Promoting Stair Climbing as an Exercise Routine among Healthy Older Adults Attending a Community-Based Physical Activity Program

Stair climbing provides a feasible opportunity for increasing physical activity (PA) in daily living. The purpose of this study was to examine the daily walking and stair-climbing steps among healthy older adults (age: 74.0 ± 4.9 years; Body Mass Index (BMI): 22.3 ± 2.5 kg/m2). Participants (34 fema...

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Published in:Sports (Basel) Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 23
Main Authors: Hongu, Nobuko, Shimada, Mieko, Miyake, Rieko, Nakajima, Yusuke, Nakajima, Ichirou, Yoshitake, Yutaka
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.01.2019
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Subjects:
Age
Aging
Body mass index
Body weight
Climbing
Community
community-based program
Exercise
Gender
Health care
Intervention
Knee
Medical personnel
Muscle strength
Older people
pedometer
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Physical training
Physiology
Professionals
Sociodemographics
stair-climbing
Walking
Japan
stair-climbing
pedometer
aging
community-based program
walking
physical activity
ISSN:2075-4663, 2075-4663
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Summary:Stair climbing provides a feasible opportunity for increasing physical activity (PA) in daily living. The purpose of this study was to examine the daily walking and stair-climbing steps among healthy older adults (age: 74.0 ± 4.9 years; Body Mass Index (BMI): 22.3 ± 2.5 kg/m2). Participants (34 females and 15 males) attended a weekly 6-month community-based PA program. During the entire program period, daily walking and stair-climbing steps were recorded using a pedometer (Omron, HJA-403C, Kyoto, Japan). Before and after the 6-month program, height, body weight and leg muscle strength were assessed. After the 6-month program, the mean walking and stair-climbing steps in both women and men increased significantly (p ≤ 0.01). Daily stair-climbing steps increased about 36 steps in women and 47 steps in men. At the end of 6 months, only male participants had significant correlation between the number of stair steps and leg muscle strength (r = 0.428, p = 0.037). This study reported that healthy older adults attending the community-based PA program had regular stair-climbing steps during daily living. Promoting stair climbing as an exercise routine was feasible to increase their walking and stair-climbing steps.
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ISSN:2075-4663
2075-4663
DOI:10.3390/sports7010023