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The Effect of a Health Promotion Program Consisting of Easy and Simple Exercises for Community Living Elderly People

The Effect of a Health Promotion Program Consisting of Easy and Simple Exercises for Community Living Elderly People

Authors :
Masaaki Sakamoto
Kazumasa Nakagawa
Nobuaki Inomata
Rie Nakazawa
Source :
Journal of Physical Therapy Science. 19:235-242
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Society of Physical Therapy Science, 2007.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a health promotion program consisting of simple exercises among healthy elderly people in a community. The participants were healthy and elderly people, who were picked out from the users of a sports recreation facility. We carried out physical fitness measurements and instructed on exercises to participants. The evaluations were grip strength, knee extensor strength, sitting trunk flexion, falling-stick reaction time, one leg stance, Functional Reach Test, Timed "Up and Go" Test (TUG), 10-m walking time, 6 minutes distance (6MD), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence, Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item Health Survey (SF-36), and Profile of Mood States (POMS). All the exercises we instructed were those which can be easily performed at home. As resistance exercise, rubber tube and subject's body weight were used. In the intervention group, the improvements of leg strength, TUG, 6MD, physical function item of SF-36 and vigor item of POMS were significant. Exercise instruction with simple exercise programs in this study improved not only physical abilities but also the social and psychological attitudes of the participants.

Details

ISSN :
21875626 and 09155287
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Physical Therapy Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........ef31cd84d0c5a94a2edde500b33943f5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1589/jpts.19.235