노인의 대사증후군지표 및 인체부위별 통증지수와 수중운동의 관계

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between metabolic syndrome(MetS) risk factors(waist-hip ratio : WHR, triglyceride : TG, blood pressure: BP, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol : HDL-C, blood glucose : BG), Visual Analogu Scale(VAS; head, neck, shoulder, low back, knee) and aquatic exercise(AE) in elderly women. Subjects of this study were 63 elderly women(mean age 73.08 years). The subjects participated in aquatic exercise of 10-15 RPE, 2 times per week for 32 weeks(8 months). All dat a were analyzed using paired t-test, independent t-test and multiple logistic regression. The results are as follows : BR First, long-term aquatic exercise(LTAE) of elderly women displayed the beneficial effects of significant reduction of TG(p.05) and BP(p.001) level, while there were no significant differences in the levels of abdominal obesity(WHR) and BG. BR Second, LTAE had no significant effect on reduction of VAS levels of head, neck, shoulder, low back, knee in elderly women. The highest level of pain VAS scores in elderly women was shown in knee. BR Third, the management of central obesity was the most important factor in preventing MetS of elderly women. BR Fourth, the knee pain of old women related closely to the level of BP(p.001) and shoulder pain(p.001). BR In summary, elderly women have an increased risk of developing abdominal obesity and high blood glucose. The beneficial impacts of LTAE in old women was the significant reduction of TG and BP without changing central obesity and blood glucose. The enhancement of leg muscle strength is likely to be an effective method for the reduction and prevention of knee pain, BP, and shoulder pain in elderly women.