Effects of aquatic resistance training on health and fitness in postmenopausal women.

Authors Colado JC, Triplett NT, Tella V, Saucedo P, Abellán J -More
Category Primary study
JournalEuropean journal of applied physiology
Year 2009
Links DOI, Pubmed
To investigate effects of 24 weeks of resistance training with aquatic resistance devices or elastic bands (EB) on markers of cardiovascular health and physical capacity. Forty-six healthy, sedentary postmenopausal women participated. The groups were aquatic exercise (AE; n = 15), EB (n = 21), and control (n = 10). Venous blood chemistry included cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, and apolipoprotein B. Physical capacity was assessed by the sit-and-reach, knee push-up, 60-s squat, and abdominal crunch tests. Both AE and EB, respectively, showed a significant (P
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First added on: Apr 26, 2017