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A study for setting goals of physical activity level according to the fitness and health status for the elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14580074
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Principal Investigator

KIMURA Misaka  Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (90150573)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUCHIMOTO Takafumi  Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, Professor, 体育学部, 教授 (90133537)
OKAYAMA Yasuko  Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (50150850)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
KeywordsElderly people / physical activity level / fitness level / health status / number of steps / activity index
Research Abstract

Appropriate exercise matched for the fitness or health status or the living environment is indispensable for the elderly to retain sufficient mobility and to remain independent to their last days. Walking and gymnastics, which all elderly people can perform anytime and anywhere according to their physical condition, are considered to be such exercise. However, questions such as "How long should one walk?" or "What are the effects of gymnastics?" have been scarcely evaluated in a wide range of elderly people with different levels of physical abilities. In this study, we evaluated physical activity levels recommendable to elderly people according to their fitness or health status in terms of the number of steps by a survey consisting of measurement of physical activities (using a pedometer with an acceleration sensor) and the state of nutritional intakes in addition to measurement of conventional items of fitness in a wide range of elderly people different in living environment and healt … More h status. We have collected data from about 700 elderly people with different exercise habits and fitness/health levels consisting of those living at home in Kyoto City, Port Island area of Kobe City, and Ichihazama Town, Miyagi Prefecture, those who had been playing soft-volleyball, and those with risk of knee or hip problems. The data indicated the following.
(1)The total energy expenditure, energy expenditure by exercise, and number of steps all decreased with aging, and the decreases in the number of steps were about 2,000 per 10 years in the females. (2)The activity level did not differ between summer and winter in the subjects who lived in the Kinki region, where snowfall in winter is not large, but it decreased to 60-70% with an increase in BMI during winter compared with those during summer in the subjects who lived in the Tohoku region, where outdoor activities during winter are markedly inhibited by heavy snowfall. (3)The activity index (daily total energy expenditure/basal metabolism) was closely correlated with the number of steps, so that recommended levels of activities for elderly people according to the fitness or health status can be expressed as numbers of steps. Also, (4)the activity level of elderly people may be increased gradually without straining by setting goals that are 10-20% higher than the current level every 2 weeks to 1 month on the basis of individual records of number of steps. Less

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  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
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All Publications (23 results)

  • [Publications] 木村みさか, 他7名: "高齢者は1日にどれくらい歩けばよいのだろうか(体力・健康水準を考慮した身体活動量の目標設定に関する基礎的研究)"大阪ガスグループ福祉財団研究調査報告書. 4. 55-61 (2001)

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      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 糸井亜弥, 木村みさか 他2名: "高齢者の活動量と栄養摂取に関する調査(都市部高層住宅地に居住する高齢者における冬期の調査結果)"京都府立医科大学医療技術短期大学部紀要. 11. 115-123 (2001)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 糸井亜弥, 木村みさか 他2名: "高齢者の活動量と栄養摂取に関する調査(都市部高層住宅地に居住する高齢者における冬期の調査結果)"京都府立医科大学医療技術短期大学部紀要. 11. 211-221 (2002)

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      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 木村みさか, 他2名: "スポーツ活動実施高齢者の活動量と栄養摂取状況(ソフトバレー継続者における調査結果)"京都府立医科大学看護学科紀要. 13. 41-46 (2004)

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      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 木村みさか: "高齢者の易転倒性と体力"京都府立医科大学雑誌. 113. 147-157 (2004)

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  • [Publications] 岡山寧子, 木村みさか 他6名: "東北農村部における高齢者の身体活動量および食事摂取の季節変動(健康づくり事業に参加する高齢者の場合)"日本生気象学会雑誌. 41(印刷中). (2004)

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  • [Publications] 奥野直, 木村みさか 他3名: "膝・腰にリスクを持つ高齢者の運動習慣獲得への支援プログラム作成のための研究"大阪ガスグループ福祉財団研究調査報告書. 18(印刷中). (2004)

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  • [Publications] Misaka KIMURA et al.: "How mach should elderly walk each day? A basic study for target setting of physical activity in consideration of fitness and health levels."Reports of research subsidized by Osaka Gas Group Welfare Foundation. 14. 55-61 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Aya ITOI, Misaka KIMURA et al.: "A study of physical activities and nutritional intakes of elderly : Results of a survey in elderly residents of urban high-rise housing developments in winter."Bul.Col.Med.Tech. Kyoto Pref.Univ.Med.. 811. 115-123 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Aya ITOI, Misaka KIMURA et al.: "A study of physical activities and nutritional intakes of elderly. (Part 2: Results of a survey in elderly residents of urban high-rise housing developments in summer.)"Bul.Col.Med.Tech. Kyoto Pref.Univ.Med.. 11. 211-221 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Misaka KIMURA et al.: "Activity level and nutritional intakes of regularly exercising elderly people : Results of a survey in elderly people regularly practicing soft volleyball"Bul. School of Nursing, Kyoto Pref.Univ.Med.. 13. 95-105 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Misaka KIMUIRA: "Risk of falling and fitness of the elderly."J. Kyoto Pref.Univ.Med.. 113. 147-157 (2004)

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  • [Publications] Yasuko OKAYAMA, Misaka KIMURA et al.: "Seasonal differences in physical activities and eating behavior in the elderly in Tohoku district. (A survey of participants in a health-promotion program for the elderly.)"Jpn.J.Biometeor.. 40(in print).

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  • [Publications] Tadashi OKUNO, Misaka KIMURA et al.: "Preparation of a support program for elderly people with knee or hip risks to form an appropriate exercise habit"Reports of research subsidized by Osaka Gas Group Welfare Foundation. 17(in print).

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  • [Publications] 木村みさか: "転倒骨折を惹起する高齢者の体力"Medical Rehabilitation. 第31巻. 15-24 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 木村みさか, 糸井亜弥, 吉識伸: "スポーツ活動実施高齢者の活動量と栄養摂取(ソフトバレー継続者における調査結果)"京都府立医科大学看護学科紀要. 第13巻2号. 41-46 (2004)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 木村みさか: "高齢者の易転倒性と体力"京都府立医科大学雑誌. 第113巻3号. 147-157 (2004)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 奥野直, 木村みさか 他: "膝腰にリスクを持つ高齢者の運動習慣獲得への支援プログラム作成のための研究"大阪ガスグループ福祉財団調査研究報告書. 第18巻(印刷中). (2004)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 岡山寧子, 木村みさか 他: "東北農村部における高齢者の身体活動および食事摂取の季節変動(健康づくり事業に参加する高齢者の場合)"日本生気象学会雑誌. 第41巻(印刷中). (2004)

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  • [Publications] 木村みさか: "「転倒」を科学する"Net LULLY 2003. 1-4 (2003)

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  • [Publications] 木村みさか 他: "高齢者は1日にどれくらい歩けばよいだろうか"大阪ガスグループ福祉財団調査研究報告書. 第14巻. 55-61 (2001)

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      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 糸井亜弥, 木村みさか 他: "高齢者の活動量と栄養摂取に関する調査(都市部高層住宅に居住する高齢者における冬期の調査結果)"京都府立医科大学医療技術短期大学部紀要. 第11巻1号. 115-123 (2001)

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      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 糸井亜弥, 木村みさか 他: "高齢者の活動量と栄養摂取に関する調査(第2報:都市部高層住宅に居住する高齢者における冬期の調査結果"京都府立医科大学医療技術短期大学部紀要. 第11巻2号. 211-221 (2002)

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