SOME APPEARANCE ON THE PHYSICAL FITNESS AND PHYSIQUE OF MIDDLE AGED MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE IN TOKYO
- VernacularTitle:都会地中高年者体力現状の一断面について
- Author:
Mitsutsugu Ono
;
Yoshiro Morishita
;
Naomichi Yamamoto
;
Reizo Ishii
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
1969;18(3-4):53-71
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Inhabitant of Tokyo aged above from 20 to 75 years were tested. Many items concerning with exercise ability, performance, physical fitness and physique were measured. Results were as follows.
1) For male, with advancing of age, the forward flexibility was reduced remarkably and backward flexibility tended to be reduced. But the decline of grip strength and vertical jump was a little, jumping reaction time and side step test didn't change. The time of rapid walking of 1500 meter was shortened by ageing. Vital capacity and Zigzag dribble became worse. Systoric blood pressure was high in their twenties.
2) For female, with ageing backward flexibility was reduced remarkably, vertical jump and rapid walking of 1000 meter were reduced slightly. Forward flexibility, grip strength index, jumping reaction time didn't vary. Side step test and zig-zag dribble became worse. The change of vital copacity wasn't found. Increasing tendency of blood pressure wasn't so remarkable.
3) In man, increase of skinfold-thickness was found on abdomen but a little on both upperarm and back with ageing.
4) In woman increase of skinfold thickness was found on both abdomen and back. but a little on upper arm. Up to 40 years the thickness of upper arm skinfold was thicker than that of back, but afterword 40 years it was reversed.
5) The correlation between vertical jump and skinfold thickness wasn't found in middle aged men and women.
6) The measurment values of mean grip strength, wrist girth and skinfold (back + upper arm) were divided in three groups according to their size. Each individuals were classified in three size division of three items. All of the permutations and combinations of those 27 parties were exist. But the frequency of each parties was not equal. The difference among these frequencies were biger in men than in women, in up to 40 years group than in above 40 years group.
7) The correlation between Rohler's Index and abdomen skinfold thickness was not shown.
