Participants (Aged 60-70 years) will be recruited. In preliminary testing, all participants perform a Senior Fitness Test (SFT) The SFT consist of 6 motor tests: back scratch, chair sit and reach, 30 s chair stand, 30 s arm curl, 2 min step, and 8 foot up and go testing. The SFT is employed for screening participants to ensure they are healthy elderly participants. Participants who obtain a score of less than 25th percentile of age-based norms of the SFT are excluded from the study since scores
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will perform 3 sets of 12 repetitions at 65% of 1 repetition maximum (RM) of the bench press exercise with the Smith machine. Testing will be executed on 3 separate days as follows: day 1
a barbell alone (BA),a barbell combining elastic bands at 10% of the subjects 65% 1RM (BE 10),a barbell combining elastic bands at 20% of the subjects 65% 1RM (BE 20)
Sponsors
Research and Development Institute, Phuket Rajabhat University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All healthy elderly participants (aged between 60-70 years) live in Phuket, 2. All participants are screened by Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), 3. If participants answer no to all questions in PAR-Q, they are cleared for physical activity participation, 4. None of the participants receive outpatient care for any reason, 5. None of the participants have experienced any cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or neuromuscular disease, 6. None of the participants have vision problems, hearing, and vestibular functioning problems, 7. None of the participants take tranquilizer and antidepressants that affect balance, 8. None have any exercise habits including aerobic exercise, endurance training, resistance training, et cetera, for at least 6 months before the beginning of the study, 9. All participants are non-smoker and without any supplement, 10. All participants receive information sheet for research participant and sign the inform consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The participants feel pain in the upper or lower extremities in activities of daily living, 2. The participants have received antihypertensive, hypolipidemic or hypoglycemic medications, 3. The participants show systolic blood pressure (SBP) of more than 140 mmHg, and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of more than 90 mmHg, 4. The participants perform a Senior Fitness Test (SFT), and those who obtain a score of less than 25th percentile of age-based norms before testing are excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) at 1 months after end of the intervention Flow-mediated dilation is evaluated with the ultrasound equipment. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pulse wave velocity (PWV) at 1 months after end of the intervention pulse wave velocity is measured using a volume-plethysmographic device with four cuffs matched with oscillometric sensors | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactWitid Mitranun
Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Physical Education, Srinakharinwirot University, Ongkharak
Outcome results
None listed