Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners
Trunk muscle strength and control is an important prerequisite for everyday activities among elderly people decreasing the predisposition to falls. High levels of physical exercise performed by older athletes could offer benefits to core/trunk muscle strength and postural control compared with recre...
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| author | Henrique V. Taveira Claudio A. B. de Lira Marilia S. Andrade Ricardo B. Viana Hirofumi Tanaka Lee Hill Pantelis T. Nikolaidis Beat Knechtle Thomas Rosemann Rodrigo L. Vancini |
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| description | Trunk muscle strength and control is an important prerequisite for everyday activities among elderly people decreasing the predisposition to falls. High levels of physical exercise performed by older athletes could offer benefits to core/trunk muscle strength and postural control compared with recreational physical activities and among elderly people with lower levels of physical activity. The present study aimed to compare trunk muscle strength and postural control of older running athletes vs. older physically active adults. Participants were master road runners (RUN, n = 15, six women, 64.3 ± 3.6 years) and physically active elderly (control group, CON, n = 15, six women, 65.4 ± 5.0 years) people that were submitted to the evaluations: esthesiometer, posturography (force plate), and isokinetic test (Biodex dynamometer) of trunk muscle extension and flexion. RUN presented higher values for relative peak torque of trunk extensor muscles at 60°/s (p = 0.046) and 180°/s (p = 0.007) and relative average power during trunk extension at 60°/s (p = 0.008) and 180°/s (p = 0.004) compared to CON. CON had a higher medial-lateral oscillation speed of the center of pressure in the stable condition with eyes closed (p = 0.004) compared to RUN. RUN presented higher isokinetic torque of extensor trunk muscles and better postural control than CON. This supposedly could help with postural control and balance and contribute to the prevention of falls among the elderly. The practice of running systematically by master athletes may partially explained our findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23c4caacb15d456c8cf6c4cd2e582bce2022-12-21T18:18:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2021-03-011210.3389/fphys.2021.623150623150Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road RunnersHenrique V. Taveira0Claudio A. B. de Lira1Marilia S. Andrade2Ricardo B. Viana3Hirofumi Tanaka4Lee Hill5Pantelis T. Nikolaidis6Beat Knechtle7Thomas Rosemann8Rodrigo L. Vancini9Centro de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, BrazilSetor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Laboratório de Avaliação do Movimento Humano, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, BrazilDepartamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilSetor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Laboratório de Avaliação do Movimento Humano, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, BrazilDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDivision of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaSchool of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens, GreeceMedbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandCentro de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, BrazilTrunk muscle strength and control is an important prerequisite for everyday activities among elderly people decreasing the predisposition to falls. High levels of physical exercise performed by older athletes could offer benefits to core/trunk muscle strength and postural control compared with recreational physical activities and among elderly people with lower levels of physical activity. The present study aimed to compare trunk muscle strength and postural control of older running athletes vs. older physically active adults. Participants were master road runners (RUN, n = 15, six women, 64.3 ± 3.6 years) and physically active elderly (control group, CON, n = 15, six women, 65.4 ± 5.0 years) people that were submitted to the evaluations: esthesiometer, posturography (force plate), and isokinetic test (Biodex dynamometer) of trunk muscle extension and flexion. RUN presented higher values for relative peak torque of trunk extensor muscles at 60°/s (p = 0.046) and 180°/s (p = 0.007) and relative average power during trunk extension at 60°/s (p = 0.008) and 180°/s (p = 0.004) compared to CON. CON had a higher medial-lateral oscillation speed of the center of pressure in the stable condition with eyes closed (p = 0.004) compared to RUN. RUN presented higher isokinetic torque of extensor trunk muscles and better postural control than CON. This supposedly could help with postural control and balance and contribute to the prevention of falls among the elderly. The practice of running systematically by master athletes may partially explained our findings.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.623150/fullphysical exerciseagingisokinetic dynamometermaster athletesroad runnerspostural balance |
| spellingShingle | Henrique V. Taveira Claudio A. B. de Lira Marilia S. Andrade Ricardo B. Viana Hirofumi Tanaka Lee Hill Pantelis T. Nikolaidis Beat Knechtle Thomas Rosemann Rodrigo L. Vancini Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners Frontiers in Physiology physical exercise aging isokinetic dynamometer master athletes road runners postural balance |
| title | Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners |
| title_full | Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners |
| title_fullStr | Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners |
| title_short | Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Postural Sway of Recreationally Active Older Adults vs. Master Road Runners |
| title_sort | isokinetic muscle strength and postural sway of recreationally active older adults vs master road runners |
| topic | physical exercise aging isokinetic dynamometer master athletes road runners postural balance |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.623150/full |
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