| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 運動競技系運動與休閒教育研究所 === 105 === Background: The aging of the population has become the trend of developing countries in the world, but the aging has brought the elderly physiological function degradation, increased incidence of chronic disease and increased risk of falling; resulting in the loss of daily living function of the elderly. The elderly physical condition is longevity but not healthy, and the costs of medical or social has become a heavy burden on governments. So that the various social problems caused by aging are becoming important issues for all developed countries. Muscle strength is very important for elderly adults. Muscle strength is not only could decrease muscle mass lose, low density of bone mass and poor circulation of vein due to aging, but also improve ability of activity, balance and gait for elderly adults.
Purposes: The purpose of this study that combine preventive medicine, exercise science and health promotion, and development of an effective foundation training and elastic band training program to promote the functional fitness of elderly people in the community. In the future, the course will become a reference to elderly in the community and institutions. There is the contribution of health promotion.
Methods: The subjects were healthy middle-aged people aged over 65 years, 8 weeks of foundation training and elastic band training, observe the performance on the functional fitness in the elderly adults in the community.
Results: 1. The intervention of foundation training course for the elderly in the community in the upper and lower muscle strength before and after the test has made significant progress. 2. The intervention of elastic band training course for the elderly in the community in the lower limb flexibility and grip strength pre and post-test has made significant progress.
Conclusions: Through effective foundation training and elastic band training, integrated group resistanse exercise program training could enhance upper and lower body strength, and grip strength, in turn. These results suggest that foundation training and elastic band training are needed to promote increased in physical activity participation for more elderly communities for a bigger population of rural older adults. This study provides evidence for the future study of preventive medicine in rural community elderly.
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