Resistance Circuit Training or Walking Training: Which Program Improves Muscle Strength and Functional Autonomy More in Older Women?

Ayrton Moraes Ramos, Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale, Lucio Marques Vieira-Souza, Bruno de Freitas Camilo and Estélio Henrique Martin-Dantas
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Ayrton Moraes Ramos: Federal Institute of Pará—IFPA, Campus Paragominas, Paragominas 68629-020, Brazil
Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo: CERNEP, Research Centre, SPORT Research Group (CTS-1024), University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale: Active Aging, Exercise and Health/HEALTHY-AGE Network, Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD), Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Lucio Marques Vieira-Souza: Physical Education Course, State University of Minas Gerais, Passos 37903-204, Brazil
Bruno de Freitas Camilo: Physical Education Course, State University of Minas Gerais, Passos 37903-204, Brazil
Estélio Henrique Martin-Dantas: Active Aging, Exercise and Health/HEALTHY-AGE Network, Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD), Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain, 28040 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-11

Abstract: To evaluate the effects of two programs (resistance and walking training) on the functional autonomy and muscle strength (isometric and dynamic) of older women, 67 subjects were divided randomly into three groups: resistance training (RTG; Mean = 64.70 ± 6.74 years), walking (WG, Mean = 65.56 ± 7.82 years), and control (CG; Mean = 64.81 ± 4.34). The experimental groups underwent a 16-week intervention. Muscle strength (isometric and dynamic) and functional autonomy were assessed. The subjects participating in the RTG showed improvements in the comparison pre to post-test in the maximal forces of upper limb (MULS) (Δ% = 49.48%; p = 0.001) and lower limb (MLLS) (Δ% = 56.70%; p = 0.001), isometric biceps forces (BIS) (Δ% = 30.13%; p = 0.001) and quadriceps forces (QIS) (Δ% = 65.92%; p = 0.001), and in the general index (GI) of functional autonomy (Δ% = −18.32%; p = 0.002). The WG improved in all functional autonomy tests, except for the standing up from prone position test (SVDP). In strength tests, the WG obtained improvements only in the QIS (Δ% = 41.80%; p = 0.001) and MLLS (Δ% = 49.13%; p = 0.001) tests. The RTG obtained better results ( p < 0.05) when compared to the WG and CG. The results allow us to infer that resistance exercise programs are more effective in increasing strength and functional autonomy, a fact that may mitigate the deleterious effects on health of aging.

Keywords: quality of life; functional independence; physical exercise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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