초록
Objectives: This study intends to identify the Effects of Oriental Medicine Gigong Exercise on patients with the metabolic syndrome. Method: The study was performed with one group in a pre-test/post-test design. The subjects were patients with metabolic syndrome in K city, Kyung-Nam. A total of 24 subjects were selected by convenience sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaires and measured values from March, 2009, to May, 2009. The Oriental Medicine Gigong Exercise program consists of 90-minute sessions three times a week over 12 weeks. Prior and post surveys were measured before and after experiment a treatment. The date were analyzed by SPSS/WIN 12.0 program with descriptive statistics, paired t-test, wilcoxon rank sums test. Results: The results were as follows : 1) In of physical strength, body fat %(p=0.014) was decreased significantly, 'agility'(p=0.004) & 'flexibility'(p=0.031) were increased significantly after program. 2) In blood function, systolic blood pressure (P=0.013), diastolic blood pressure (P=0.001) were decreased significantly, HDL (P=0.001) was increased significantly after program. Conclusions: The Oriental Medicine Gigong Exercise program improve their physical strength and blood function, therefore this program is strongly recommended for adult with metabolic syndrome in community.