Six-month effects of the Groningen active living model (GALM) on physical activity, health and fitness outcomes in sedentary and underactive older adults aged 55-65

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作者
de Jong, Johan
Lemmink, Koen A. P. M.
Stevens, Martin
de Greef, Mathieu H. G.
Rispens, Piet
King, Abby C.
Mulder, Theo
机构
[1] Univ Groningen, Ctr Human Movement Sci, NL-9700 AD Groningen, Netherlands
[2] Hanze Univ, Sch Sports Studies, Groningen, Netherlands
[3] Univ Groningen, Med Ctr, Dept Orthoped, Groningen, Netherlands
[4] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Stanford Prevent Res Ctr, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
关键词
physical activity; health; fitness; community-based strategy; sedentary older adults; INTERVENTIONS; BALANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.pec.2005.06.017
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
100235 [预防医学];
摘要
Objective: To determine the effects on energy expenditure, health and fitness outcomes in sedentary older adults aged 55-65 after 6-month participation in the GALM program. Methods: In three Dutch communities, subjects from matched neighbourhoods were assigned to an intervention (n = 79) or a waiting-list control group (n = 102). The GALM program consisted of fifteen 60 min sessions once a week emphasising moderate-intensity recreational sports activities. Results: The intervention group showed significant increases in energy expenditure for recreational sports activities, other leisure-time physical activity, health indicators, and perceived and performance-based fitness. Contrary to our expectations, the same increases were found for the control group. Consequently, only significant between-group differences, favouring the intervention group, were obtained for sleep, diastolic blood pressure, perceived fitness score and grip strength. Conclusion: The increases in energy expenditure for physical activity from the GALM program, especially for the more intensive recreational sports activities, look promising and are in line with the expected amounts necessary to improve health. Further research is needed to evaluate long-term effects of participation in the GALM program. Practice implications: These results underline that GALM can be considered successful in stimulating leisure-time physical activity and improving health and fitness in older adults. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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