老年人的功能,肌肉强度和心肺呼吸能力:根据性别和年龄的功能和身体测试之间的关系
Víctor Toro-Román1, Pau Ferrer-Ramos1, Víctor Illera-Domínguez1
1Department of Health Sciences, TecnoCampus, Research Group in Technology Applied to High Performance and Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain.
Frontiers in physiology
|March 22, 2024
概括
身体健康测试揭示了老年人性别和年龄之间的差异. 快速测试,如反运动跳跃 (CMJ) 和定时上升 (TUG) 可以评估整体身体功能.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 运动生理学 运动生理学
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
背景情况:
- 评估老年人的身体健康和功能对于保持独立性和生活质量至关重要.
- 现有的测试提供了有价值的数据,但了解性别和年龄特定的差异以及测试之间的相关性对于全面的评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析老年人功能,力量和心肺呼吸测试中的性别和年龄相关差异.
- 调查这些测试之间的相关性,考虑到性别和年龄的差异.
主要方法:
- 评估了171名老年人 (平均年龄72.72±6.05岁),按性别 (63名男性,108名女性) 和年龄组 (60-69岁,70-79岁,≥80岁) 分类.
- 评估的参数包括人体测量,身体构成,手握 (HG) 强度,反运动跳跃 (CMJ) 高度,6分钟步行测试 (6MWT),定时并进行 (TUG) 测试,以及短物理性能电池 (SPPB).
主要成果:
- 男性在CMJ高度,HG和过期体积 (VE) 中表现出明显更高的值. 在TUG和SPPB中没有发现任何显著的性别差异.
- 年龄显著影响CMJ,VE,氧气吸收峰值 (VO2峰值),TUG,步行速度,椅子站式测试和SPPB总分,老年人测试时间较长.
- TUG与所有强度和心肺呼吸测试在不同性别和年龄之间显示出显著的相关性. CMJ与功能测试的相关性比HG更强.
结论:
- 在老年人的功能,力量和心肺呼吸能力方面存在显著的性别和年龄相关差异.
- 反运动跳跃 (CMJ) 和定时上升和进行 (TUG) 测试是评估这一群体整体身体健康的有价值,快速和低成本的工具.
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