Research in Sports Medicine and Technology

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Authors

Mahboubeh Kavianipour
Ali Hassani
Elham Vosadi

Shahrood University of Technology

Abstract
Purpose: Weakness in physical fitness is one of the factors that reduce the quality of life, illness, and injury of the elderly. Elderly people who do physical exercises reduce the occurrence of falls and the risk of fractures, suffer from depression and dementia, and improve physical fitness. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of eight weeks of Fall proof and combined training on the physical fitness of elderly women.

Methods: The subjects included 45 elderly women, who were randomly divided into three groups: control, Combination training, and Fall proof training. A pre-test and a post-test were conducted for all groups, which included the measurement of some physical fitness factors. Then, the experimental groups did an exercise program for eight weeks, three sessions per week, and each session lasted 60 minutes, and during this time, the control group did their daily activities.

Results: In this study, it was shown that a course of Combination and Fall proof training caused a significant increase in improving strength (P=0.001 and P=0.001), body composition (P=0.003 and P=0.001), static balance (P=0.001 and P=0.04), dynamic balance (P=0.001 and P=0.001), flexibility (P=0.01 and P=0.001) and cardiovascular endurance (P=0.001 and P=0.001) in the elderly and the effect of Combination training on muscle strength was more than Fall proof training (P=0.04). Also, in static balance and flexibility, Fall proof training was more effective than Combination training (P=0.08 and P=0.004).

Conclusions: Based on these results, it can be concluded that using both training protocols used in this study can be used to improve the level of physical fitness of the elderly. Based on these results, the two training protocols were not significantly superior to each other.

Keywords

elderly women
Fall Proof training
Combination training
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Research in Sports Medicine and Technology

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Available Online from 23 October 2019