TITLE:
Effects of Integrative Core Stability Training on Balance and Walking Speed in Healthy Elderly People
AUTHORS:
Italo Sannicandro
KEYWORDS:
Warm Up, Core Stability, Balance
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.10 No.4,
November
12,
2020
ABSTRACT: The study aims to describe the effects an
integrative core stability training on balance and walking speed in healthy
elderly people over 65 years old: an adapted training program based on core
stability exercises was introduced in the warm up phase. The study was
conducted with active adults (n = 84, 38 males, 46 females) randomly divided
into 2 groups: adapted core stability group (CSG, n = 40) with age, weight and
height (mean ± ds) respectively of 68.2 ± 2.1 years, 69.87 ± 3.2 kg, 166.6 ±
4.8 cm; recreational group (RG, n = 44) with age, weight and height
respectively of 68.9 ± 2.2 years, 68.7 ± 3.7 kg, 167 ± 2.8 cm. The sample
performed for 10 weeks (3 sessions a week) the two different activities; before
and after the training period (T0 and T1), the strength of the core district,
static balance ability, dynamic balance and walking speed were evaluated. The
results revealed a change in test scores across the two time periods
(pre-intervention, post-intervention) for CSG in the McGill sit-up test (p