Effect of weekly hiking on cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly

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• 作者：H. Gatterer PhD (1)
  C. Raab (2)
  S. Pramsohler (3)
  M. Faulhaber (1)
  M. Burtscher (1)
  N. Netzer (2) (3)
  
  1. Department of Sport Science ; University Innsbruck ; F眉rstenweg 185 ; 6020 ; Innsbruck ; Austria
  2. Department of Internal Medicine ; University Ulm ; Ulm ; Germany
  3. Hermann Buhl Institute for Hypoxia and Sleep Medicine Research ; Paracelsus Medical University ; Salzburg ; Austria
  
• 关键词：Hypertension ; Exercise ; Cardiovascular disease ; Blood pressure ; Electrocardiogram ; Hypertonie ; Bewegung ; Kardiovaskul盲re Erkrankungen ; Blutdruck ; Elektrokardiogramm
• 刊名：Zeitschrift f篓鹿r Gerontologie und Geriatrie
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：February 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：48
• 期：2
• 页码：150-153
• 全文大小：190 KB
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• 刊物主题：Geriatrics/Gerontology; Internal Medicine; Aging; Social Sciences, general;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1435-1269

文摘

Background Hiking is one of the most popular activities among the elderly in Alpine regions. Due to the long-lasting, moderately intensive nature of this form of physical activity, hiking is generally considered to be beneficial to health. However, it is currently unclear whether once-weekly hiking鈥攁s commonly practiced at weekends鈥攔eally does yield such positive effects in elderly persons aged 60聽years and over. Objectives This study investigated the effect of a single weekly mountain hiking session on cardiovascular risk factors. Materials and methods A 9-month mountain hiking program was completed by 14聽male (age 65.6鈥壜扁€?.7聽years) and 10聽female (age 66.2鈥壜扁€?.4聽years) elderly participants. The program consisted of a single weekly hiking session with the goal of achieving a 500-m altitude increase within 3聽h. Before and after the 9-month program, an electrocardiogram (ECG) was performed and blood pressure, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), high-density (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) measurements were made. Results The elderly participants showed a normal cardiovascular risk profile at the start of the investigation. The estimated net energy expenditure for one hiking session was approximately 521鈥壜扁€?1聽kcal. Over the 9-month period, no changes were found in any of the investigated parameters for the entire group. However, participants with untreated hypertension showed a reduced systolic blood pressure. Conclusion The present investigation showed that moderate-intensity activity only at weekends does not improve cardiovascular risk factors in elderly persons with a relatively normal cardiovascular risk profile. Conversely, elderly persons suffering from hypertension might profit from such a practice.