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A comparison of the training responses to aerobic dance and jogging in college females. 1983

S Milburn, and N K Butts

The purpose of this study was to compare the physiological alterations that occur in college females as a result of a 7-wk jogging and aerobic dance-training program. Forty-six subjects (18-29 yr) volunteered to participate and included 15 dancers, 19 joggers, and 12 controls. All subjects were given a pre- and post-VO2max treadmill test. The joggers and dancers trained 4 d/wk, 30 min/d for 7 wk at an intensity that represented approximately 83 and 84% of their initial maximal heart rates, respectively. Both experimental groups significantly (P less than 0.05) increased their VO2max, VEmax, and maximal treadmill running times and significantly (P less than 0.05) decreased their maximal heart rates as a result of the training. The control group showed no significant (P greater than 0.05) changes in any of the variables measured. It was concluded that both aerobic dance and jogging were equally effective (P less than 0.05) exercise modalities for improving cardiorespiratory endurance when performed at similar intensities, frequencies, and durations.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007590	Jogging	Running at a low rate of speed. It can be done as a means of conditioning or for general health and well being.	Joggings
D010101	Oxygen Consumption	The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346)	Consumption, Oxygen,Consumptions, Oxygen,Oxygen Consumptions
D010809	Physical Fitness	The ability to carry out daily tasks and perform physical activities in a highly functional state, often as a result of physical conditioning.	Fitness, Physical
D012119	Respiration	The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (	Breathing
D003615	Dancing	Rhythmic and patterned body movements which are usually performed to music.	Ballet,Dance,Hip-Hop Dance,Jazz Dance,Line Dancing,Modern Dance,Salsa Dancing,Square Dance,Tap Dance,Dance, Hip-Hop,Dance, Jazz,Dance, Modern,Dance, Square,Dance, Tap,Dancing, Line,Dancing, Salsa,Hip Hop Dance
D005260	Female		Females
D006321	Heart	The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood.	Hearts
D006339	Heart Rate	The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute.	Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths