Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Endurance Training in Older Women: Maximal and Submaximal Cardiovascular Response

Endurance Training in Older Women: Maximal and Submaximal Cardiovascular Response Sixteen previously sedentary women (mean age 65) volunteered to train for 12weeks on a bicycle ergometer to determine changes in oxygen consumption (VO2),cardiac output (Q), and arteriovenous oxygen difference (a-vO2dif) at a relative submaximal workload equal to 60% of maximal oxygen consumption(60%-VO2 max). Maximal assessment of oxygen consumption (VO2max) andphysical work capacity (PWCmax) was also conducted before and after training.VO2max was increased significantly (13.8%), with 60%-VO2max increasingproportionately. There was no change in Q at 60%-VO2max, but a-vO2dif wasincreased significantly (15%). The findings indicate that older sedentary womenwere capable of enhancing cardiovascular capacity and that the improvement inrelative submaximal VO2 was accounted for entirely by augmented peripheralcardiovascular function. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Gerontology SAGE

Endurance Training in Older Women: Maximal and Submaximal Cardiovascular Response

Journal of Applied Gerontology , Volume 7 (2): 12 – Jun 1, 1988

Loading next page...
 
/lp/sage/endurance-training-in-older-women-maximal-and-submaximal-pMZsCsaLEe

References (16)

Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
0733-4648
eISSN
1552-4523
DOI
10.1177/073346488800700204
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Sixteen previously sedentary women (mean age 65) volunteered to train for 12weeks on a bicycle ergometer to determine changes in oxygen consumption (VO2),cardiac output (Q), and arteriovenous oxygen difference (a-vO2dif) at a relative submaximal workload equal to 60% of maximal oxygen consumption(60%-VO2 max). Maximal assessment of oxygen consumption (VO2max) andphysical work capacity (PWCmax) was also conducted before and after training.VO2max was increased significantly (13.8%), with 60%-VO2max increasingproportionately. There was no change in Q at 60%-VO2max, but a-vO2dif wasincreased significantly (15%). The findings indicate that older sedentary womenwere capable of enhancing cardiovascular capacity and that the improvement inrelative submaximal VO2 was accounted for entirely by augmented peripheralcardiovascular function.

Journal

Journal of Applied GerontologySAGE

Published: Jun 1, 1988

There are no references for this article.