Effects of aquatic and dry land resistance training devices on body composition and physical capacity in postmenopausal women

dc.contributor.author	Carlos Colado, Juan
dc.contributor.author	Garcia-Masso, Xavier
dc.contributor.author	Rogers, Michael E.
dc.contributor.author	Tella, Victor
dc.contributor.author	Benavent, Juan
dc.contributor.author	Dantas, Estelio H.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-19T13:46:40Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-19T13:46:40Z
dc.date.issued	2012-05
dc.identifier.citation	Colado J.C., Garcia-Masso X., Tella V., Benavent J., Rogers M.E., and Dantas E.H. 2012. "Effects of aquatic and dry land resistance training devices on body composition and physical capacity in postmenopausal women". Journal of Human Kinetics. 32 (1): 185-195.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1640-5544
dc.identifier.other	WOS: 000305667100018
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5242
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.johk.pl/files/18colado-18.pdf
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dc.description.abstract	To determine the effects of a supervised strength training program on body composition and physical capacity of older women using three different devices: weight machines, elastic bands, and aquatic devices that increase drag forces (ADIDF). Four groups were formed: control group, weight machine group (WMG), elastic band group (EBG) and a group that used ADIDF (ADIDFG). Body composition and physical capacity were assessed before and after the intervention period. The ADIDFG showed improvements in fat mass (FM), fat-free mass of the left arm (FFM-LA) and right arm (FFM-RA), knee push-up test (KPT), squat test (ST) and crunch test (CT) (p <0.05). Individuals in the EBG and WMG also improved their FM, fat free mass (FFM), FFM-LA, FFM-RA, KPU, ST and CT. ADIDF training improves body composition and physical capacity of postmenopausal women as does performing land-based training programs.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Xavier Garcia-Masso is a Vali+D researcher in formation with support from the Generalitat Valenciana. We give our thanks to Leisis S.L. for facilitating the use of the aquatic devices employed in this study.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Academy of Physical Education in Katowice	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of Human Kinetics;2012, v.32, no.1
dc.subject	Aquatic training	en_US
dc.subject	Weight machines	en_US
dc.subject	Elastic bands	en_US
dc.subject	Fitness	en_US
dc.subject.classification	SPORT SCIENCES
dc.title	Effects of aquatic and dry land resistance training devices on body composition and physical capacity in postmenopausal women	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Peer reviewed
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