Relationship between Walking Speed and Exercise Habits of Elderly People  

作　　者：Naomi Katayama Miki Kamijyo Shoko Kondo 

机构地区：[1]Nagoya Women’s University,Nagoya City 4678610,Japan [2]Graduate School of Nagoya Women’s University,Nagoya City 4678610,Japan [3]Watanabe Hospital,Mihama Town,Chita-gun 4703235,Japan

出　　处：《Journal of Health Science》2019年第3期193-197,共5页健康科学（英文版）

摘　　要：Japan becomes the super aged society. For Japan, the proportion of elderly people aged 65 and over is 27.3%. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare estimates that in 2060, the proportion of the elderly people aged 75 or older to the total population will exceed 26.9%. Japan has nursing problems in a rapidly aging society. Therefore, the long-term care insurance system is being reviewed. The state, prefectures, and local governments are carrying out various campaigns from the perspective of long-term care prevention. One of them is fall prevention. Falling of the elderly often causes bedridden and death. Therefore, in this study, in order to examine the influence of exercise habits of the elderly on gait, the results of questionnaire survey and actual 10 m walking speed were obtained for elderly people who participated in the health class. As a result, walking speed was fast for people with exercise habits. As for exercise, walking speed was faster for those who continued with exercise such as walking than for those who did muscle training. By continuing the light exercise like walking, it might be possible to maintain the muscles of the lower limbs and cultivate a sense of balance or lead to the fall prevention of the elderly.

关 键 词：ELDERLY PERSON WALKING speed EXERCISE HABIT GYMNASTICS 

分 类 号：Q[生物学]