (i.e., resistance and aerobic exercises) training, as well as to a control group on the QoL of older women exercising in the aquatic environment. Methods: 52 older women were first randomized to either aerobic training (n = 35) or a control group (n = 17). After 8 weeks of intervention, participants initially assigned to the aerobic training group were again randomized to either 8 additional weeks of aerobic (n = 17) or combined training (n = 18). Aerobic training was performed at the heart rate percentage associated with the anaerobic threshold, while resistance training sets were performed at maximal effort. The control group performed low-intensity water-based therapeutic exercises. QoL was assessed before (week 0) and after the intervention (week 17) using the WHOQOL-BREEF and WHOQOL-OLD questionnaires. Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) and Bonferroni post hoc tests (α = 0.05) were used to compare time points and groups. Results: QoL improved significantly only in the training groups after the 16-week training intervention, whereas it remained unchanged in the control group. In addition, autonomy, environment, and present, past and future activities domains were more impacted after combined training. Conclusion: QoL improved only in the water-based training groups, and the addition of resistance exercises to the training program resulted in additional benefits to autonomy, environment, and past, present, and future activities domains. Trial registration: Clinical Trials NCT03892278.
KW - Aging
KW - Aquatic exercise
KW - Concurrent training
KW - Experimental research
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U2 - 10.1007/s40520-021-02040-5
DO - 10.1007/s40520-021-02040-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 35023049
AN - SCOPUS:85122827422
VL - 34
SP - 1123
EP - 1131
JO - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
SN - 1594-0667
IS - 5
ER -