Abstract
Objective: A health fitness programmer (HFP) was newly employed by the Kawasaki Medical School Hospital Health Check-up Center due to the start of specific health check-up and specific health guidance. The purpose of this study was to examine the content of personal training instruction given to subjects who undergo ningen dock (health check-up), and consider the role of the HFP in the health check-up center.
Methods: Subjects were 58 persons who participated in the personal training program at our center, and the HFP instructed them in the exercises and how they could continue them thereafter. Stages of exercise behavior modification were also investigated.
Results: About 53% of the subjects decided to participate in the personal training on the recommendation of a physician or public health nurse. The HFP gave instructions mainly in stretching and strength training whose aim was to prevent osteoporosis, knee and lower-back pain. As for stages of exercise behavior modification, most subjects came under either the contemplation or maintenance stage.
Conclusions: For personal training after ningen dock, it is important for the HFP to work together with physicians, public health nurses and dietitians in order to advise customers on exercises best suited to their needs and such advice should also be based upon the exercise modification stage to help ensure that they can continue to do the exercises they have been instructed to do.
