The Effects of Combined Training on Self-reliance Physical Fitness, IL-6, TNF-α and Carotid Artery in Older Women with Sarcopenia

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of 24-week combined exercise program on selfreliance physical fitness, IL-6, TNF-α and carotid artery in elderly women with sarcopenia. Also, the estimated to correlation of among the skeletal muscle mass, self-reliance physical fitness, cytokine and carotid artery in elderly women with sarcopenia. All subjects were sarcopenia women, performed the combined exercise training during 24-week consisting of muscle resistance exercise and aerobic exercise for 60 minutes 3 times a week under the supervision of exercise specialist. Despite no statistically significant change in control group, appendicular muscle mass, body fat mass percent, LDL-C, IL-6, TNF-α and PFV were significantly improved after 24-week combined exercise in exercise group. In addition, IL-6 and TNF-α has a significant negative correlation with appendicular muscle mass and has a significant independent negative correlation with changing of left dumbbell curl up, chair rise and walking speed. In conclusion, 24-week combined exercise program is effective to improve and/or muscle mass, self-reliance physical fitness, IL-6, TNF-α, LDL-C and carotid artery flow velocity in elderly women with sarcopenia. And also, combined exercise can effective to improve sarcopenia, and self-reliance physical fitness and prevention of cardiovascular disease in elderly women with sarcopenia.