This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of aerobic dance on physical functionning of women with mastectomy. The study was single group pre- & post-test pre-experimental design and the data were collected from eight samples who had completed adjuvant therapy in C University Hospital from October, 1999 to Jan., 2000. The aerobic dance program was composed of flexibility, warm-up, main, and cool-down exercise and was performed 3 times weekly for eight weeks, 45∼60 minutes per session.
The tools used in the study were systolic pressure in rest & exercise, range of motion of shoulder joint in affected side, flexibility, the period of exercise that was taken for target heart rate, and the degree of hand grip for physical functionning. The data were analyzed with Wilcoxon signed rank test by SAS program.
The results were as follows:
The hypotheses that after carring out aerobic dance program on women with mastectomy, the physical functionning would be improved compared to before the program was supported except for the degree of hand-grip. The systolic pressures of post-test were significantly lower than those of pre-test at rest and during exercise(p =0.012; p =0.042); ranges of motion of shoulder joint in affected side, ie, the degrees of flexion, abduction, internal & external rotation of post-test were higher than those of pre-test(p = 0.012); degrees of flexibility of post-test were higher than those of pre-test(p = 0.011); the period of exercise that was taken for target heart rate of post-test was longer than that of pre-test(p = 0.012).
The results suggest that the aerobic dance program for women with mastectomy can improve and recover their general physical functionning.
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