Journal article
Land-walking vs. water-walking interventions in older adults: Effects on aerobic fitness
A Haynes, LH Naylor, HH Carter, AL Spence, E Robey, KL Cox, BA Maslen, NT Lautenschlager, ND Ridgers, DJ Green
Journal of Sport and Health Science | SHANGHAI UNIV SPORT | Published : 2020
Abstract
Background: Low cardiorespiratory fitness is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, and interventions that increase fitness reduce risk. Water-walking decreases musculoskeletal impact and risk of falls in older individuals, but it is unclear whether water-walking improves aerobic fitness in the same way as weight-dependent land-walking. This randomized controlled trial involved 3 intervention groups—a no-exercise control group (CG), a land-walking (LW) group, and a water-walking (WW) group—to investigate the comparative impacts of LW and WW to CG on fitness. Methods: Both exercise groups attended individually tailored, center-based, intensity-matched 3 × weekly s..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank our research participants, exercise supervision staff, and the research staff who contributed to the study. This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (1045204). The NHMRC did not have any involvement in the study design, data collection, or analysis or in the results or writing of the report. DJG is supported by an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (APP1080914). NR is supported by a National Heart Foundation of Australia Future Leader Fellowship (ID 101895).