The Effect of Eight Weeks of Strength Training on Selected Biomechanical Properties of Femur in Old Male Rats
objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of eight weeks of strength training on some chosen biomechanical properties of femur of old male rats. Methods: In this experimental research sixteen old male Wistar rats around Twenty months old were assigned to sedentary co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Biyumikānīk-i varzishī |
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| Online Access: | http://biomechanics.iauh.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-171-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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| Summary: | objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of eight weeks of strength training on some chosen biomechanical properties of femur of old male rats.
Methods: In this experimental research sixteen old male Wistar rats around Twenty months old were assigned to sedentary control group (n=8) and strength training group (n=8). Strength training group climbed from a ladder for 8 weeks, 4 times per week. Forty eight hours after last session of exercise training, animals were anesthetized and femur bones were removed. Three – point bending test was used to determine bone biomechanical properties. The data was analyzed by independent samples t test (p≥0.05).
Results: The results showed that such training would not significantly affect on bone stiffness, fracture energy and maximal load (p>0.05).
Conclusion: A possible explanation for this lack of effect can be intensity, type and time of training or the age at which such training states. |
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| ISSN: | 2476-4906 2476-5937 |