The Effects of Dumbbell, Walking, and Yoga Exercise Interventions for the Community-Dwelling Women / 성인간호학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of exercise intervention, including dumbbell(weight lifting), walking, and yoga, on the body composition, physiologic factors, body image, and perceived health in the community-dwelling women. METHOD: This study utilized pretest-posttest design with three types of exercise interventions. The types of exercise intervention included dumbbell, walking, and yoga. RESULTS: A total of 136 subjects were included 49 for dumbbell, 67 for walking, and 20 for yoga. As measures of body composition, BMI, body weight, and body fat rate were significantly improved only after dumbbell intervention(p.05) and none of the measures for perceived health state were not significantly changed in all groups(p>.05). CONCLUSION: From the findings of this study, it was demonstrated that the effects of exercise interventions were differentiated by their types and variables to be affected. Therefore, future studies that apply the tailored exercise intervention to each age-categorical group are needed.