Test battery ( Rikli & Jones, 2001 ), a reliable instrument to assess physical fitness in older adults (≥60 years old), was used. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured using the 6-min walk test. The participants were asked to walk as fast as possible for 6 min in a rectangular course, with verbal
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Active Older Adults Keep Aerobic Capacity and Experience Small Reductions in Body Strength During Confinement Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
Lucimere Bohn, Duarte Barros, Flávia Borges-Machado, Susana Carrapatoso, Andreia N. Pizarro, and Joana Carvalho
Relationship Between Aerobic Capacity, Mobility, and Spatial Navigation in Healthy Individuals and Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study
Jessica Plácido, José Vinicius Ferreira, Felipe de Oliveira Silva, Renan Baltar Ferreira, Carla Guimarães, Andréa Nunes de Carvalho, Jerson Laks, and Andrea Camaz Deslandes
. Experimental Gerontology, 143, Article 111164 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111164 Hayes , S.M. , Hayes , J.P. , Cadden , M. , & Verfaellie , M. ( 2013 ). A review of cardiorespiratory fitness-related neuroplasticity in the aging brain . Front Aging Neuroscience, 5, Article 31
Declining Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth: Fact or Supposition?
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Reliability of 400-m Walk Test Performance and Postexercise Cardiac Autonomic Markers in Older Women
Daniel Gomes da Silva Machado, André Igor Fonteles, Renêe Caldas Honorato, Samara Karla Anselmo-Silva, Hassan M. Elsangedy, Cheng Hsin Nery Chao, Alexandre Hideki Okano, and Kenio Costa Lima
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is one component of health-related physical fitness. Low CRF is an independent risk factor for dementia, dementia mortality, and all-cause mortality ( Barry et al., 2018 ; Tari et al., 2019 ). Thus, CRF is a target for evaluation in multiple interventions aiming at
Traditional Lègong Dance Training Is Superior to Moderate Aerobic Training on Physical Fitness Improvement Among Young Girls
I Putu Adiartha Griadhi, I Putu Gede Adiatmika, and I Ketut Tirtayasa
exercises to improve young girls’ physical fitness. Lègong dance that is carried out as a group activity in the community dance center and school potentially increases young girls’ motivation to participate in PA. The improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness in the DG is consistent with the finding by
Effects of Dancing Associated With Resistance Training on Functional Parameters and Quality of Life of Aging Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Lucas Betti Domingues, Carlos Eduado Payano, Maykon da Silva Peres, Vitor Hugo Sant’Anna, Eduardo Lusa Cadore, Josianne da Costa Rodrigues-Krause, and Rodrigo Ferrari
Biological aging is associated with declines of different physiological systems, including decreases in skeletal muscle mass ( Aagaard et al., 2007 ), muscle strength and power ( Izquierdo et al., 2001 ; Häkkinen et al., 2002 ), and cardiorespiratory fitness ( Sabia et al., 2012 ). These
Association of Physical Fitness and Anthropometric Parameters With Lung Function in 7-Year-Old Children
Iker García, Marta San-Millán, Jorge Cazorla-González, Blanca Román-Viñas, Juan Serrano-Ferrer, Anna Jòdar-Portas, Anna Prats-Puig, and Raquel Font-Lladó
, musculoskeletal, and hematological systems ( 18 ). However, the structural and functional properties of the lungs do not respond to exercise to the same extent ( 24 ). Muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are 2 important health-related components of physical fitness, and both have been reported to be
Reliability of Fitness Assessments in Children With Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties
Ashley C. Almarjawi, Kemi E. Wright, Brett D. Buist, John Cairney, Tony T. Ton, and Bonnie J. Furzer
used field-based assessments of muscular or cardiorespiratory fitness in children with EBD. Our hypothesis was partially supported with results indicating assessments requiring less attentional demand and behavioral regulation demonstrating higher reliability in this population. Grip strength and
Correlational Study of Three Cardiorespiratory Fitness Tests for Men with Mental Retardation
J.A. McCubbin, P. Rintala, and G.C. Frey
Monitoring Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Professional Soccer Players: Is It Worth the Prick?
Martin Buchheit, Ben M. Simpson, and Mathieu Lacome
Purpose: To compare between-tests changes in submaximal exercise heart rate (HRex, 3 min, 12 km/h) and the speed associated with 4 mmol/L of blood lactate (V4mmol) in soccer players to get insight into their level of agreement and respective sensitivity to changes in players’ fitness. Methods: A total of 19 elite professional players (23 [3] y) performed 2 to 3 graded incremental treadmill tests (3-min stages interspersed with 1 min of passive recovery, starting speed 8 km/h, increment 2 km/h until exhaustion or 18 km/h if exhaustion was not reached before) over 1.5 seasons. The correlation between the changes in HRex and V4mmol was examined. Individual changes in the 2 variables were compared (>2 × typical error considered “clear”). Results: The changes in HRex and V4mmol were largely correlated (r = .82; 90% confidence interval, .65–.91). In more than 90% of the cases, when a clear individual change in HRex was observed, it was associated with a similar clear change in V4mmol (the same direction, improvement, or impairment of fitness) and conversely. Conclusions: When it comes to testing players submaximally, the present results suggest that practitioners can use HRex or V4mmol interchangeably with confidence. However, in comparison with a field-based standardized warm-up run (3–4 min, all players together), the value of a multistage incremental test with repeated blood lactate samplings is questionable for a monitoring purpose given its time, labor, cost, and poorer player buy-in.
