FUNCTIONAL BENEFITS OF HOME-BASED VS GYM-BASED STRENGTH TRAINING FOR RETIRED INDIVIDUALS.
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Abstract
Muscle strength is important to maintain functional independence with advancing age. Strength training can influence muscle strength and functional independence which can contribute to enhanced life satisfaction. Few studies have investigated the role of training location (home vs gym) on strength training outcomes. Furthermore, few training studies exceed 16 weeks. PURPOSE To determine the effects of a 12-month training program either performed at home or in the gym, on physical and physiological variables, functional independence and compliance in retired males and females. METHODS 35 volunteers participated in a year long resistance training study. Subjects performed resistance training using Thera-Band tubing and exercise balls three days per week. The exercise were identical in the training program for both the home-based and the gym-based interventions. RESULTS Body composition (height, weight and skinfold measurements) and flexibility measures did not change with training. Resting systolic blood pressure decreased significantly after training. Strength, measured using grip strength and isokinetic leg strength improved similarly in both groups. Endurance, assessed using a 6 minute walk test, improved but did not reach significance (p = 0.07). Sit to stand 5 repetition test scores improved while other functional measures showed trends towards improvement. Compliance with the training program was higher for the home-based vs the gym-based group. CONCLUSION The effects of a year long resistance training program were similar for the home-based and gym-based groups. Compliance with a home-based training program was better. This suggests that the health benefits of a relatively inexpensive and potentially more convenient home based intervention may be similar to what might be expected in a fully supervised, gym-based exercise environment. Supported by Eastern Kings Memorial Health Foundation and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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