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The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women

INTRODUCTION: For years there have been studies on what kind of physical activity is optimal for maintaining proper health condition. Besides well known and approved endurance training of moderate intensity, an importance of interval exercise where short term, sudden intensification of work is perfo...

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Autores principales: Pilch, Wanda Barbara, Mucha, Dariusz Mikołaj, Pałka, Tomasz Adam, Suder, Agnieszka Ewa, Piotrowska, Anna Małgorzata, Tyka, Anna Katarzyna, Tota, Łukasz Marcin, Ambroży, Tadeusz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26848294
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pm.2015.56311
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author Pilch, Wanda Barbara
Mucha, Dariusz Mikołaj
Pałka, Tomasz Adam
Suder, Agnieszka Ewa
Piotrowska, Anna Małgorzata
Tyka, Anna Katarzyna
Tota, Łukasz Marcin
Ambroży, Tadeusz
author_facet Pilch, Wanda Barbara
Mucha, Dariusz Mikołaj
Pałka, Tomasz Adam
Suder, Agnieszka Ewa
Piotrowska, Anna Małgorzata
Tyka, Anna Katarzyna
Tota, Łukasz Marcin
Ambroży, Tadeusz
author_sort Pilch, Wanda Barbara
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description INTRODUCTION: For years there have been studies on what kind of physical activity is optimal for maintaining proper health condition. Besides well known and approved endurance training of moderate intensity, an importance of interval exercise where short term, sudden intensification of work is performed at low endurance load is emphasized. The aim of the work was to assess the effects of a program of physical activity applied to postmenopausal women regarding improvement of their body composition and biochemical indices of lipid and carbohydrate status. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The program of physical activity contained 12-week trainings of Nordic walking (NW) and gymnastic-dance classes (G-D). The intensity of effort during the NW training was at the level of 60% HR(max), whereas intensity of G-D exercises was selected based on a subjective assessment of effort according to the scale of American College of Sports Medicine. RESULTS: The 12-week program of physical activity resulted in statistically significant lowering of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction levels. An increase in high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level was observed, whereas the values of triacylglycerols (TG) did not change. The average fasting blood glucose level decreased significantly. Similar changes were noted for the insulin level. The analysed body biometrical-structural indices did not change significantly. CONCLUSIONS: The applied 12-week program of physical activity without changes of dietary habits contributed to an improvement in plasma lipid profile and an increased insulin sensitivity, but it did not affect significantly body composition.
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spelling pubmed-47338962016-02-04 The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women Pilch, Wanda Barbara Mucha, Dariusz Mikołaj Pałka, Tomasz Adam Suder, Agnieszka Ewa Piotrowska, Anna Małgorzata Tyka, Anna Katarzyna Tota, Łukasz Marcin Ambroży, Tadeusz Prz Menopauzalny Original Paper INTRODUCTION: For years there have been studies on what kind of physical activity is optimal for maintaining proper health condition. Besides well known and approved endurance training of moderate intensity, an importance of interval exercise where short term, sudden intensification of work is performed at low endurance load is emphasized. The aim of the work was to assess the effects of a program of physical activity applied to postmenopausal women regarding improvement of their body composition and biochemical indices of lipid and carbohydrate status. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The program of physical activity contained 12-week trainings of Nordic walking (NW) and gymnastic-dance classes (G-D). The intensity of effort during the NW training was at the level of 60% HR(max), whereas intensity of G-D exercises was selected based on a subjective assessment of effort according to the scale of American College of Sports Medicine. RESULTS: The 12-week program of physical activity resulted in statistically significant lowering of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction levels. An increase in high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level was observed, whereas the values of triacylglycerols (TG) did not change. The average fasting blood glucose level decreased significantly. Similar changes were noted for the insulin level. The analysed body biometrical-structural indices did not change significantly. CONCLUSIONS: The applied 12-week program of physical activity without changes of dietary habits contributed to an improvement in plasma lipid profile and an increased insulin sensitivity, but it did not affect significantly body composition. Termedia Publishing House 2015-12-08 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4733896/ /pubmed/26848294 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pm.2015.56311 Text en Copyright © 2015 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
spellingShingle Original Paper
Pilch, Wanda Barbara
Mucha, Dariusz Mikołaj
Pałka, Tomasz Adam
Suder, Agnieszka Ewa
Piotrowska, Anna Małgorzata
Tyka, Anna Katarzyna
Tota, Łukasz Marcin
Ambroży, Tadeusz
The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
title The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
title_full The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
title_fullStr The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
title_full_unstemmed The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
title_short The influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
title_sort influence of a 12-week program of physical activity on changes in body composition and lipid and carbohydrate status in postmenopausal women
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26848294
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pm.2015.56311
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