경도인지장애 노인의 에어로빅체조 참여에 따른 기능적 체력 및 참여과정의 변화 분석

Study on analysis of change in functional fitness according to aerobic gymnastics activities of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment and their participation process

The aim of this study is to provide basic data on the elderly people with mental disability by providing them a chance to participate in aerobic exercise and analyzing their physical fitness and their participation process. Thereby, the elderly people with mental disability, which is a social marginalized group, can live more pleasant life and our physical education welfare can be realized. For this study, a total of 30 elderly people with mild cognitive impairment were selected by convenience sampling from two Senior Care Center in Seoul and Gyeonggi provinces (Y sanatorium and K sanatorium). And aerobic gymnastics program was conducted twice a week for 12 weeks, and functional fitness test and attitude change of their participation process were investigated. The results of this study are as follows. First, the physical fitness was improved in all the items, the dumbbell lifting test, standing and sitting on the chair, stretching hands in sitting position, walking for 6 minutes, and round-trip walking for 244cm. Second, in the change of attitude of participation process, phases were categorized into 3 phases, that is, exploration phase, participation phase, and adaptation & active participation phase. Their attitude changed more actively as the research progressed.