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Impact of aerobic and resistance exercise training on body composition and basic physical fitness in obese adolescent (706.15)
Author(s) -
Jin Haeng Mi,
Yang Eun Hye
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.706.15
Subject(s) - physical strength , waist , physical fitness , medicine , physical therapy , body fat percentage , aerobic exercise , flexibility (engineering) , body mass index , resistance training , vertical jump , circumference , obesity , jump , mathematics , statistics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this study was to examine the changes of body composition and basic physical fitness after aerobic and resistance exercise training in obese adolescent. Twenty obese adolescent (mean age: 15 years) were recruited and they were randomly assigned into exercise training group (ETG, n=10) and control group (CG, n=10). Body composition, including body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (%BF) and waist circumference (WC), and basic physical fitness parameters such as agility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility and power were measured before and after ET. The ET was performed during 16weeks (80 minutes a day, 4 days a week). ETG presented decreases in BW, BMI, %BF and WC after 16 weeks of ET while no changes were observed in CG. ETG presented increased grip strength (indicator of muscular strength, p<0.05) and length of both chair sit & reach (indicator of flexibility, p<0.05) and standing broad & long jump (indicator of power, p<0.01) after ET but there were no changes in side step and sit up (indicators of agility and muscular endurance). Compared to ETG, CG presented no increases in basic physical fitness parameters after study. In conclusion, aerobic and resistance exercise training was beneficial to improve body composition and enhance basic physical fitness including muscular strength, flexibility and power in obese adolescent.