Vitamin E and aerobic exercise: effects on physical performance in older adults
Background and aims : Aerobic endurance exercise enhances antioxidant defenses and improves the physical performance of older adults. However, the combined effect on physical performance of exercise and an antioxidant such as vitamin E has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to eval...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Aging clinical and experimental research 2009-04, Vol.21 (2), p.111-121 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background and aims
: Aerobic endurance exercise enhances antioxidant defenses and improves the physical performance of older adults. However, the combined effect on physical performance of exercise and an antioxidant such as vitamin E has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of six months of vitamin E supplementation and supervised aerobic training on physical performance and body composition in sedentary older adults.
Methods
: Fifty-seven adults, whose average age was 71.5±7.5 years, were randomly assigned to an exercise (E), exercise-vitamin (EV), control (C) or vitamin (V) group, and were evaluated before, halfway through, and after training. The dose of vitamin E was 900 IU/day. The training program comprised three sessions of walking exercise per week, at an intensity of 70% of heart rate reserve.
Results
: In the E and EV groups, the training program significantly reduced (p |
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ISSN: | 1594-0667 1720-8319 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF03325218 |