Changes of Cardiopulmonary Response and Serum Lipid Level after Backward Walk Training.
- Author:
Kweon Young KIM
1
;
Do Gyun KIM
;
Soo Beom SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Backward walking;
Aerobic capacity;
Serum lipid
- MeSH:
Cholesterol, HDL;
Exercise Test;
Heart Rate;
Humans;
Male;
Oxygen Consumption;
Walking
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2002;26(3):342-346
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the changes of cardiopulmonary response and serum lipid level after backward walking training in healthy male college students. METHOD: Subjects were ten healthy male college students. Maximal heart rate and VO2max were determined for each subject by administering a Bruce treadmill exercise test after backward walking training during eight weeks. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to evaluate the changes of the backward walk training. RESULTS: The study showed that maximal heart rates were 163.7 beat/min in pre-training and 175.8 beats/min in post- training; in contrast, resting heart rates were 72 beat/min in pre-training and 67 beat/min in post-training. The maximal oxygen consumptions were 2111 ml/min in pre-training and 2521 ml/min in post-training. There were significant differences (p<0.05) in maximal heart rate, heart rate ratio of maximal heart rate (% HR), oxygen consumption, and oxygen consumption ratio of maximal oxygen consumption (% VO2max) between the pre and post-training. The HDL cholesterol level was 42.8 mg/dl in pre-training and 58.0 mg/dl in post-training. There was significant increased of HDL cholesterol in post-training. CONCLUSION: We concluded that 5 km/hr backward walk training for eight weeks was an effective exercise program to increase in aerobic capacity of the male college students.
