Strength Training in Hypoxia to Improve Bone and Cardiovascular Health of Elderly

Due to age-related effects, the bone and cardiovascular health are damaged. Physical exercise and in particular the strength training has been proposed as a fundamental tool to these pathologies, especially in the elderly. On the other hand, the use of normobaric hypoxia combined with exercise could have a beneficial synergistic effect on disease prevention and the quality of life of the elderly. Therefore, the general objective of this project is to analyze the effects of different methods of strength training combined with conditions of normobaric hypoxia on the bone and cardiovascular health of the elderly. This general objective is specified in the following specific objectives: * To analyze the effects of circuit training with elastic bands on bone mineral density and bone remodelling markers of elderly, under normoxic and normobaric hypoxic conditions. * To analyze the effects of circuit training with elastic bands on biochemical parameters, inflammatory, endothelial and clinical markers just like cardiovascular risk level of elderly, under normoxic and normobaric hypoxic conditions. * To analyze the effects of circuit training with elastic bands on body composition and functional capacity of elderly, under normoxic and normobaric hypoxic conditions. * To analyze the effects of whole-body vibration training on bone mineral density and bone remodelling markers of elderly, under normoxic and normobaric hypoxic conditions. * To analyze the effects of whole-body vibration training on biochemical parameters, inflammatory, endothelial and clinical markers just like cardiovascular risk level of elderly, under normoxic and normobaric hypoxic conditions. * To analyze the effects of whole-body vibration training on body composition and functional capacity of elderly, under normoxic and normobaric hypoxic conditions. * To compare the effects of circuit training with elastic bands versus whole-body vibration training on bone and cardiovascular health of elderly, under n