title: Effects of aquatic and dry land resistance training devices on body composition and physical capacity in postmenopausal women.
abstract: TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF A SUPERVISED STRENGTH TRAINING PROGRAM ON BODY COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL CAPACITY OF OLDER WOMEN USING THREE DIFFERENT DEVICES: weight machines, elastic bands, and aquatic devices that increase drag forces (ADIDF). Four groups were formed: control group, weight machine group (WMG), elastic band group (EBG) and a group that used ADIDF (ADIDFG). Body composition and physical capacity were assessed before and after the intervention period. The ADIDFG showed improvements in fat mass (FM), fat-free mass of the left arm (FFM-LA) and right arm (FFM-RA), knee push-up test (KPT), squat test (ST) and crunch test (CT) (p <0.05). Individuals in the EBG and WMG also improved their FM, fat free mass (FFM), FFM-LA, FFM-RA, KPU, ST and CT. ADIDF training improves body composition and physical capacity of postmenopausal women as does performing land-based training programs.
authors.affiliation: University of Valencia, Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Colado
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Garcia-Masso
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tella
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benavent
authors.forename: Estelio H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Dantas
keywords: aquatic training; elastic bands; fitness; weight machines