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Effects of Exergames on Physical Fitness in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Taiwan

Using exergaming for exercise training was found to improve physical fitness. Yet, few studies have used the “Xbox Kinect” to examine its effects on physical fitness in healthy middle-aged and older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 10-weeks of Xbox Kinect training o...

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Autores principales: Yu, Tzu-Cheng, Chiang, Che-Hsien, Wu, Pei-Tzu, Wu, Wen-Lan, Chu, I-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32276515
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072565
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author Yu, Tzu-Cheng
Chiang, Che-Hsien
Wu, Pei-Tzu
Wu, Wen-Lan
Chu, I-Hua
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description Using exergaming for exercise training was found to improve physical fitness. Yet, few studies have used the “Xbox Kinect” to examine its effects on physical fitness in healthy middle-aged and older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 10-weeks of Xbox Kinect training on physical fitness in healthy middle-aged and older adults. Forty participants (average 64.00 ± 4.44 years old, eight males and 32 females) were randomized to either intervention (n = 20) or control group (n = 20). The intervention group played Xbox Kinect three times per week, for an average of 50 min per session for 10 weeks. The control group was instructed to maintain their levels of physical activity. All the participants completed assessments of body composition, muscle strength, flexibility, balance and cardiopulmonary endurance at baseline and after 10-week intervention. After 10 weeks of training, the intervention group showed significant improvements in cardiopulmonary endurance and leg muscle strength. Moreover, there were significant differences between the intervention and control group in changes in aerobic fitness and leg muscle strength. The exergame program effectively improved cardiopulmonary endurance and leg muscle strength in healthy middle-aged and older adults. It could be an alternative to conventional exercise.
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spelling pubmed-71777122020-04-28 Effects of Exergames on Physical Fitness in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Taiwan Yu, Tzu-Cheng Chiang, Che-Hsien Wu, Pei-Tzu Wu, Wen-Lan Chu, I-Hua Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Using exergaming for exercise training was found to improve physical fitness. Yet, few studies have used the “Xbox Kinect” to examine its effects on physical fitness in healthy middle-aged and older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 10-weeks of Xbox Kinect training on physical fitness in healthy middle-aged and older adults. Forty participants (average 64.00 ± 4.44 years old, eight males and 32 females) were randomized to either intervention (n = 20) or control group (n = 20). The intervention group played Xbox Kinect three times per week, for an average of 50 min per session for 10 weeks. The control group was instructed to maintain their levels of physical activity. All the participants completed assessments of body composition, muscle strength, flexibility, balance and cardiopulmonary endurance at baseline and after 10-week intervention. After 10 weeks of training, the intervention group showed significant improvements in cardiopulmonary endurance and leg muscle strength. Moreover, there were significant differences between the intervention and control group in changes in aerobic fitness and leg muscle strength. The exergame program effectively improved cardiopulmonary endurance and leg muscle strength in healthy middle-aged and older adults. It could be an alternative to conventional exercise. MDPI 2020-04-08 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7177712/ /pubmed/32276515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072565 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Effects of Exergames on Physical Fitness in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Taiwan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32276515
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072565
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