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The impact of aquatic exercise programs on the systemic hematological and inflammatory markers of community dwelling elderly: A randomized controlled trial

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العنوان: The impact of aquatic exercise programs on the systemic hematological and inflammatory markers of community dwelling elderly: A randomized controlled trial
المؤلفون: Carlos Farinha, José Pedro Ferreira, João Serrano, Hélder Santos, Bárbara Oliveiros, Fernanda M. Silva, Márcio Cascante-Rusenhack, Ana Maria Teixeira
المصدر: Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 13 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Physiology
مصطلحات موضوعية: physical exercise, aquatic environment, hydrogymnastics, ageing, interleukins, inflammageing, Physiology, QP1-981
الوصف: Evidence shows that physical exercise is important in maintaining an efficient immune system during ageing. However, there are few studies that test the impact of aquatic exercise programs on the immune system. This study aims to analyze the impact of different physical exercise programs in aquatic environment on the systemic hematological and inflammatory markers of community dwelling elderly. One hundred and two elderly were randomly allocated into four groups: a continuous aerobic exercise group (AerG) (n = 25, 71.44 ± 4.84 years); an interval aerobic exercise group (IntG) (n = 28, 72.64 ± 5.22 years); a combined exercise group (ComG) (n = 29, 71.90 ± 5.67 years); a control group (CG) (n = 20, 73.60 ± 5.25 years). The AerG, IntG and ComG participants took part in three different aquatic exercise programs over a 28-weeks period. The CG participants maintained their usual routines during the same time period. Blood samples were collected from all participants in order to access hematologic indicators, by means of cell count, and the inflammatory profile by ELISA. After 28 weeks, significant differences were found for several hematologic variables in the AerG, IntG and ComG with increases in mean corpuscular hemoglobulin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobulin concentration (MCHC), and hemoglobulin (Hb). Decreases in TNF-α levels were found for all exercising groups. An increase in IL-10 levels, granulocytes to lymphocytes ratio (GLR) and a decrease in the TNF-α/IL-10 ratio, were found for the IntG. For the ComG decreases were also found for the TNF-α, IL-1ß/IL-1ra ratios. The present study suggests that aquatic exercise programs were able to improve the inflammatory profile of the participants. Those in the exercise intervention groups showed a shift towards lower pro-inflammatory levels while the non-exercising group showed the opposite behaviour. The IntG and the ComG aquatic exercise programs appeared to be more effective than the AerG program in decreasing chronic low-grade inflammation by mediating the production of higher levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines. However, the differences found between the exercising groups were small and may not have clinical significance.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-042X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.838580/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.838580
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/f9bcafe26bc04abcb462d02f731972bd
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.f9bcafe26bc04abcb462d02f731972bd
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1664042X
DOI:10.3389/fphys.2022.838580