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The Effects of Aging on Body Composition, Leg Power and Balance Performance Among Malaysian Women

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The study was conducted to ascertain the age at which muscle power and balance begins to decline, and to establish a baseline pattern of the changes of body composition. A total of 96 Malaysian women age ranged 20–65 years old participated in this study. The subjects were assigned into four age groups, representing a decade each. Fat mass and fat-free mass was measured using Bioelectrical Impedance. Vertical jump test was used to measure leg power. Balance was also performed as functional ability test. One-way ANOVA test detected differences between age groups. Fat-free mass, leg power and balance decline with age. The analysis also revealed that leg power exhibit a significant drop from the fifth decade group (50 years and above). Significant difference is found in leg power in the fifth decade. Leg power decreases from the 5th decade onwards. There is also a significant drop in the ability to balance from the 5th decade. The study is unable to determine at which particular age group body composition significantly increases as it exhibit a steady trend.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Tan Kok Siang for the fruitful discussion, and to all participants in the project. This study is supported by UKM Medical Faculty post graduate grant.

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  1. Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Sarina Md. Yusof, Suhana Aiman & Zulkifli Abdul Kadir

  2. Physiology Department, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Zaiton Zakaria

  3. Physiology Department, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Aminuddin Abd Hamid Karim

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Md. Yusof, S., Zakaria, Z., Abd Hamid Karim, A., Aiman, S., Abdul Kadir, Z. (2014). The Effects of Aging on Body Composition, Leg Power and Balance Performance Among Malaysian Women. In: Adnan, R., Ismail, S., Sulaiman, N. (eds) Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering and Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-107-7_7

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