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Balance performance and related soft tissue components across three age groups.
- Source :
- Health Care for Women International; Jan2021, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p67-81, 15p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- With the aging process, falls and related injuries are common and unwanted events among older women. Lost balance is the last step before the frequent experience of falls. After menopause, women's bone conditions regarding health and balance performance steeply decline often resulting in serious injury. Our purpose in the study is to identify balance performance and its associations with soft tissue components among Korean-American (KA) women with three menopausal conditions. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study with 63 KA women divided into three age groups: 25–35 years (young), 45–55 years old (middle), and 65+ years (old). Lean and fat mass on the entire body, appendicular and gynoid areas were measured by using the dual X-ray absorptiometry. Static and dynamic balance and physical performance (floor sit to stand) were tested. We found that with increased aging, lean mass, fat and body mass index were changed; balance and physical performance decreased significantly. In regression models, age and fat ratio of android/gynoid changes explain static balance and physical performance; appendicular lean mass predicted dynamic balance. With advancing age, maintaining lean mass and proportion of fat accumulation is critical for stable balance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BODY composition
EXERCISE tests
STATISTICS
STATISTICAL significance
RELATIVE medical risk
PHOTON absorptiometry
ANALYSIS of variance
POSTURAL balance
ANTHROPOMETRY
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
MULTIVARIATE analysis
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
REGRESSION analysis
SURVEYS
AGING
QUESTIONNAIRES
BODY movement
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
MENOPAUSE
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICAL correlation
DATA analysis software
PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants
WOMEN'S health
PROBABILITY theory
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07399332
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Care for Women International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149496264
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2019.1678160