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Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Hypoxic conditioning has been proposed as a new tool to mitigate the sarcopenia and enhance health-related function, but decrements in standing balance have been observed during hypoxia exposure. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a hypoxic conditioning training on functi...

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Autores principales: Timon, Rafael, Camacho-Cardeñosa, Marta, González-Custodio, Adrián, Olcina, Guillermo, Gusi, Narcis, Camacho-Cardeñosa, Alba
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8903602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34852758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11556-021-00279-5
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author Timon, Rafael
Camacho-Cardeñosa, Marta
González-Custodio, Adrián
Olcina, Guillermo
Gusi, Narcis
Camacho-Cardeñosa, Alba
author_facet Timon, Rafael
Camacho-Cardeñosa, Marta
González-Custodio, Adrián
Olcina, Guillermo
Gusi, Narcis
Camacho-Cardeñosa, Alba
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description BACKGROUND: Hypoxic conditioning has been proposed as a new tool to mitigate the sarcopenia and enhance health-related function, but decrements in standing balance have been observed during hypoxia exposure. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a hypoxic conditioning training on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults. METHODS: A total of 54 healthy older adults (aged 65–75 years), who voluntarily participated in the study, were randomly divided into three groups: the control group (CON), the normoxia training group (NT) that performed strength training in normoxia, and the hypoxia training group (HT) that trained under moderate hypoxic conditions at a simulated altitude of 2500 m asl. The training programme that was performed during 24 weeks was similar in both experimental groups and consisted of a full-body workout with elastic bands and kettlebells (three sets × 12–15 reps). The Senior Fitness Test (SFT), the Single Leg Stance test (SLS) and the Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) were assessed before and after the intervention. RESULTS: Results showed that after training, either in normoxia or in hypoxia, the participants increased upper and lower body strength, and the aerobic endurance, and decreased the fear of falling. CONCLUSIONS: The moderate hypoxic conditioning seems to be a useful tool to increase the functional capacity in healthy older adults without observing a decline in balance. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04281264. Registered February 9, 2019-Retrospectively registered.
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spelling pubmed-89036022022-03-23 Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial Timon, Rafael Camacho-Cardeñosa, Marta González-Custodio, Adrián Olcina, Guillermo Gusi, Narcis Camacho-Cardeñosa, Alba Eur Rev Aging Phys Act Research Article BACKGROUND: Hypoxic conditioning has been proposed as a new tool to mitigate the sarcopenia and enhance health-related function, but decrements in standing balance have been observed during hypoxia exposure. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a hypoxic conditioning training on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults. METHODS: A total of 54 healthy older adults (aged 65–75 years), who voluntarily participated in the study, were randomly divided into three groups: the control group (CON), the normoxia training group (NT) that performed strength training in normoxia, and the hypoxia training group (HT) that trained under moderate hypoxic conditions at a simulated altitude of 2500 m asl. The training programme that was performed during 24 weeks was similar in both experimental groups and consisted of a full-body workout with elastic bands and kettlebells (three sets × 12–15 reps). The Senior Fitness Test (SFT), the Single Leg Stance test (SLS) and the Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) were assessed before and after the intervention. RESULTS: Results showed that after training, either in normoxia or in hypoxia, the participants increased upper and lower body strength, and the aerobic endurance, and decreased the fear of falling. CONCLUSIONS: The moderate hypoxic conditioning seems to be a useful tool to increase the functional capacity in healthy older adults without observing a decline in balance. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04281264. Registered February 9, 2019-Retrospectively registered. BioMed Central 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8903602/ /pubmed/34852758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11556-021-00279-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Timon, Rafael
Camacho-Cardeñosa, Marta
González-Custodio, Adrián
Olcina, Guillermo
Gusi, Narcis
Camacho-Cardeñosa, Alba
Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
title Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
title_full Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
title_fullStr Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
title_short Effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
title_sort effect of hypoxic conditioning on functional fitness, balance and fear of falling in healthy older adults: a randomized controlled trial
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8903602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34852758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11556-021-00279-5
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