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Strength, Flexibility and Temperature Changes During Step Aerobics Training

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Biomechanics in Medicine and Biology (BIOMECHANICS 2018)

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was the analysis of temperature changes in the muscles quadriceps and biceps femoris areas of healthy subjects over a 15-week Step Aerobics Training (SAT) program. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly we verify if SAT training has an impact on the temperature changes in the muscles quadriceps and biceps femoris and thermoregulation of healthy subjects. Secondly, we verify if there is relationship between the index of strength and flexibility with thermal results.

Methods: The study was conducted with 11 women subjects aged between 20- and 22-years-old. Training sessions of SAT took 15 weeks. Subjects performed two training session per week for 60 min per session. Assessments included the evaluation of body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, vital capacity of lungs, maximal oxygen uptake and flexibility and strength. Subjects’ fitness was evaluated by testing the following tasks: standing long jumps and toe-touch test. For thermograms acquisition a thermographic camera CEDIP Titanium 560M IR (USA) was used.

Results: After 15 weeks SAT the temperature changes were found to be larger on the front surfaces than on back surfaces of lower extremities. Positive correlation between strength and skin temperature and negative correlation between flexibility and temperature was found.

Conclusions: 15-weeks-long SAT can promote improvements in the thermoregulation of apparently healthy women. This method may be used as a tool for establishing the efficiency of SAT in the training process.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45, 15-351, Bialystok, Poland

    Piotr Borkowski

  2. Tourism and Recreation Department, Bialystok University of Technology, Tarasiuka 2, 16-001, Bialystok, Poland

    Jolanta Grażyna Zuzda

  3. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, Medical University of Lublin, Magnoliowa 2, 20-143, Lublin, Poland

    Robert Latosiewicz

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  1. Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

    Katarzyna Arkusz

  2. Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

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  3. Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

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  4. Division of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Białystok, Poland

    Szczepan Piszczatowski

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Borkowski, P., Zuzda, J.G., Latosiewicz, R. (2019). Strength, Flexibility and Temperature Changes During Step Aerobics Training. In: Arkusz, K., Będziński, R., Klekiel, T., Piszczatowski, S. (eds) Biomechanics in Medicine and Biology. BIOMECHANICS 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 831. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97286-2_21

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