de Jong Johan, Lemmink Koen A P M, Stevens Martin, de Greef Mathieu H G, Rispens Piet, King Abby C, Mulder Theo
Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands.
Patient Educ Couns. 2006 Jul;62(1):132-41. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.06.017. Epub 2005 Aug 10.
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.
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.
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.
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.
These results underline that GALM can be considered successful in stimulating leisure-time physical activity and improving health and fitness in older adults.
确定55 - 65岁久坐不动的老年人参加为期6个月的GALM计划后对能量消耗、健康和体能结果的影响。
在荷兰的三个社区，从匹配的邻里中选取受试者，分为干预组（n = 79）或候补对照组（n = 102）。GALM计划包括每周一次，每次60分钟，共15节课程，重点是中等强度的休闲体育活动。
干预组在休闲体育活动、其他休闲时间体力活动、健康指标以及感知和基于表现的体能方面的能量消耗显著增加。与我们的预期相反，对照组也有同样的增加。因此，仅在睡眠、舒张压、感知体能得分和握力方面获得了有利于干预组的显著组间差异。
GALM计划中体育活动的能量消耗增加，特别是对于更激烈的休闲体育活动，看起来很有前景，并且与改善健康所需的预期量一致。需要进一步研究来评估参加GALM计划的长期影响。
这些结果强调，GALM在促进老年人休闲时间体力活动以及改善健康和体能方面可被视为成功。
