TY - JOUR 
A1 - Fernández del Valle, María
AU - Pérez Ruiz, Margarita
AU - Santana Sosa, Elena
AU - Fiuza Luces, María del Carmen
AU - Bustamante-Ara, Natalia
AU - Gallardo Meza, Cristian Esteban
AU - Villaseñor Montarroso, Ángel
AU - Graell Berna, Montserrat
AU - Morandé Lavín, Gonzalo
AU - Rodríguez Romo, Gabriel
AU - López Mojares, Luis Miguel
AU - Ruiz, Jonatan R.
AU - Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
T1 - Does resistance training improve the functional capacity and well being of very young anorexic patients? A randomized controlled trial
Y1 - 2010
SN - 18791972
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/635
AB - We determined the effects of a 3-month low-moderate-intensity strength training program (2 sessions/week) on functional capacity, muscular strength, body composition, and quality of life (QOL) in 22 young (12-16 yrs) anorexic outpatients. Patients were randomly assigned to a training or control group (n=11 [10 females] each). Training sessions were of low intensity (loads for large muscle groups ranging between 20%-30% and 50%-60% of six repetitions maximum [6RM] at the end of the program). We measured functional capacity by the time up and go and the timed up and down stairs tests. Muscular strength was assessed by 6RM measures for seated bench and leg presses. We estimated percent body fat and muscle mass. We assessed patients' QOL with the Short Form-36 items. The result of this study was that the intervention was well tolerated and did not have any deleterious effect on patients' health, and did not induce significant losses in their body mass. The only studied variable for which a significant interaction (group x time) effect was found (p=.009) was the 6RM seated lateral row test. In conclusion, low-moderate-intensity strength training does not seem to add major benefits to conventional psychotherapy and refeeding treatments in young anorexic patients.
KW - Enfermedad nutricional
LA - eng
ER -