The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing (재활간호학회지)
- 제7권2호
- /
- Pages.159-168
- /
- 2004
- /
- 1229-294X(pISSN)
- /
- 2288-3002(eISSN)
A Study on Effects of Tai-Chi Exercise Program on Joint Flexibility for Osteoarthritis Patients
태극권이 퇴행성관절염 환자의 관절 유연성에 미치는 효과
- Baek, Myung-Wha (Department of Nursing, JinJu Health College)
- 백명화 (진주보건대학 간호과)
- 투고 : 2004.11.15
- 심사 : 2004.12.12
- 발행 : 2004.12.30
초록
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine effect of Tai-Chi exercise program on joint flexibility for osteoarthritis patients. To evaluate the effects, quasi-experimental study was used for pre and post test with a nonequivalent control group. Method: Fifty-tow subjects participated in the experiment(twenty-seven for experimental group and twenty-five for control group) and they were from two different senior citizen centers in J city. The experiment period was from April 2002 through August 2002. The experiment group took part in Tai-Chi exercise program for eighteen weeks(three times a week for four weeks and five times a week for fourteen week). The exercise was performed for 50 minutes at every time (15 minutes for warm-up, 30 minutes for Tai-Chi exercise, and 5 minutes for ending). In order to pursue study purpose, the SPSS/WIN 8.0 program was chosen for the statistical analysis; ANCOVA was employed in examining test hypothesis; t-test and