Aerobic and resistance training in subjects with coronary artery disease: Optimizing the exercise intervention.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780494211694
Description: Resistance training (RT) added to aerobic training (AT) has been shown to improve exercise capacity, however, the optimal dose of this intervention is not known. Subjects (72) were randomized to AT 5d&middot;wk -1 or AT 3d&middot;wk-1 with either 1 set (AT/RT1) or 3 sets (AT/RT3) of RT 2d&middot;wk-1. Fifty-three subjects, mean age 61+/-11 years completed 29 weeks of training. Change in V&dot;O 2peak (L&bull;min-1) averaged 11% for AT (p&lt;0.05), 14% for AT/RT1 (p&lt;0.01), and 18% for AT/RT3 (p&lt;0.041). The AT/RT3 group had greater gains in VAT, lean mass, strength, and muscle endurance, than AT/RT1 or AT. The combined training groups showed a significant decrease in percent body fat (p&lt;0.05) with no change in AT. Adherence to sets prescribed was lower in AT/RT3 than AT/RT1 (p&lt;0.02). Therefore, RT prescription beyond 1 set may augment strategies to improve V&dot;O2peak, VAT, strength, endurance, and muscle mass in a cardiac population, buy may yield lower adherence to sets prescribed.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1484.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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