Lower limb explosive strength capacity in elderly women: Effects of resistance training and healthy diet

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 190-196

  Edholm, Peter ^a   Strandberg, Emelie ^a   Kadi, Fawzi ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle mass; Omega 3 fatty acids; Physical function; Rate of force development

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; LOWER LIMB; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRENDS;

AGED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 85045202499     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00924.2016     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Aagaard P, Simonsen EB, Andersen JL, Magnusson P, Dyhre-Poulsen P. Increased rate of force development and neural drive of human skeletal muscle following resistance training. J Appl Physiol (1985) 93: 1318 – 1326, 2002. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00283.2002.
2. Bassey EJ, Fiatarone MA, O’Neill EF, Kelly M, Evans WJ, Lipsitz LA. Leg extensor power and functional performance in very old men and women. Clin Sci (Lond) 82: 321–327, 1992. doi:10.1042/cs0820321.
3. Binder EF, Yarasheski KE, Steger-May K, Sinacore DR, Brown M, Schechtman KB, Holloszy JO. Effects of progressive resistance training on body composition in frail older adults: results of a randomized, controlled trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60: 1425–1431, 2005. doi:10.1093/gerona/60.11.1425.
4. Brown AB, McCartney N, Sale DG. Positive adaptations to weightlifting training in the elderly. J Appl Physiol (1985) 69: 1725–1733, 1990.
5. Caserotti P, Aagaard P, Larsen JB, Puggaard L. Explosive heavy-resistance training in old and very old adults: changes in rapid muscle force, strength and power. Scand J Med Sci Sports 18: 773–782, 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00732.x.
6. de Vos NJ, Singh NA, Ross DA, Stavrinos TM, Orr R, Fiatarone Singh MA. Optimal load for increasing muscle power during explosive resistance training in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60: 638 –647, 2005. doi:10.1093/gerona/60.5.638.
7. Deschenes MR. Effects of aging on muscle fibre type and size. Sports Med 34: 809–824, 2004. doi:10.2165/00007256-200434120-00002.
8. Dirks ML, Tieland M, Verdijk LB, Losen M, Nilwik R, Mensink M, de Groot LC, van Loon LJ. Protein supplementation augments muscle fiber hypertrophy but does not modulate satellite cell content during prolonged resistance-type exercise training in frail elderly. J Am Med Dir Assoc pii: S1525-8610(17)30101-9, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.02. 006
9. Ferri A, Scaglioni G, Pousson M, Capodaglio P, Van Hoecke J, Narici MV. Strength and power changes of the human plantar flexors and knee extensors in response to resistance training in old age. Acta Physiol Scand 177: 69 –78, 2003. doi:10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01050.x.
10. Ferrucci L, Cherubini A, Bandinelli S, Bartali B, Corsi A, Lauretani F, Martin A, Andres-Lacueva C, Senin U, Guralnik JM. Relationship of plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids to circulating inflammatory markers. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91: 439 –446, 2006. doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1303.
11. Fiatarone MA, O’Neill EF, Ryan ND, Clements KM, Solares GR, Nelson ME, Roberts SB, Kehayias JJ, Lipsitz LA, Evans WJ. Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people. N Engl J Med 330: 1769 –1775, 1994. doi:10.1056/ NEJM199406233302501.
12. Foldvari M, Clark M, Laviolette LC, Bernstein MA, Kaliton D, Castaneda C, Pu CT, Hausdorff JM, Fielding RA, Singh MA. Association of muscle power with functional status in community-dwelling elderly women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55: M192–M199, 2000. doi:10.1093/gerona/55.4.M192.
13. Frontera WR, Meredith CN, O’Reilly KP, Knuttgen HG, Evans WJ. Strength conditioning in older men: skeletal muscle hypertrophy and improved function. J Appl Physiol (1985) 64: 1038–1044, 1988.
14. Greig CA, Gray C, Rankin D, Young A, Mann V, Noble B, Atherton PJ. Blunting of adaptive responses to resistance exercise training in women over 75y. Exp Gerontol 46: 884–890, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.exger. 2011.07.010.
15. Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, Simonsick EM, Salive ME, Wallace RB. Lower-extremity function in persons over the age of 70 years as a predictor of subsequent disability. N Engl J Med 332: 556–561, 1995. doi:10.1056/NEJM199503023320902.
