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Assessment of physical health status for successful aging in elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12480005
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Kiyoji  Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, Associate Professor, 体育科学系, 助教授 (50163514)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SONE Hirohito  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Lecturer, 臨床医学系, 講師 (30312846)
KIM Hunkyung  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology, Research Worker, 疫学部門, 主任研究員 (20282345)
NAKAMURA Eitaro  Kyoto University, Department of Life Sciences, Professor, 総合人間学部, 教授 (00026808)
NAKADOMO Fumio  Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (50079125)
TAKESHIMA Nobuo  Nagoya City University, Institute of Natural Sciences, Associate Professor, 自然科学教育センター, 助教授 (00137126)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥15,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥10,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,800,000)
Keywordselderly / successful aging / biological evaluation / vitality / senescence / exercise / life style / health status
Research Abstract

The first purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a habitual exercise prevents functional decline in accordance with aging. For this examination, we used our current vital age (VA) equation as an indicator of the health and fitness. The subjects were 16 women and 10 men who had participated in our exercise program of two times a week for 10 years. Although the VA prior to the exercise program was significantly higher than the chronological age (CA) in women and men, the VA significantly lowered after 3-month and 1-year exercise. As a result, the VA became younger than the CA in women and men. For the following 9 years, the VA in women had increased by only 7.6 yr (8.6 yr in men). These results support the hypothesis of our first study.
The second purpose of this study was to develop a new VA equation, which can be applicable to older adults. In the present study, correlation analysis and principal component analysis were applied to the data for 56 biomedical variables. The … More subjects were 134 women and 91 men. The following 12 variables in women and 10 variables in men were found suitable for the new assessment of VA.
(For women)
New VS = 0.021X_1 + 0.010.X_2 - 0.044X_3 - 0.008X_4 + 0.004X_5 + 0.004X_6 + 0.003X_7 + 0.043X_8 - 0.039X_9 - 0.011X_<10> - 0.419X_<11> - 0.007X_<12> + 9.64
New VA = 8.98new VS + 0.295CA + 40.75
(For men)
New VS = 0.011X_2 - 0.044X_3 - 0.013X_4 - 0.005X_5 + 0.004X_7 - 0.032X_9 - 0.012X_<10> - 0.400X_<11> - 0.007X_<12> + 0.023X_<13> + 14.28
New VA = - 8.58new VS + 0.367CA + 40.00VA = 8.98 VS - 0.295age - 40.75,
VS = 0.021X1+0.010X2-0.044X3-0.008X4+0.004X5+0.004X6+0.003X7+0.043X8-0.039X9-0.011X10-0.0419X11-0.007X12+9.64
where X_1 = abdominal girth, X_2 = systolic blood pressure, X_3 = oxygen uptake at lactate threshold, X_4 = heart rate at lactate threshold, X_5 = cholesterol, X_6 = LDLC, X_7 = TG, X_8 = Hct, X_9 = side stepping, X_<10> = single leg balance with eyes closed, X_<11> = FEV_<1.0>, X_<12> = calcaneal speed of sound, X_<13> = subscapular skinfold. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All Other

All Publications (14 results)

  • [Publications] Loy, Tanaka, et al.: "Health and fitness: A question of lifestyle?"ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal. 5. 15-19 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Holland, Tanaka, et al.: "Flexibility and physical function of older adults"Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. (in press).

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Chang, Tanaka, et al.: "Functional fitness may be related to life satisfaction in older Japanese adults"The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 53. 35-49 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sakai, Tanaka, et al.: "Functional and locomotive characteristics of stroke survivors in community-based rehabilitation"American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. (in press).

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shigematsu, Tanaka, et al.: "Cross-validation and effects of exercise on instrumental activities of daily living(LADL) age in older Japanese women"Aging. 13. 385-390 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中村, 田中ら: "パフォーマンステストによる慢性閉塞性肺疾患患者の身体活動能力の評価"日本呼吸器学会誌. 39. 231-237 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 田中喜代次, 重松良祐: "健康支援学入門"日本健康支援学会(編). 215 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tanaka et al.: "The relationship between functional fintess and coronary heart disease risk factors in older Japanese adults"Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 7. 162-174 (2000)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Takeshima,Tanaka et al.: "Age-related decreases in finger sensitivity can produce error in palpated heart-rate determination"Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 7. 120-128 (2000)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shigematsu and Tanaka: "Age scale for assessing functional fitness in older Japanese ambulatory women"Aging. 12. 256-263 (2000)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shigematsu,Tanaka et al.: "Effects of exercise conditioning on vital age in hyperlipidemic women"Journal of Physiological Anthropology. 19. 279-285 (2000)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hayahakawa,Tanaka et al.: "Effects of music on mood during bench stepping exercise"Perceptual and Motor Skills. 90. 307-314 (2000)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Nakagaichi,Tanaka et al.: "Accuracy of two simple methods for the assessment of health-related physical fitness"Perceptual and Motor Skills. 92. 37-49 (2001)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 辻秀一,田中喜代次ほか(監訳): "中高齢者エクササイズ実践指導ブック"辻秀一,川久保清,田中喜代次. 277 (2001)

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      2000 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2000-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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