The Effects of Group Exercise on Fat Distribution, Lipid Profiles in Elderly Women / 재활간호학회지
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
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: 13-19, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
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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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Triglycerides
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Body Mass Index
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Cholesterol
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Nursing
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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