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KMID : 1023920090110030085
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Kinesiology
2009 Volume.11 No. 3 p.85 ~ p.94
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Effects of 12 weeks’ Aquatic Exercise on the Body Composition, Muscle Power, Flexibility and Bone Mineral Density in Hemiplegia Elderly
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Choi Jong-In
Kim Baek-Youn
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Abstract
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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to define how aquatic exercise im-pact on the changes of body composition, fitness, and bone mineral density subjecting on hemiplegia patients in order to pro-vide basic data which can help rehabilitation treatment of encephalopathy patients who has neurogenic movement disorder.
METHOD: Of left hemiplegia patients who were 3rd or 4th disability grade due to the stroke, aquatic exercise was im-plemented on 10 elderly males aged more than 60 for 12 weeks. body composition, fitness, and bone mineral density test were made before and after exercise.
RESULT: First, weight, body fat(%), and Body Mass Index decreased significantly after aquatic exercise, but muscle mass increases significantly in body composition. Second, grip strength, back strength, trunk flec-tion, and trunk extension increased significantly in fitness. Third, affected radius and normal heel bone increased significantly after aquatic exercise in bone mineral density.
CONCLUSION: Aquatic exercise was a safe and effective method as re-habilitation treatment of hemiplegia patient, but in order to embody this more, follow-up study considering multi-variable method through controlling to medicine taking and diet of subject and variation of fitness measuring items is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Aquatic exercise, body composition, muscle power, flexibility, bone mineral density, hemiplegia
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