장기간의 규칙적인 신체활동이 남여노인의 신체구성에 미치는 추이변화

Effects of long-term regular physical activity programs on body composition variables in elderly people

Effects of three rehabilitative exercises on body composition, visual analogue scale and low muscular function in elderly with osteoarthritis [INTRODUCTION] The purpose of this study was to investigate the change of related factors in body composition variables after long duration regular physical activity programs. [METHOD] The subjects of this study were 40 older man and women residing Seoul-Seniors- Tower. All of subjects divided to four groups, exercise group 20(man=10, women=10) was participating in an physical activity program for 3 years, and the other group or non-physical activity group 20(man=10, women=10) was not in that program. [RESULT] In the results, Changes of body composition were significantly improved in muscle, %fat, weight, BMR of body composition variables in male or female e xercise groups after 3 years’ e xercise program. Also, we have b een k nown to t he facts t hat although the body composition variables of men are superior to those of women, if being activitied for a long time, the women’s body composition variables(e.g. fat mass, WHR) would not different from those of the men especially in old ages. [CONCLUSION] As a conclusion, we could know that not only the regular physical activity might increase or change almost the body composition variables except for muscle mass, BMR, %fat of elderly people, but also the sex’s differences were vanished in WHR between males and females. Therefore, we might tell that physical activity programs could provide an excellent parameters for enforcing or keeping the body composition of elderly people.