Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine1997
Responses of young girls to two modes of aerobic training.
Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effects of aerobic exercise on non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Progress in cardiovascular nursing · 2008Pooled it
- Aerobic exercise and lipids and lipoproteins in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Atherosclerosis · 2007Pooled it
- Functional and Morphological Adaptations in the Heart of Children Aged 12-14 Years following Two Different Endurance Training Protocols.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relationship between Anthropometric, Physical and Hormonal Parameters among Pre-Pubertal Handball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Modeling The Economic And Health Impact Of Increasing Children's Physical Activity In The United States.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2017Article
- The effect of exercise training on quality and quantity of sleep and lipid profile in renal transplant patients: a randomized clinical trial.International journal of organ transplantation medicine · 2014Article
- The association between aerobic fitness and physical activity in children and adolescents: the European youth heart study.European journal of applied physiology · 2010Article
- Trainability of young athletes and overtraining.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2007Review
- Effects of exercise training on blood lipids and lipoproteins in children and adolescents.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2007Review
- Endurance in young athletes: it can be trained.British journal of sports medicine · 2003Article
- Endurance training and aerobic fitness in young people.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2003Review
- Stages in the development of a research project: putting the idea together.British journal of sports medicine · 2000Review
- Girls and fitness: fact and fiction.British journal of sports medicine · 1999Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the physiological effects of two different three times a week, eight week training programmes on the aerobic fitness of nine to ten year old girls.
methodsTreadmill determined peak VO2, submaximal heart rates, and submaximal blood lactate were the criterion measures. Seventeen girls completed a programme of "aerobics" training where sessions lasted 20-25 minutes. Eighteen girls followed a cycle ergometer training programme which involved pedalling continuously for 20 minutes with the heart rate maintained between 160 and 170 beats/minute. A control group of 16 girls completed the criterion tests but did not train. In the cycle ergometer group and eight control subjects plasma total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol were determined before and after training.
resultsPeak VO2 did not change significantly with training in either training group, neither were there any significant changes in submaximal heart rates. Blood lactate declined significantly at the two lowest submaximal exercise intensities in the cycle ergometer training group (from 2.3 (1.1) to 1.4 (0.06) mmol/l at stage 1 and from 2.1 (1.2) to 1.6 (0.06) mmol/l at stage 2; means (SD); P < 0.01). Total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol remained unchanged with training.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that an eight week structured exercise programme produces minimal changes in either the aerobic fitness or blood lipids of young girls. It may be more beneficial for long term health to promote enjoyment in activity and positive attitudes to exercise rather than attempting to enhance aerobic fitness through strenuous exercise programmes.
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