Obesity, Physical Function, and Training Success in Community-Dwelling Nonsarcopenic Old Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Obesity-related physiological changes can limit improvements of obese subjects after training. The aim was to investigate obesity, muscular strength, and physical function in community-dwelling nonsarcopenic old adults.

Methods

Nonsarcopenic subjects (N=229, 73.7 ± 5.7 years; 21% normal weight, 42% overweight, and 37% obese based on body mass index (BMI)) participated in a 12-week resistance exercise program. Leisure time physical activity (LTPA), body composition (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry), quadriceps strength (maximum voluntary isometric contraction; absolute and relative to body weight), and physical function in terms of 6-minutes-walk-for-distance (6MWD) and timed up and go (TUG) were measured baseline and endpoint.

Results

At baseline, n

SUBMITTER: Geirsdottir OG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6397967 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature