Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of yoga exercise program on fall-related physical fitness in elderly women. Subjects for study were 15 elderly women with an age range of 75 to 89 years. Balance(OLS, TUG), flexibility(hip joint ROM, ankle ROM), lower strength(knee extensor/flexor strength, CST were investigated before and mid(after 3 months) and after 9 months yoga exercise program(60min/day, 2 day/week, for 9 months). All data were analyzed by ANOVA with repeated measures of SPSS. The results showed that significant increase were found for OLS(p.01, p.001), hip joint(p.001, p.05), ankle ROM(p.001, p.01), knee extensor(p.05, p.001), knee flexor(p.001, p.001), CST(p.001) after 9 months yoga training. But there was no significant difference after 3 months yoga training in all variables except CST. Therefore, we recommend that a yoga exercise program in elderly women is a useful intervention to falls-related physical fitness, but further long-term program is required.
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