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Effects of Health Gymnastics Combined with Squat on Physical Fitness and Balance Ability in Elderly Women

  • Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
  • Abbr : J Korean Soc Phys Med
  • 2025, 20(1), pp.83~90
  • Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Physical Therapy > Other physical therapy
  • Received : December 13, 2024
  • Accepted : December 26, 2024
  • Published : February 28, 2025

Mo-Beom Jeong 1

1호남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This study analyzed the effects of health gymnastics combined with squats on the physical fitness and balance ability of elderly women. METHODS: The participants were 30 elderly women recruited from a welfare center and randomly distributed into two groups. The experimental group (n=15) consisted of health gymnastics with squats, and the control group (n=15) consisted of health gymnastics without squats. The physical fitness was measured using chair sit-to-stand tests, sit-and-reach tests, and 2.4m timed up-and-go tests, and the balance ability was assessed by measuring the sway area using Biorescue. RESULTS: The participants showed significant difference within the group on the chair sit-to-stand tests, sit-and-reach tests, 2.4m timed up-and-go tests, balance ability tests after intervention (p < .05). In the chair sit-to-stand tests and balance ability measurements, the experimental group showed significantly more positive differences between the groups than the control group (p < .05). The results of the sit-and-reach tests and 2.4m timed up-and-go tests were similar in the two groups (p > .05). CONCLUSION: These findings showed that health gymnastics incorporating squats demonstrated superior efficacy for elderly women participants to health gymnastics without squats.

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