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Physiological Processes

2022

Physical fitness

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Correlation Between Nutritional Adequacy, Fe Content, Body Fat Percentage, And Muscle Mass Percentage With Physical Fitness, Sonya Hayu Indraswari, Mohammad Zen Rahfiludin, Ali Rosidi Dec 2022

Correlation Between Nutritional Adequacy, Fe Content, Body Fat Percentage, And Muscle Mass Percentage With Physical Fitness, Sonya Hayu Indraswari, Mohammad Zen Rahfiludin, Ali Rosidi

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This study aims to determine the correlation between nutritional adequacy, Fe content, body fat percentage, and muscle mass percentage with physical fitness in football athletes. Adequacy of nutrients (energy, protein, fat, protein and Fe) was obtained with a 2×24 hour recall. The Fe content value of Fe was measured using the cyanmethemoglobin method and sTfR was measured using the ELWASA method. The percentage of fat and muscle was obtained by using a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis tool. Physical fitness was measured using the ACSPFT (Asian Committee on Standardization of Physical Fitness Test) test which includes long jumps, pull-ups, sit-ups, sprints or …


The Effect Of Low Impact Aerobic Exercise On Increasing Physical Fitness For The Elderly, Cerika Rismayanthi, Muhammad Ikhwan Zein, Rizki Mulyawan, Risti Nurfadhila, Rifky Riyandi Prasetyawan, Muhammad Sigit Antoni Dec 2022

The Effect Of Low Impact Aerobic Exercise On Increasing Physical Fitness For The Elderly, Cerika Rismayanthi, Muhammad Ikhwan Zein, Rizki Mulyawan, Risti Nurfadhila, Rifky Riyandi Prasetyawan, Muhammad Sigit Antoni

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of low-impact aerobic exercise on increasing physical fitness for the elderly. This one group of pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research recruited elderly subjects from Sumber Waras Elderly Association in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Twenty-four elderly subjects aged 60-70 years old participated in the 16 sessions of aerobic exercise intervention. All subjects completed pre-and post-intervention physical fitness tests comprising the aerobic/cardiovascular (CV) endurance (2 minutes step test), upper body strength (arm curl test), lower body strength (chair stand test), upper body flexibility (back scratch test), core and lower body flexibility (sit and reach test) and balance (8 foot …