Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Hossein Rostamkhani ¹
• Mehrieh Panahi ¹
• Hasan Nourinejad ²

¹ Department of Physical Education, Ab.C., Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran.

² Department of Physical Education, Hidaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hidaj, Iran.

Abstract

Purposes: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of intermittent and continuous aerobic training on angiogenesis indices in overweight elderly individuals.
Materials and Methods: Among the elderly residents of Kahrizak Nursing Home, 47 people were voluntarily selected for the study based on the inclusion criteria and randomly divided into 3 groups: intermittent aerobic exercise (66.42 ± 3.17 years, n=16), continuous aerobic exercise (65.13 ± 4.59 years, n=15), and control group (67.81 ± 5.73 years, n=16).
Results: The results of the t-test showed that the variables studied in any of the groups did not change significantly after 6 weeks of training. Also, the results of the one-way analysis of the variance test in the studied groups showed that there was no significant difference between the changes in the intermittent, continuous training groups and the control group after 6 weeks of training. In other words, performing a period of intermittent aerobic training, continuous aerobic training failed to significantly change the values of vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide in the studied subjects, and there was no significant difference between the changes in these groups and compared to the control group.
Discussion: In the present study, the effects of two continuous and intermittent aerobic training protocols on angiogenic factors were investigated, but despite the increase in the levels of VEGF and NO factors after the training period, these changes were not statistically significant.

Keywords

• Angiogenesis
• Aging
• Aerobic Exercise
• Quality of Life
• Capillary density