The purpose of this study is to offer materials about efficient exercises that increase & maintain sense of balance for old people and prevent them from falling and hurting themselves by executing exercises to develop muscular strength legs of aged pe...
The purpose of this study is to offer materials about efficient exercises that increase & maintain sense of balance for old people and prevent them from falling and hurting themselves by executing exercises to develop muscular strength legs of aged people.
In order to achieve study goals, 40 old people who are over 65 were selected; the program of exercises to develop muscular strength legs 3 times a week, for 6 weeks in total, then, walking capacity, muscular strength of legs, and sense of balance were measured. In order to examine homogeneity of two groups, an experimental group and a control group, t-test were conducted. In order to verify hypotheses, Repeated ANOVA was used in their analysis works. Following conclusions were obtained through the analysis on data collected by these researches.
First, muscular strengths of legs like femoral joints' extensor muscles and trunk flexor, knee joints' extensor muscles and trunk flexor, ankle joints' ankle plantar flexor and excessive ankle dorsiflexion muscles significantly improved. It was proved that muscular strengths of legs like femoral joints, knee joints, ankle joints improved.
Second, with respect to the static balance executing capacity in balance executing capacity, after the experiment, the time of standing on one leg and closing eyes is not different from the time of before the experiment, whereas the time of standing on one leg and opening eyes significantly increased. Therefore, it was proved that the static balance executing capacity improved after conducting the program of exercises to develop muscular strength of legs.
Third, with respect to the dynamic balance executing capacity in balance executing capacity, it was measured by the action of standing up from a chair, walking 3 meters, and coming back to the chair; after the experiment, the time of the action significantly reduced. Therefore, after conducting the program of exercises to develop muscular strength of legs, the dynamic balance executing capacity improved.