Does Heavy-Resistance Training Improve Mobility and Perception of Quality of Life in Older Women?

ABSTRACT: Regular physical exercise has shown great benefits in preventing age-related functional losses and in improving the perception of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older people. To optimize these benefits, it would be interesting to evaluate what type of exercise is better. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the effects of heavy-resistance training on mobility and HRQoL in older women. Forty healthy, untrained older women (60-75 years) were randomly assigned to three groups: circuit resistance training (CRT, n = 15), traditional resistance training (TRT, n = 15) or the control group (CG, n = 10). During the 12-week training period, both experimental groups performed training with heavy loads, twice a week. Before and after the training period, t

SUBMITTER: Borges-Silva F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137969 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature