DIFFERENT PHYSICAL TRAINING INTENSITY IMPACT ON CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN SEDENTARY WOMEN

• Autor(a) principal: Canovas, Daniele Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Guedes, Dartagnan Pinto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/1843
• topic: Aerobic exercises; Prescription for exercises; Cardiovascular health; Exercício Aeróbico; prescrição de exercícios; saúde cardiovascular.; .

Current analysis compares the impact of three different physical training intensities on risk factors which are a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases in sedentary women. The sample comprised 21 pre-menopause women, aged between 30 and 50 years, randomly distributed into three intervention groups. The experiment involved treadmill exercises, equivalent to the energy release of 300 kcal/session at speeds 4, 5 and 6 km/h, for 4 sessions a week, during 12 weeks. Risk factors predisposing to cardiovascular diseases involved in the study were body mass index, blood pressure at rest and plasmatic lipid-lipoprotein concentrations. After 12 weeks of intervention the female group that treadmilled at intensities 4 and 5 km/h did not show any significant changes in any of the variables analyzed; on the other hand, the female group that treadmilled at an intensity of 6 km/h showed a statistically significant decrease in body mass and in plasmatic lipid-lipoprotein concentrations. Results show that treadmilling at an intensity of 6 km/h is more efficient for favorable alterations in cardiovascular risk profile. Current investigation shows the efficiency of a moderate intensity treadmill program for cardiovascular health.