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A study between muscle strength and walking motion in in elderly men and women

Research Project

Project/Area Number07558137
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section試験
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

FUKASHIRO Senshi  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Associate Profess1or, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 助教授 (50181235)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ABE Takashi  Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. Associate Professor, 理学部, 助教授 (90184217)
KAWAKAMI Yasuo  Univ. Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Assistant, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 助手 (60234027)
FUNATO Kazuo  Univ. Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Assistant, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 助手 (60181442)
FUKUNAGA Tetsuo  Univ. Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (40065222)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Project Status Completed(Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help
¥900,000 (Direct Cost : ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1996 : ¥900,000 (Direct Cost : ¥900,000)
Keywordselderly men and women / walking ability / training / コンピュータ通信
Research Abstract

Decrease in strength and atrophy of skeletal muscles with age hs been usually observed in elderly men and women. This may be due to the decreased walking ability of elderly people. It has not been clear, however, whether a cause-and-effect relationship exists between leg strength and walking ability. The purpose of the present study is to examine changes in walking style through the resistance training in elderly men and women. The nine subjects (4-male & 5-female, average 47 ye. old) who participated in this study were asked to do the resistance training for leg muscles for a period of 12 weeks. The measurements described below were carried out before and immediately after the training, to study the effects of the training. Isometric knee extension/flexion strength was measured by a Cybex machine. The style of normal walking in the sagittal plane was filmed using a video system (60 f/s). Hip, knee and ankle angles of the supporting leg were calculated in the following three phases in normal walking ; at the contact point of the heel (HC), at medium of the supporting phase (MID), and at the take-off point of the toe (TTO). Although the knee extension strength increased significantly (17%) by the training, the walking speed, the stride frequency and the stride length did not change. However, there are significant correlations between the increment of knee angles at TTO/HC phases in walking and the increment of knee extension strength. Thus, it was suggested from this result that the walking pattern involving an extended knee joint in supporting leg could be obtained by leg resistance training even in elderly men and women.
Furthermore, we have examined the basic experiment on the resistance training, and suggested the possibility of the resistance training in elderly men and women.

Report

(3results)
  • 1996 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1995 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(21results)

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  • [Publications] 深代千之: "レジスタンス・トレーニング法再考" Sports medicine. 19. 38-40 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "負荷のかけ方と筋力発揮パターンとの関係" コーチング・クリニック. 10(7). 6-9 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "負荷のかけ方と筋・腱連合組織との関係" コーチング・クリニック. 10(8). 6-9 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 若山章信,他: "等速性筋力測定法による膝伸展筋力-連度曲線および最大パワーの評価" 体力科学. 45(4). 413-418 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 深代千之,他: "中高年者のレジスタンストレーニングによる歩行動作の変化" 体育科学. (印刷中). (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "スポーツ科学への招待" ベースボール・マガジン社, 174 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Senshi Fukashiro: "Reconsideration on resistance training" Sportsmedicine. 19. 38-40 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Senshi Fukashiro: "Force-length relationship in various resistance training." Coaching clinic. 10. 6-9 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Senshi Fukashiro: "Behavior of muscle-tendon complex on resistance training." Coaching clinic. 10. 6-9 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akinobu Wakayama, et al.: "Evaluation of torque-velocity curve and maximal power output of knee extensor under isokinetic contraction." Jpn. J.Phys. Fitness Sports Med.45. 413-418 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Senshi Fukashiro, et al.: "Kinematical analysis in normal walking related to resistance training in elderly men and women." Report of Research Center for Physical Edu.(in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Senshi Fukashiro: "Welcome to Sports Science World." Baseball magazine. (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "レジスタンス・トレーニング法再考" Sportsmedicine. 19. 38-40 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "負荷のかけ方と筋力発揮パターンとの関係" コーチング・クリニック. 10(7). 6-9 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "負荷のかけ方と筋・腱連合組織との関係" コーチング・クリニック. 10(8). 6-9 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若山章信 他: "等速性筋力測定法による膝伸展筋力-連度曲線および最大パワーの評価" 体力科学. 45(4). 413-418 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 深代千之 他: "中高年者のレジスタンストレーニングによる歩行動作の変化" 体育科学. (印刷中). (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "スポーツ科学への招待" ベースボール・マガジン社, 174 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Fukashiro, et al: "Ul^+rasonography gives directly but noninvasively elastic characteristic of human tendon in vivo" Eur. J. Appl. Physiol.71. 555-557 (1995)

    • Related Report
      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 深代千之: "身体運動の再構築" Jpn. J. Sports Sci.14. 509-510 (1995)

    • Related Report
      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 柴山明・深代千之: "身体運動中のMuscle-tendon complexの動態" Jpn. J. Sports Sci.14. 529-535 (1995)

    • Related Report
      1995 Annual Research Report

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