EFFECT OF RESISTANCE EXERCISES ON HANDGRIP STRENGTH IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OSTEOPENIA/OSTEOPOROSIS
The present study aimed to verify the effects of a 12 months resistance training using the Bulgarian method by contrast (6 reps x 70% of 1RM + 6 reps x 50% of 1 RM) on handgrip strength in women with postmenopausal osteopenia/osteoporosis. Ten women with postmenopausal osteopenia/osteoporosis (o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series IX Sciences of Human Kinetics |
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| Online Access: | http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20IX/2020/BULETIN%20I/28_Holubiac.pdf |
| Summary: | The present study aimed to verify the effects of a 12 months
resistance training using the Bulgarian method by contrast (6 reps x 70% of
1RM + 6 reps x 50% of 1 RM) on handgrip strength in women with
postmenopausal osteopenia/osteoporosis. Ten women with postmenopausal
osteopenia/osteoporosis (over 50 years old) were distributed into two
groups: exercise group (EX) (n = 5) and control group (C) (n = 5). Handgrip
strength were measured before and at the end of the study using hydraulic
hand dynamometer. Exercise group (EX) showed an increase by 12% at the
end of the study for the dominant hand (p = .039) and by 10.53% for the nondominant hand (p = .041). The control group showed a decrease in handgrip
strength by -2.14% for the dominant hand (p = .018) and by -3.65% for the
non-dominant hand (p = .038). |
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| ISSN: | 2344-2026 2344-2026 |