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The long-term benefits of a multi-component exercise intervention to balance and mobility in healthy older adults
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Bird, M and Hill, KD and Ball, M and Hetherington, S and Williams, AD, The long-term benefits of a multi-component exercise intervention to balance and mobility in healthy older adults, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics: An International Journal Integrating Experimental, Clinical and Social Studies on Ageing, 52, (2) pp. 211-216. ISSN 0167-4943 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.archger.2010.03.021
Abstract
We examined the long-term effects of a multi-component exercise program on balance, mobility and exercise behavior. The benefits of a community-based resistance and flexibility exercise intervention in a group of healthy older (60-75 years) individuals were recorded 12 months after completion of the randomized control intervention. Differences between those participants who continued to exercise and those who discontinued were investigated. Significant improvements from baseline in sit to stand (p < 0.001), timed up and go (p = 0.001), and sway (p < 0.001) remained at follow up in the exercise intervention group, with a control group unchanged. Participants who continued exercising had significantly greater improvements in strength immediately after the intervention, compared to those who discontinued (p = 0.004). Those who continued regular resistance training performed better in the step test at 12-month follow up (p = 0.009) and believed that the program was of more benefit to their physical activity (p < 0.001) than those who discontinued exercising. Benefits to balance and mobility persist 1 year after participation in a multi-component exercise program, due in part to some continuing participation in resistance training. Motivation to continue resistance training may be related real and perceived benefits attained from the intervention as well as the environmental context of the intervention.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | resistance, flexibility, sway, training, motivation |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Sports science and exercise |
| Research Field: | Exercise physiology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
| Objective Field: | Evaluation of health outcomes |
| UTAS Author: | Bird, M (Dr Marie-Louise Bird) |
| UTAS Author: | Ball, M (Professor Madeleine Ball) |
| UTAS Author: | Hetherington, S (Ms Sharon Hetherington) |
| UTAS Author: | Williams, AD (Associate Professor Andrew Williams) |
| ID Code: | 71728 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 49 |
| Deposited By: | Health Sciences A |
| Deposited On: | 2011-08-03 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-03 |
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