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标题：Impact of swimming initiation on the physical fitness and mental health of elderly women
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作者：Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira ; Lucas Guilherme Muzolon ; Mateus Dias Antunes 等
期刊名称：Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1679-9291
电子版ISSN：1807-8648
出版年度：2019
卷号：41
页码：1-8
DOI：10.4025/actascihealthsci.v41i1.43221
出版社：Universidade Estadual de Maringá
摘要：This quasi-experimental study aimed to analyze the impact of swimming initiation on the physical fitness and mental health of 10 elderly women. It used the Senior Fitness Test, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-OLD. The program involved 12 weeks of swimming initiation lessons, twice a week. There was significant difference between pre- and post-test in ‘sit-to-stand’ (p = 0.005), ‘elbow flexion’ (p = 0.007), ‘walk 2.44 m and sit’ (p = .005), ‘walk 6 min.’ (p = 0.005), as well as in anxiety (p = 0.005), stress (p = 0.005), self-esteem (p = 0.007) and quality of life (p < 0.05). Swimming was effective in improving the physical fitness and mental health of the elderly women.
关键词：Motor activity; aging; gerontology; quality of life.