Component Elements of Daily Walking Activities Among the Residents of a Care-House for Female Aged People

Yanagimoto, Yuji; Hatano, Yoshiro; Sato, Yuzo

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“…Steps/day was influenced by household activities, such as heavy cleaning, gardening, and home repair in older adults (Tudor-Locke et al, 2002). For elderly Japanese women, shopping contributes heavily to the daily total step count (Yanagimoto et al, 1997). Furthermore, Voorrips et al (1991) reported that 3 days of pedometer data were strongly correlated with questionnaire-based habitual physical activities of the last year in the elderly.…”

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Associations of Daily Walking Steps with Calcaneal Ultrasound Parameters and a Bone Resorption Marker in Elderly Japanese Women

Kitagawa

Nakahara

2008

J Physiol Anthropol

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Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters of the calcaneus and bone resorption markers predict osteoporotic fractures. High levels of physical activity have positive effects on bone health. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the effects of daily walking activity (number of steps taken), as an outcome of physical activity, on QUS parameters of the calcaneus and urinary deoxypyridinoline (DPD) in elderly Japanese women. The subjects were 113 postmenopausal women aged 60-85 years. The speed of sound (SOS), broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA), and the stiffness index (Stiffness) of the calcaneus were measured with A-1000 (GE-Lunar, USA). Spot urine samples were collected between 09:00 and 10:00, and the levels of urinary DPD were measured. The subjects were instructed to wear a pedometer during waking hours for 7 consecutive days. In univariate analyses, steps/day significantly decreased with aging (rϭϪ0.306, pϽ0.001). Steps/day showed significant positive correlations with SOS (rϭ0.252, pϽ0.01) and Stiffness (rϭ0.258, pϽ0.01). There was a significant decrease in DPD with steps/day (rϭϪ0.262, pϽ0.01). These effects of walking on QUS parameters and DPD remained significant after adjustment for confounding factors by multiple regression analyses. We conclude that high levels of walking activity may be effective in both maintaining the levels of QUS parameters and reducing bone resorption, and hence preserve bone health in elderly women. J Physiol Anthropol 27 (6) Huopio et al., 2004;Lee et al., 2002;Miller et al., 2002). In addition, high levels of bone turnover markers are related to an increased risk of osteoporotic fracture (Garnero et al., 1996(Garnero et al., , 2000. Krieg et al. (2006) reported that combining a bone resorption marker with a QUS parameter improves the prediction accuracy for patients at a high risk of fracture. Therefore, maintaining high QUS parameters and low levels in bone resorption markers could help in the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in elderly women.A (Iwamoto et al., 2002;Welsh and Rutherford, 1996;Woitge et al., 1998;Yamazaki et al., 2004) indicated that increased physical activity is effective in reducing the levels of bone resorption markers. Hoshino et al. (1996) reported that postmenopausal golf caddies had both higher QUS parameters and lower levels in bone resorption markers compared to sedentary controls. However, golf caddies are specific subjects with very high levels of occupational physical activity (they walk 5 miles a day and work 3 days a week for 2-20 years (Hoshino et al., 1996)), and no study has been carried out to investigate the associations of physical activity with both QUS parameters and bone resorption markers among the general elderly population.In most of the studies mentioned above, questionnaire-based assessments of physical activity were performed. As an alternative to this assessment, pedometers are a reliable way to monitor physical activity in healthy older adults without gait disorders (Cyarto et al.,...

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Associations of Daily Walking Steps with Calcaneal Ultrasound Parameters and a Bone Resorption Marker in Elderly Japanese Women

Kitagawa

Nakahara

2008

J Physiol Anthropol

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“…Residents of rural facilities, although previously reported to be disadvantaged in terms of the frequency of activities because of significantly fewer outing activities (Takeshima, 1993), may require a more aggressive approach to encouraging residents to participate, in view of the findings for care house A which was the rural type, and to promote physical activities such as walking. In addition, Yanagimoto et al (1997) have indicated that behavior of female elderly residents living in a care house may be associated with the location of the care house.…”

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Factors Related to Participation in an Exercise Program for Nursing Home Residents

Thompson

Nakamura

Muraoka

2008

Int. J. Sport Health Sci.

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The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to participation in an exercise program for nursing home residents. Logistic regression analysis was applied to investigate the effects of sex, age, length of residence, required nursing care and commitment to group activities. Subjects were 80 residents older than 60 years of age living in a nursing home. Of these, 38 residents participated in the program and 42 residents did not. Logistic regression analysis results revealed significant effects due to age, length of residence, and commitment to group activities outside the exercise program. Furthermore, effects were stronger for younger participants and for participants whose length of residence in the nursing home was shorter.

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Component Elements of Daily Walking Activities Among the Residents of a Care-House for Female Aged People

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Associations of Daily Walking Steps with Calcaneal Ultrasound Parameters and a Bone Resorption Marker in Elderly Japanese Women

Associations of Daily Walking Steps with Calcaneal Ultrasound Parameters and a Bone Resorption Marker in Elderly Japanese Women

Factors Related to Participation in an Exercise Program for Nursing Home Residents

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