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KMID : 0939320050080010013
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
2005 Volume.8 No. 1 p.13 ~ p.19
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The Effects of Group Exercise on Fat Distribution, Lipid Profiles in Elderly Women
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Lee Kyung-Hye
Kang Hyun-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was aimed to identify the effects of group exercise on physiological functions in Elderly.
Method: The design of research was one group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were sixty two elderly women persons over sixty years old to live in C-GUN, The exercise period was 12-weeks and frequency was three times per week. the exercise duration was sixty minites. In order to evaluate the effect of exercise, we measured %body fat, fat mass(FM), fat free mass(FFM), body mass index(BMI), body metabolic rate(BMR), Total Cholesterol(TC), Triglyceride(TG), high density lipoprotein-c(HDL-C), low density lipoprotein-c(LDL-C) before and after the 12 week’s group exercise program. The data analyzed by the paired t-test using SPSS package.
Result: There was significant difference in FFM(p=.000), BMR(p=.000), HDL-C(p=.010). There was no significant difference in weight(p=.122), %body fat(p=.062), FM(p=.704), BMI(p=.136), TC(p=.125), TG(p=.064), LDL-C(p=.575)
Conclusion: This group exercise for elderly women can be recommended as an effective nursing intervention for elderly women in a community.
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KEYWORD
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Group exercise, Elderly women, Fat distribution, Lipid profiles
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