Home-based exercise training program for improving activity of daily living in the elderly individuals

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19300233
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (2008-2009); Waseda University (2007)
• Principal Investigator: FUKUNAGA Tetsuo National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, 学長 (40065222)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAWAI Shiho 女子美術大学, 教授 (10245631)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KAWAKAMI Yasuo 早稲田大学, 教授 (60234027) ; KANEHISA Hiroaki 鹿屋体育大学, 教授 (50161188) ; KOUZAKI Motoki 京都大学, 大学院, 准教授 (30313167) ; KUBO Keitarou 東京大学, 助教 (70323459) ; TANAKA Toshio (柳谷 登志雄) 順天堂大学, 准教授 (90384148)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: Quality of life / ホーム貯筋プログラム / 自体重負荷

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study were to examine the effect of resistance training employing daily physical actions and to design the exercise training program for the elderly individuals. The subjects performed the training exercise, such as sitting onto and standing from a chair, calf raise and sit-up actions, for 3 months (every day, 2-3 sets/day, 16 times/set). The 3-month exercise training increased the muscle thickness, muscle strength and the ability to perform activities of daily living, and improved scores of index of QOL. The effect of the present resistance training affected the level of muscle strength per body weight before intervention. These findings indicate that the present resistance training program is useful for the elderly individuals with lower force-generating capacity to improve QOL.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Development of an equation to predict muscle volume of elbow flexors for men and women with a wide range of age. (2010)
  • Author(s): Akagi, R., Takai, Y., Wakahara, T., Kato, E., Ohta, M., Kanehisa, H., Fukunaga, T. Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 108 Pages: 689-694
• [Journal Article] Elderly oarsmen have larger trunk and thigh muscles and greater strength than age-matched untrained men. (2010)
  • Author(s): Asaka M, Usui C, Ohta M, Takai Y, Fukunaga T, Higuchi M.
  • Journal Title: Eur J Appl Physiol 108(6) Pages: 1239-45
• [Journal Article] Changes in ankle joint stiffness by stretching: the role of tendon elongation of gastrocnemius muscle. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kato, E., Kanehisa, H., Fukunaga, T., Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: Eur. J. Sport Sci. 10 Pages: 111-119
• [Journal Article] Joint angle dependence of inter-muscle difference in postactivation potentiation. (2010)
  • Author(s): Miyamoto, N., Mitsukawa, N., Sugisaki, N., Fukunaga, T., Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: Muscle Nerve 41 Pages: 519-523
• [Journal Article] Passive knee movement-induced modulation of the soleus H-reflex and alteration in the fascicle length of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in humans. (2010)
  • Author(s): Ushiyama J, Wakahara T, Masani K, Kouzaki M, Muraoka T, Fukunaga T, Kanehisa H.
  • Journal Title: J Electromyogr Kinesiol 20 Pages: 513-2
• [Journal Article] Variability of limb muscle size in young men. (2010)
  • Author(s): Wakahara, T., Takeshita, K., Kato, E., Miyatani, M., Tanaka, N.I., Kanehisa, H., Kawakami, Y., Fukunaga, T.
  • Journal Title: Am. J. Human Biol. 22 Pages: 55-59
• [Journal Article] Relationships between muscle strength and indices of muscle cross-sectional area determined during maximal voluntary contraction in middle-aged and elderly individuals. (2009)
  • Author(s): Akagi, R., Takai, Y., Kato, E., Fukuda, M., Wakahara, T., Ohta, M., Kanehisa, H., Kawakami, Y., Fukunaga, T.
  • Journal Title: J. Strength Cond. Res. 23 Pages: 1258-1262
• [Journal Article] Muscle volume compared to cross-sectional area is more appropriate for evaluating muscle strength in young and elderly individuals. (2009)
  • Author(s): Akagi, R., Takai, Y., Ohta, M., Kanehisa, H., Kawakami, Y., Fukunaga, T.
  • Journal Title: Age Aging 38 Pages: 564-569
• [Journal Article] Fatigue-related changes in fascicle-tendon geometry over repeated contractions: difference between synergist muscles. (2009)
  • Author(s): Mitsukawa, N., Sugisaki, N., Kanehisa, H., Fukunaga, T., Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: Muscle Nerve 40 Pages: 395-401
• [Journal Article] Evidence for inter-muscle difference in postactivation potentiation in the human triceps surae: A mechanomyographic study. (2009)
  • Author(s): Miyamoto, N., Fukunaga, T., Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: Muscle Nerve 39 Pages: 703-705
• [Journal Article] Sit-to-stand test to evaluate knee extensor muscle size and strength of the elderly. (2009)
  • Author(s): Takai, Y., Ohta, M., Akagi, R., Kanehisa, H., Kawakami, Y., Fukunaga, T.
  • Journal Title: A novel approach. J. Physiol. Anthrop 28 Pages: 123-128
• [Journal Article] Effects of knee joint angle on the fascicle behavior of the gastrocnemius muscle during eccentric plantar flexions. (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakahara, T., Kanehisa, H., Kawakami, Y., Fukunaga, T.
  • Journal Title: J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 19 Pages: 980-987
• [Journal Article] Establishing a new index of muscle cross-sectional area and its relationship with isometric muscle strength. (2008)
  • Author(s): Akagi, R., H. Kanehisa, Y. Kawakami, T. Fukunaga.
  • Journal Title: J. Strength Cond. Res. 22 Pages: 82-87
• [Journal Article] Muscle force per cross-sectional area is inversely related with pennation angle in strength trained athletes. (2008)
  • Author(s): Ikegawa, S., K. Funato, N. Tsunoda, H. Kanehisa, T. Fukunaga, Y. Kawakami.
  • Journal Title: J. Strength Cond. Res. 22 Pages: 128-131
• [Journal Article] The relationship between passive ankle plantar flexion joint torque and gastrocnemius muscle and achilles tendon stiffness: implications for flexibility. (2008)
  • Author(s): Kawakami Y, Kanehisa H, Fukunaga T.
  • Journal Title: J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 38(5) Pages: 269-76
• [Journal Article] Effect of 6 months of walking training on lower limb muscle and tendon in elderly. (2008)
  • Author(s): Kubo, K., Y. Ishida, S. Suzuki, T. Kommuro, H. Shirasawa, N. Ishiguro, Y. Shukutani, N. Tsunoda, H. Kanehisa, T. Fukunaga
  • Journal Title: Scand J Med Sci Sports 18 Pages: 31-39
• [Journal Article] Levels of muscular activity in different parts of the body during basic nursing actions. (2008)
  • Author(s): Sawai, S., Y. Takai, K. Saegusa, T. Yoshioka, T. Fukunaga
  • Journal Title: Int J Sports Health Sci 6 Pages: 1-14
• [Journal Article] Age and sex differences in the levels of muscular activities during daily physical actions. (2008)
  • Author(s): Takai Y, Sawai S, Kanehisa H, Kawakami Y, Fukunaga T.
  • Journal Title: Int J Sports Health Sci 6 Pages: 169-181
• [Journal Article] Fatigue-induced changes in synergistic muscle force do not match tendon elongation.
  • Author(s): Mitsukawa, N., Sugisaki, N., Miyamoto, N., Yanai, T., Kanehisa, H., Fukunaga, T., Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: J. Biomech. (in press)
• [Journal Article] Effect of postactivation potentiation on the maximal voluntary isokinetic concentric torque in humans.
  • Author(s): Miyamoto, N., Kanehisa, H., Fukunaga, T., Kawakami, Y.
  • Journal Title: J. Strength Cond. Res. (in press)