Maximos Melody, Stratford Paul, Tang Ada, Dal Bello-Haas Vanina
School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, USA.
Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2022 May 20;8:23337214221096303. doi: 10.1177/23337214221096303. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
This prospective cohort study described cardiovascular and resistance exercises completed by older adults in a community-based, slow-stream rehabilitation, hospital-to-home transition program; compared exercises completed to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) exercise guidelines; and, assessed differences in Late Life Function and Disability Index (LLFDI)-Function Component (FC) between older adults who met and did not meet the ACSM guidelines. Descriptive statistics and Factorial ANCOVA were conducted. For cardiovascular exercise 59.3% of participants met frequency, 73.4% met intensity, and 35.9% met time. For resistance exercise, 67.2% of participants met frequency, 42.2% met intensity, and 76.6% number of repetitions. Participants who met both frequency and time for cardiovascular exercise had higher LLFDI-FC scores, as did those who met intensity and/or number of repetitions for resistance exercise. The findings provide support that older adults engaged in a slow-stream rehabilitation program can meet the ACSM exercise guidelines for community-dwelling older adults, and that meeting the guidelines improves function.
这项前瞻性队列研究描述了老年人在基于社区的慢流康复、从医院到家庭过渡计划中完成的心血管和阻力运动；将完成的运动与美国运动医学学院（ACSM）的运动指南进行比较；并评估了符合和不符合ACSM指南的老年人在晚年功能与残疾指数（LLFDI）-功能组件（FC）方面的差异。进行了描述性统计和析因协方差分析。对于心血管运动，59.3%的参与者达到了频率要求，73.4%达到了强度要求，35.9%达到了时间要求。对于阻力运动，67.2%的参与者达到了频率要求，42.2%达到了强度要求，76.6%达到了重复次数要求。在心血管运动中同时达到频率和时间要求的参与者以及在阻力运动中达到强度和/或重复次数要求的参与者的LLFDI-FC得分更高。研究结果支持了参与慢流康复计划的老年人能够达到ACSM针对社区居住老年人的运动指南这一观点，并且符合这些指南能改善功能。