16. Häkkinen K, Kallinen M, Izquierdo M, Jokelainen K, Lassila H, Mälkiä E, Kraemer WJ, Newton RU, Alen M. Changes in agonistantagonist EMG, muscle CSA, and force during strength training in middle-aged and older people. J Appl Physiol (1985) 84: 1341–1349, 1998.
17. Häkkinen K, Kraemer WJ, Kallinen M, Linnamo V, Pastinen UM, Newton RU. Bilateral and unilateral neuromuscular function and muscle cross-sectional area in middle-aged and elderly men and women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 51: B21–B29, 1996. doi:10.1093/gerona/ 51A.1.B21.
18. Häkkinen K, Newton RU, Gordon SE, McCormick M, Volek JS, Nindl BC, Gotshalk LA, Campbell WW, Evans WJ, Häkkinen A, Humphries BJ, Kraemer WJ. Changes in muscle morphology, electromyographic activity, and force production characteristics during progressive strength training in young and older men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 53: B415–B423, 1998. doi:10.1093/gerona/53A.6.B415.
19. Häkkinen K, Pakarinen A, Kraemer WJ, Häkkinen A, Valkeinen H, Alen M. Selective muscle hypertrophy, changes in EMG and force, and serum hormones during strength training in older women. J Appl Physiol (1985) 91: 569 –580, 2001.
20. Hanson ED, Srivatsan SR, Agrawal S, Menon KS, Delmonico MJ, Wang MQ, Hurley BF. Effects of strength training on physical function: influence of power, strength, and body composition. J Strength Cond Res 23: 2627–2637, 2009. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b2297b.
21. Holviala J, Häkkinen A, Alen M, Sallinen J, Kraemer W, Häkkinen K. Effects of prolonged and maintenance strength training on force production, walking, and balance in aging women and men. Scand J Med Sci Sports 24: 224 –233, 2014. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01470.x.
22. Izquierdo M, Aguado X, Gonzalez R, López JL, Häkkinen K. Maximal and explosive force production capacity and balance performance in men of different ages. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 79: 260 –267, 1999. doi:10.1007/s004210050504.
23. Jozsi AC, Campbell WW, Joseph L, Davey SL, Evans WJ. Changes in power with resistance training in older and younger men and women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 54: M591–M596, 1999. doi:10.1093/gerona/ 54.11.M591.
24. Katz S, Branch LG, Branson MH, Papsidero JA, Beck JC, Greer DS. Active life expectancy. N Engl J Med 309: 1218 –1224, 1983. doi:10.1056/ NEJM198311173092005.
25. Kosek DJ, Kim JS, Petrella JK, Cross JM, Bamman MM. Efficacy of 3 days/wk resistance training on myofiber hypertrophy and myogenic mechanisms in young vs. older adults. J Appl Physiol (1985) 101: 531–544, 2006. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01474.2005.
26. Lalia AZ, Dasari S, Robinson MM, Abid H, Morse DM, Klaus KA, Lanza IR. Influence of omega-3 fatty acids on skeletal muscle protein metabolism and mitochondrial bioenergetics in older adults. Aging (Albany NY) 9: 1096–1129, 2017.
27. Leenders M, Verdijk LB, van der Hoeven L, van Kranenburg J, Hartgens F, Wodzig WK, Saris WH, van Loon LJ. Prolonged leucine supplementation does not augment muscle mass or affect glycemic control in elderly type 2 diabetic men. J Nutr 141: 1070 –1076, 2011. doi:10.3945/ jn.111.138495.
28. Linthorne NP. Analysis of standing vertical jumps using a force platform. Am J Physics 69: 1198 –1204, 2001. doi:10.1119/1.1397460.
29. Manton KG, Gu X, Lamb VL. Change in chronic disability from 1982 to 2004/2005 as measured by long-term changes in function and health in the U.S. elderly population. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103: 18374 –18379, 2006. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608483103.
30. Peterson MD, Sen A, Gordon PM. Influence of resistance exercise on lean body mass in aging adults: a meta-analysis. Med Sci Sports Exerc 43: 249 –258, 2011. doi:10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181eb6265.
31. Phillips SK, Bruce SA, Newton D, Woledge RC. The weakness of old age is not due to failure of muscle activation. J Gerontol 47: M45–M49, 1992. doi:10.1093/geronj/47.2.M45.
32. Pijnappels M, van der Burg PJ, Reeves ND, van Dieën JH. Identification of elderly fallers by muscle strength measures. Eur J Appl Physiol 102: 585–592, 2008. doi:10.1007/s00421-007-0613-6.
