Influence of a brisk walking program on postural responses in sedentary older women: a randomised trial

Abstract This study analyzes the evolution in kinematic and non-linear stabilometric parameters in elderly sedentary women selected to participate in a brisk walking program. Ninety-four women were randomly selected for a program of 78 sessions over 6 months, with three sessions of 60 min per week. On the force platform, participants were assessed with both eyes opened as well as eyes closed during a period of 51.2 s and the sampling frequency was 40 Hz. The main dependent kinematic variables were the length, stabilogram surface, and the mean position in anteroposterior as well as medio-lateral directions. For the dynamic approach, we have selected the parameters of recurrence quantification analysis, sample entropy, and multiscale entropy. The kinematic and the time series analysis of group × time interactions demonstrated that 6 months of walk-training lacked influence on kinematic postural responses and on dynamical measurements. The weekly brisk walking program was situated on flat ground and consisted of three 60-min weekly sessions lasting 6 months, leading to no significant effect on postural responses. In regards to international recommendations brisk walking is a pertinent exercise. However, in older sedentary women, our study indicated a systemic lack of influence of 6 months’ walk-training on flat ground on kinematic postural responses and on dynamical measures obtained by time series analysis..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Aging clinical and experimental research - 30(2018), 5 vom: 05. März, Seite 433-440

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bernard, P. L. [VerfasserIn]
Blain, H. [VerfasserIn]
Tallon, G. [VerfasserIn]
Ninot, G. [VerfasserIn]
Jaussent, A. [VerfasserIn]
Picot, M. C. [VerfasserIn]
Belloc, C. [VerfasserIn]
Coste, O. [VerfasserIn]
Bousquet, J. [VerfasserIn]
Ramdani, S. [VerfasserIn]

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Balance
Brisk walking
Elderly
Training program

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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

doi:

10.1007/s40520-018-0916-y

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SPR036614009