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KMID : 1012020210100030320
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Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
2021 Volume.10 No. 3 p.320 ~ p.327
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Effects of Aquarobic Exercise on Body Composition and Cardiovascular Index in Elderly Women
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Kim Chan-Kyu
Lee Byung-Hoon
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Abstract
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Objective: The community has implemented a variety of exercise programs for the elderly population. However, studies comparing changes in the cardiovascular system through body composition and blood analysis after applying aqua aerobic exercise are insufficient. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a 12 weeks aqua exercise on body composition and cardiovascular index in elderly women.
Design: Non-equivalence pre-post design.
Methods: Thirty elderly women were assigned to aquarobic group(n＝15) and control group(n＝15). The aquarobic exercise was 60 minutes per every session, 2times per week, for 12weeks. Weight, skeletal muscle mass, body fat percentage, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol were measured before and after the exercise program. Paired and independent t-tests were performed using SPSS program.
Results: The result showed was weight(p<0.05), body fat percentage(p<0.05), total cholesterol(p<0.05), triglyceride(p<0.05), HDL cholesterol(p<0.05), and LDL cholesterol(p<0.05) were significantly decreased and skeletal muscle mass(p＞0.05) was not significantly increased after aquatic exercise program.
Conclusions: According to the study result, aqua exercise program made a positive effect in the improvement of obesity and cardiovascular function in elderly women. Therefore, we suggest that you actively consider implementing the Aquarobic exercise program when operating the community health promotion program in the future. In addition, in future studies, comparative studies according to various ages and genders and studies on the effects of aqua aerobic exercise as a community exercise program for chronically illness patients are needed.
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KEYWORD
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Aquarobic, Body composition, Cardiovascular index, Elderly women, Exercise
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