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Jose Luis Arredondo

Instructor. McCann

English 1302 – 201

1 March 2024

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Exercise has long been known to be one of the most important factors in maintaining a

person’s overall health. However, there is one form of exercise that seems to be very

underutilized, and that is stair-climbing. Stair-climbing is a helpful form of exercise and can be

used to help other people who are looking to get into exercising increase their own vascular

health and can decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease in the future. Moreover, stair-climbing

has been observed by researchers to decrease obesity in those who are actively engaged in

exercise. Given that stair-climbing can lower cardiovascular disease, researchers have

successfully attributed that stair-climbing can also be used to lower one’s blood pressure as well.

In addition, as seen in some studies, stair climbing can also be used to strengthen a person’s

emotions, overall clarity of mind, and can also be used to help others suffering from a variety of

harmful conditions better cope with their disabilities. Stair climbing as seen from these

researchers is good for maintaining overall health. Although many other types of exercises can

accomplish similar results, stair-climbing is a very peculiar type of exercise as it’s feasibility and

recognizability to perform can allow those of all ages and of differing cardiovascular health to

easily engage in physical activity, and, in turn, better maintain their own overall health (Hongu

2).
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Hongu, Nobuko, et al. “Promoting stair climbing as an exercise routine among healthy older

adults attending a community-based physical activity program.” Sports, vol. 7, no. 1, 18

Jan. 2019, p. 23, https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7010023.

Given how stair climbing is an exercise that requires almost no prior training or

equipment, it can prove to be a useful tool when promoting physical activity among adults. One

study that helps to show and take full advantage of this fact is one by Nobuko Hongu, whose

main focus in this article is to show how stair climbing can provide a feasible opportunity for

increasing physical activity in daily living (1). According to Hongu, negative physiological

changes due to age can adversely affect an adult’s daily activities. Therefore, stair-climbing is

used as a form of exercise within the study, as it can serve as an important factor in easily

preventing the many physiological downsides that can come with aging. On the topic of aging

metabolism can slow down as adults age and therefore can cause obesity. In this study by ___

stair climbing is also used to prevent the negative consequences coming from aging and the other

researchers within the study uses data collected from an experiment wherein they analyze the

participants’ overall health and how it is impacted by the stair climbing exercises. This article

relates strongly to stair climbing, health, and exercise. It builds strongly on how stair climbing

can improve health.

Yun, Jeong Eun, et al. “Effect of short bouts of vigorous stair climbing on

cardiorespiratory fitness in women with overweight and obesity: A pilot feasibility

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study.” Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, vol. 32, no. 4, 13 Nov. 2023, pp.

346–352, https://doi.org/10.7570/jomes23024.

The Yun et al.’s purpose is to examine the effect of 4 weeks of a brief vigorous

stair climbing exercise on cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in women with

obesity. Yun et al. support their claim by using data from an experiment where stair

climbing is used to improve the subject’s cardiorespiratory fitness and to also decrease

the effects of their obesity. This article relates to health, exercise, and stair climbing, or

mainly the effects stair climbing can have on one’s health.

Cho, Min Jeong, et al. “The acute effects of interrupting prolonged sitting with stair climbing on

vascular and metabolic function after a high-fat meal.” European Journal of Applied

Physiology, vol. 120, no. 4, 17 Feb. 2020, pp. 829–839, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-

020-04321-9.

Cho et al.’s purpose for this study is to evaluate the effects of interrupting prolonged

sitting with stair climbing on vascular and metabolic function after a high-fat meal. Cho et al.

collects their data using an experiment with randomized participants, where they monitor the

effects of stair climbing after a high-fat meal by monitoring the participants arteries. This article

relates to my other articles mainly through health, exercise, and stair climbing. It also helps build

on them as it specifically looks at the effects within the arteries.

Amabile, Amy H., et al. “Greater number of weekly stairs climbed is associated with lower low

back pain prevalence among female but not male physical therapists.” PLOS ONE, vol.

18, no. 10, 5 Oct. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292489.

The aim of Amabile et al.’s research was to assess the relationship between stair

ambulation and lower back pain prevalence. Amabile et al. uses survey data to analyze the effects
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of lower back pain on the participants stair climbing. This article relates to health and stair

climbing and shows something that could affect the way the participant climbs stairs.

Godkin, F. Elizabeth, et al. “The effect of brief intermittent stair climbing on glycemic control in

people with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study.” Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and

Metabolism, vol. 43, no. 9, Sept. 2018, pp. 969–972, https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2018-

0135.

Godkin et al.’s reasoning for creating this article is to discuss the effect of brief

intermittent stair climbing on glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes. The authors

collect their data in this article using various professional tools. In addition, they take note of the

participants’ age and medical history. This could possibly build up off of the last articles focus of

using stair climbing as a treatment for something.

Kawashima, Chihiro, et al. “Evaluating the impact of a short bout of stair-climbing on

creative thinking in a between-subjects pretest posttest comparison study.”

Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 2 Jan. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-

023-50282-2.

The Kawashima et al.’s focus in this article is to indicate the potential links

between short bouts of physical activity like stairclimbing and whether it can improve

creative thinking. Kawashima et al. uses information from other articles to back up their

claims. In addition, Kawashima et al. uses data from their own study to monitor the effect

of stair climbing exercises on creative thinking. This article relates strongly to stair

climbing and exercise, which is something most of my other articles are focused on.
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Conclusion

Conclusion I was right. I think….

(Don’t use the word researcher, use their name, but maybe try to use it afterwards so it doesn’t

get repetitive)

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