Perception about Activities for Muscular Fitness Improvement and its Intergenerational Difference in Japanese Adults

K. Harada, K. Oka, Yoshio Nakamura
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The present study identified what kinds of activities Japanese adults perceived as activities for muscular fitness improvement and examined the relationship between age and the perception about such activities. The sample was 1,636 Japanese adults (40.2±12.2years) collected from the registrants of a Japanese social research company. The study design was cross-sectional study using an internet questionnaire. The respondents selected all activities which they perceived as activities for muscular fitness improvement from 14 activities: push-ups, sit-ups, cleaning room, swimming, playing with child, going up and down stairs and slope, yoga, machines exercise, dumbbells exercise, stretching exercise, squat, jogging, rubber bands and tubes exercise, and walking. A chi-square test was utilized for examining the association between the perception and age groups. More than half of respondents treated sit-ups (82.1%), push-ups (72.3%), dumbbells exercise (66.4%), machines exercise (62.1%), squat (58.2%), rubber bands and tubes exercise (55.7%), and swimming (55.6%) as activities for muscular fitness improvement. On the other hand, 30-49% of them also perceived going up and down stairs and slope (46.7%), walking (32.5%), stretching exercise (31.7%), and jogging (30.4%) asactivities for muscular fitness improvement. Compared with younger people, older people were more likely to perceive walking and going up and down stairs and slopes as activities for muscular fitness improvement (p<0.05). It was concluded that the perception of activities for muscular fitness improvement in Japanese adults would be different from the activities for muscular fitness improvement recommended by current guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
日本成年人对改善肌肉健康活动的认知及其代际差异
本研究确定了日本成年人认为可以改善肌肉健康的活动类型,并考察了年龄与对此类活动的看法之间的关系。样本是1636名日本成年人(40.2±12.2岁),来自一家日本社会研究公司的注册者。研究设计为横断面研究,采用网络问卷。受访者从俯卧撑、仰卧起坐、打扫房间、游泳、和孩子玩耍、上下楼梯和斜坡、瑜伽、器械运动、哑铃运动、伸展运动、深蹲、慢跑、橡皮筋和管子运动、散步等14项活动中选择了他们认为可以改善肌肉健康的所有活动。使用卡方检验来检验感知与年龄组之间的关联。超过一半的受访者认为仰卧起坐(82.1%)、俯卧撑(72.3%)、哑铃运动(66.4%)、器械运动(62.1%)、深蹲(58.2%)、橡皮筋和管子运动(55.7%)和游泳(55.6%)是改善肌肉健康的活动。另一方面,30-49%的人认为上下楼梯和斜坡(46.7%)、散步(32.5%)、伸展运动(31.7%)和慢跑(30.4%)是改善肌肉健康的活动。与年轻人相比,老年人更倾向于认为步行、上下楼梯和斜坡是改善肌肉健康的活动(p<0.05)。结论是,日本成年人对改善肌肉健康活动的看法与美国运动医学学院和日本卫生、劳动和福利部现行指导方针推荐的改善肌肉健康活动不同。
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