Effects of Stair Climbing on Blood Pressure, Lipid Profiles, and Physical Fitness
10.5763/kjsm.2019.37.1.17
- Author:
Jung Wha MOON
1
;
Yeong Sook YOON
;
Hong Jae LEE
;
Tae Ho JEONG
;
Young Hye HWANG
;
Ha Seong KIM
Author Information
1. Sports Medical Center, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. jhmoon@paik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Blood pressure;
Lipids;
Peak oxygen consumption (VO₂peak);
Stair-climbing;
Strength
- MeSH:
Adult;
Back Muscles;
Blood Pressure;
Female;
Heart Rate;
Humans;
Knee;
Knee Joint;
Leg;
Life Style;
Motor Activity;
Oxygen Consumption;
Physical Fitness
- From:The Korean Journal of Sports Medicine
2019;37(1):17-28
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to identify the effects of worker's stair-climbing on blood pressure, lipid profiles, and physical fitness. METHODS: After recruiting 114 healthy adult women aged 20 to 64 years who have had sedentary for more than 3 months, we divided into two groups: the stair group (SG, n=57) and control group (CG, n=57). SG was supposed to do stair-climbing in daily life like workplace and home for 12 weeks. To investigate the effects of the lifestyle changing of stair-climbing, resting blood pressure, heart rate (HR), and lipid profiles were measured before and after 12-week stair-climbing. Also, physical fitness items such as peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak), back muscle strength, sit and reach, isokinetic strength of knee joint, static and dynamic balance were measured. RESULTS: As a result of the 12-week lifestyle changing of stair-climbing, resting systolic blood pressure (SBP; p < 0.05) and HR (p < 0.01) were significantly decreased in SG. Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) was significantly reduced in SG (p < 0.05). There was a significant improvement in the VO2peak (p < 0.001). There were a significant improvement in back strength (p < 0.001) and bilateral knee extensor (60°/sec: p < 0.05, p < 0.01, 180°/sec: p < 0.01, p < 0.01) and knee flexor (180°/sec: p < 0.01, p < 0.05) of isokinetic strength. There were significant improvements in static balance of one leg standing eye-closed (p < 0.05) and dynamic balance of left/right velocity (p < 0.01), forward/backward velocity (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: In this study, 12 weeks of lifestyle changing of stair-climbing improved SBP, resting HR, LDL-C, VO2peak, back and knee strength, static and dynamic balance as well as increased physical activity volume of stair-climbing in the daily living.
