Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of 12 weeks ballet program on blood pressure, hs-CRP, VEGF, and arterial stiffness in obese middle age women. Twenty, obese middle age women composed of ballet program group(EX, n=10), the control group(CON, n=10). The variables of blood pressure, hs-CRP, VEGF, and arterial stiffness were measured in all the subjects before the start and after the end of 12 week ballet program(50~70% HRR, 3 times per week, 50 min). The test data were analyzed by paired t-test and repeated measure ANOVA and the alpha level of p.05 was set for all tests of significance. Blood pressure, hs-CRP, VEGF, and arterial stiffness were measured pre and 12 weeks of post ballet program. SBP(p.05), hs-CRP(p.05) and arterial stiffness(p.05) were significantly decreased in EX group compared to CON group. VEGF(p.01) was significantly increased in EX group compared to CON group. These results suggest that 12 weeks of ballet program improves blood pressure, hs-CRP, VEGF, and arterial stiffness. Thus, this newly proposed ballet program modality can be a useful therapy to improve cardiovascular disease in obese middle age women.
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