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Influence of a brisk walking program on postural responses in sedentary older women: a randomised trial

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This study analyzes the evolution in kinematic and non-linear stabilometric parameters in elderly sedentary women selected to participate in a brisk walking program. Ninety-four women were randomly selected for a program of 78 sessions over 6 months, with three sessions of 60 min per week. On the force platform, participants were assessed with both eyes opened as well as eyes closed during a period of 51.2 s and the sampling frequency was 40 Hz. The main dependent kinematic variables were the length, stabilogram surface, and the mean position in anteroposterior as well as medio-lateral directions. For the dynamic approach, we have selected the parameters of recurrence quantification analysis, sample entropy, and multiscale entropy. The kinematic and the time series analysis of group × time interactions demonstrated that 6 months of walk-training lacked influence on kinematic postural responses and on dynamical measurements. The weekly brisk walking program was situated on flat ground and consisted of three 60-min weekly sessions lasting 6 months, leading to no significant effect on postural responses. In regards to international recommendations brisk walking is a pertinent exercise. However, in older sedentary women, our study indicated a systemic lack of influence of 6 months’ walk-training on flat ground on kinematic postural responses and on dynamical measures obtained by time series analysis.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank A. Bussonne (FFEPGV) for collaboration and are very grateful to Lauren Oswald for presubmission editorial assistance.

Funding

This work was supported by the French Ministry of Health [Projet Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique, UF 7606], the Montpellier University Hospital [Appel d’Offre Interne, UF 8189] and by a Grant of the French federation of Physical Education and Voluntary Gymnastic (FFEPGV).

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    Present address: CNRS-University of Montpellier, LIRMM, Interactive Digital Humans group, 161 rue Ada, 34095, Montpellier, France

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  1. Euromov, University of Montpellier, 700 Avenue du Pic Saint Loup, 34090, Montpellier, France

    P. L. Bernard, H. Blain, G. Tallon & S. Ramdani

  2. EA 4556 Epsylon, University de Montpellier, 4 Boulevard Henri 4, Montpellier, France

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  3. Department of Medical Information, University Hospital of Montpellier, University de Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France

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  5. Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Antonin Balmes Center, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    H. Blain

  6. MACVIA-LR, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, 34000, Montpellier, France

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Bernard, P.L., Blain, H., Tallon, G. et al. Influence of a brisk walking program on postural responses in sedentary older women: a randomised trial. Aging Clin Exp Res 30, 433–440 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-018-0916-y

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