A Study of Changing Process of Physical Fitness and Exercise Programs Before and After Parturition
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.5 Vol.5】
The present study have carried out, first, to clarify the factors in changing process of physical fitness before and after parturition, secondly, to make a standard table for design on exercise programes.
We investigated physique, grip strength, back strength, flexibility, skinfolds, and flicker frequency in 49 healthy pregnants, at the stage of pregnancy in 10 months, and 5 days, one, three, and six months after parturition.
The results are summarized as follows:
1. Grip strength does not change clearly from the beginning to the end.
2. Flexibility and back strength does not progress toward recovery until post-three months.
3. The post-natal exercise leads to fast recovery of some physical fitness, especially flexibility.
4. By correlation analysis, it is considered that one of the factors of the fast recovery is activity in job, and the other is sports experience in the past.
5. This standard table is convenient for making special exercise programs for each individual recovery of physical fitness.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.5/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
We investigated physique, grip strength, back strength, flexibility, skinfolds, and flicker frequency in 49 healthy pregnants, at the stage of pregnancy in 10 months, and 5 days, one, three, and six months after parturition.
The results are summarized as follows:
1. Grip strength does not change clearly from the beginning to the end.
2. Flexibility and back strength does not progress toward recovery until post-three months.
3. The post-natal exercise leads to fast recovery of some physical fitness, especially flexibility.
4. By correlation analysis, it is considered that one of the factors of the fast recovery is activity in job, and the other is sports experience in the past.
5. This standard table is convenient for making special exercise programs for each individual recovery of physical fitness.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.5/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Hisayo Sakumoto*1, Katsuaki Yamamoto*2, Satoru Tokushima*2, Shizue Shiraki*3 |
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| University or institution | *1 Seika Women's Junior College, *2 Fukuoka University, *3 Nakamura-gakuen College |
Keywords
physical fitness, parturition, exercise programes, post-natal exercise