33. Podsiadlo D, Richardson S. The timed “Up & Go”: a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 39: 142–148, 1991. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1991.tb01616.x.
34. Rodacki CL, Rodacki AL, Pereira G, Naliwaiko K, Coelho I, Pequito D, Fernandes LC. Fish-oil supplementation enhances the effects of strength training in elderly women. Am J Clin Nutr 95: 428–436, 2012. doi:10.3945/ajcn.111.021915.
35. Skelton DA, Greig CA, Davies JM, Young A. Strength, power and related functional ability of healthy people aged 65-89 years. Age Ageing 23: 371–377, 1994. doi:10.1093/ageing/23.5.371.
36. Skelton DA, Kennedy J, Rutherford OM. Explosive power and asymmetry in leg muscle function in frequent fallers and non-fallers aged over 65. Age Ageing 31: 119–125, 2002. doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.119.
37. Skelton DA, Young A, Greig CA, Malbut KE. Effects of resistance training on strength, power, and selected functional abilities of women aged 75 and older. J Am Geriatr Soc 43: 1081–1087, 1995. doi:10.1111/ j.1532-5415.1995.tb07004.x.
38. Smith GI, Atherton P, Reeds DN, Mohammed BS, Rankin D, Rennie MJ, Mittendorfer B. Dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation increases the rate of muscle protein synthesis in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 93: 402–412, 2011. doi:10.3945/ajcn.110. 005611.
39. Smith GI, Julliand S, Reeds DN, Sinacore DR, Klein S, Mittendorfer B. Fish oil-derived n-3 PUFA therapy increases muscle mass and function in healthy older adults. Am J Clin Nutr 102: 115–122, 2015. doi:10.3945/ ajcn.114.105833.
40. Springer BA, Marin R, Cyhan T, Roberts H, Gill NW. Normative values for the unipedal stance test with eyes open and closed. J Geriatr Phys Ther 30: 8–15, 2007. doi:10.1519/00139143-200704000-00003.
41. Strandberg E, Edholm P, Ponsot E, Wåhlin-Larsson B, Hellmén E, Nilsson A, Engfeldt P, Cederholm T, Risérus U, Kadi F. Influence of combined resistance training and healthy diet on muscle mass in healthy elderly women: a randomized controlled trial. J Appl Physiol (1985) 119: 918 –925, 2015. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00066.2015.
42. Tieland M, Dirks ML, van der Zwaluw N, Verdijk LB, van de Rest O, de Groot LC, van Loon LJ. Protein supplementation increases muscle mass gain during prolonged resistance-type exercise training in frail elderly people: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc 13: 713–719, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.020.
43. Vandervoort AA, McComas AJ. Contractile changes in opposing muscles of the human ankle joint with aging. J Appl Physiol (1985) 61: 361–367, 1986. doi:10.1155/2013/318981.
44. Wang Y, Lin QW, Zheng PP, Zhang JS, Huang FR. DHA inhibits protein degradation more efficiently than EPA by regulating the PPARγ/ NFΚB pathway in C2C12 myotubes. Biomed Res Int 2013: 318981, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/318981.
45. Verhoeven S, Vanschoonbeek K, Verdijk LB, Koopman R, Wodzig WK, Dendale P, van Loon LJ. Long-term leucine supplementation does not increase muscle mass or strength in healthy elderly men. Am J Clin Nutr 89: 1468–1475, 2009. doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.26668.
46. Vincent KR, Braith RW, Feldman RA, Magyari PM, Cutler RB, Persin SA, Lennon SL, Gabr AH, Lowenthal DT. Resistance exercise and physical performance in adults aged 60 to 83. J Am Geriatr Soc 50: 1100–1107, 2002. doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50267.x.
47. Yoshino J, Smith GI, Kelly SC, Julliand S, Reeds DN, Mittendorfer B. Effect of dietary n-3 PUFA supplementation on the muscle transcriptome in older adults. Physiol Rep 4: 4, 2016. doi:10.14814/phy2.12785.
48. Zaslavsky O, Rillamas-Sun E, Li W, Going S, Datta M, Snetselaar L, Zelber-Sagi S. Association of Dynamics in Lean and Fat Mass Measures with Mortality in Frail Older Women. J Nutr Health Aging 21: 112–119, 2017. doi:10.1007/s12603-016-0730-1.