Abstract
In Japan, which is entering the super-graying societies, it is an urgent task to achieve an extension of a “healthy life expectancy”. With the purpose of obtaining the fundamental references for realizing the health promotion of the elderly and the extension of a healthy life expectancy, we surveyed the physical capacities, quality of life (QOL), vital functions, and lifestyle of 26 elderly females (average age: 74.3 years) who lead independent lives in Marumori-machi, Miyagi Prefecture, and compared various parameters, especially considering whether or not they regularly exercised. As a result, it was found that the group having an exercise routine (14 persons) had a significantly higher speed gait, smaller number of steps, and a longer stride during maximum walking, compared with the group having no exercise protocol (12 persons). In addition, with regard to the QOL, the exercising group had milder “physical pain” and a higher “degree of mental health”. With regard to food ingestion, the exercising group ate meat more frequently, while the no-exercise group significantly ate instant food more often. Consequently, the survey indicated that the continuation of an exercise routine is useful for retaining the gait function of elderly people, and an exercise routine is also related to the QOL and dietary life.
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