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Initial center-based program promotes long-term adherence to fitness training.
2003 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Initiating an exercise program at a center where supervision is available increases adherence to fitness training when compared with beginning an exercise program at home, according to results of the SWEAT (Sedentary Women Exercise Adherence Trial) study published in the journal Preventive Medicine.
K.L. Cox and colleagues at the University of Western Australia in Perth randomly assigned 126 sedentary women, 40 to 65 years old, to an 18-month exercise intervention that involved either an initial 6-month center-based supervised program or an unsupervised home-based regimen. Each group was further divided into a high-intensity and moderate-intensity exercise subgroups. Both groups were assigned to exercise 3 times weekly. After the first 6 months, all of the women were instructed to continue the exercise program at home.
The group assigned to the initial center-based program had significantly greater retention than did the home-based group at 6 (97% vs 87%, respectively; p
Significantly higher energy expenditure was seen in the center-based group at 6 months (p
"An initial 6 months of center-based exercise enhanced retention in both the short and the long term and promoted short-term adherence and energy expenditure," concluded Cox and associates. "Long-term, moderate exercise retained more subjects but had little influence on adherence."
The corresponding author for this study is K.L. Cox, Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, P.O. Box X2213, GPO Perth, ...
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