ผลของการฝึกมิราเคิลไทซิประยุกต์ที่มีต่อสุขสมรรถนะและไขมันในเลือดในหญิงสูงอายุ / ฉัตรดาว อนุกูลประชา = Effects of modified Miracle Tai Chi training on health-related physical fitness and lipid profile level in the elderly women / Chatdao Anugoolpracha
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Modified miracle tai chi training on health-related physical fitness and lipid profile level in the elderly women. Forty elderly women (age 60-69 yrs) were randomized into three groups: control (CON; n=12), Tai chi (TC; n=15) and Modified miracle tai chi (MTC; n=13) groups. Both exercise programs were set at 60 minutes per session, 3 times per week for 12 weeks. Pre and post test including health-related physical fitness and lipid profile level of all participants were tested and recorded. The differences of various parameters between pre- and post-test were analyzed by paired t-test. One-way analyses of variance, followed by scheffe’s multiple comparison were used to determine the significant differences among groups of subjects at the statistical level of .05. The results showed that after 12 weeks, vital capacity and static balance on smooth floor of TC group were significantly increased (p<.05) than those of pre-test. MTC group had significant decreased (p<.05) in percentage of body fat while muscle mass, the triceps, quadriceps and hamstrings strength, static balance on flexible floor, FEV1 and VO2max of MTC group were significantly increased (p<.05) than those of pre-test. In addition, comparing to the CON and AD groups, VO2max were significantly higher (p<.05) in the SAR group. High density lipoprotein were significantly declined (p<.05) in the MTC group but this was not observed in the CON and TC group. In conclusion, Modified miracle tai chi had more favorable effects on improving health-related physical fitness in the elderly than traditional tai chi. Therefore, Modified miracle tai chi could be the alternative exercise program for promoting healthy aging.