경증치매노인의 기능적 체력 및 인지기능 향상을 위한 복합 수중운동프로그램 개발

• Published in: Exercise science (Seoul, Korea) pp. 415 - 423
• Main Authors: 강동근, 박정연, 정주하, 박정준
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국운동생리학회 30.11.2015
• Subjects: 체육
• ISSN: 1226-1726; 2384-0544
• DOI: 10.15857/ksep.2015.24.4.415

PURPOSE: Aquatic exercise is popular among the elderly because its stress on joint is less compared to other exercises. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of combined aquatic exercise with music therapy, art therapy and learning therapy on improvements of functional fitness and cognitive function in elderly with mild dementia. METHODS: Twenty two women, aged 65 to 74, participated in this study. They were randomly divided into combined aquatic exercise group(CAEG, n=12) or normal aquatic exercise group(NAEG, n=10). Both group performed exercise 60 min/day, 3 days/week, for 16 weeks at the intensity of 10-13 RPE. The variables of funcional fitness test and CERAD-K's 10 task tests were used to measureed all the subjects. All data was analyzed by independent t-test, two-way repeated ANOVA and paired t-test by using SPSS 22.0. RESULTS: In the case of functional fitness, the CAEG improved significantly in 2 kg dumbbell curl, 2.44 m up-and go, 6-min walk and the NAEG improved 2 kg dumbbell curl, 2.44 m up-and go. In the case of cognitive function improved significantly all 10 task tests, while NAEG was no significant difference all 10 task tests. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that the effect of CAEG is superior to NAEG in improvements of functional fitness and cognitive function by increasing sense of sight, hearing, touching, memorizing. Thus, it suggests that combined aquatic exercise is an appropriate exercise, especially for elderly with mild dementia. KCI Citation Count: 7