Improvement of physical function and metabolic pathophysiology by the training methods for preventing muscle atrophy in elder subjects with obesity

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24390488
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: ARAI Emi 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 講師 (70178713)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWAGUCHI Takayasu 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 教授 (40214613) ; WARABI Eiji 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 講師 (70396612) ; SHODA Junichi 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 教授 (90241827)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 肥満 / 運動訓練法 / 廃用性筋萎縮 / 脂肪肝

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The number of elder obese subjects with non-alcohoic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has increased because of sedentary lifestyles and imbalanced dietary choices. Therefore, the development of liver rehabilitaion program is needed for the elder obese subjects to practice training mehods that is simple, safe and effective. In this study, we studied the outcomes of hybrid training and acceleration training methods for elder obese subjects with NAFLD in terms of body composition, ectopic adiposity in liver and muscle, metabolic function, liver function, physical function, health-related QOL. The results show that these training methods are useful for decreasing hepatic lipid contents and improving the QOL .

Free Research Field

健康応用科学