The Effects of 8 Week Theraband Resistance Training on Serum Level of IL-1β and Quality of Sleep in Elderly Women.

Regarding the widespread use of effective and safe training methods to improve physical and mental fitness in the elderly, resistance training with Theraband may be a safe and effective method for aged people. In addition, exercise training can affect the quality of sleep and inflammatory factors such as interleukin1 (IL-1β) thereby improve the immune system and quality of sleep. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Theraband resistance training on IL-1β and sleep quality and the relationship between sleep quality and IL-1β in elderly women.

Nineteen healthy elderly women with average age of 77.78 ± 8.50 years were according study criteria selected and randomly assigned to either control ( n=9) and training ( n=10) groups. Training program consists of 8 weeks of resistance training with Theraband (for 45 minute whit 3 sessions per week). Blood samples were collected in fasting state from the venous vein. The level of IL-1β was measured by ELISA and sleep quality was measured by Pittsburgh questionnaire. Data were analyzed by Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test and Pearson correlation coefficient (P≤0.05).

The serum level of IL-1β significantly decreased after of 8 week of training (P =0.04) also, we observed the significant improvement in quality of sleep by Theraband (P = 0.001).

According to the results of this study, resistance training with Theraband seems to be effective in improving sleep quality and IL-1β, so can be used as an effective intervention method for improving sleep quality in elderly people.