جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « elderly woman » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

The research objective was the compairson distress tolerance, strategies for coping with stress, spiritual intelligence and happiness among elderly woman and men in Ahvaz city. The sample consisted of 380 subjects (190 woman and 190 men), which were selected by cluster random sampling. For data collecting four questionnaire were used: Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS), the questionnaire of coping inventory with stressful situations (CISS-21), Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and Integrated Spiritual Intelligence Scale) ISIS(. The research was of causal-comparative king and data analysis by multi-parameter variance method(MANOVA) in significant on P value less then 0/001 ( p

Different factors such as decrease in physical activity led to decrease in balance and flexibility of various muscles in older adults. However, having good balance and flexibility as a health-related fitness factors in the elderly is particularly important.
This research was semi-experimental and its statistical population was 60-70 years old inactive elderly women who spent their free time at parks, cultural centers and other recreational places in Hamedan. The research’s samples included 30 elderly women who were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. Control group (15 individuals) performed their daily activities, and experimental group performed 45 minutes aerobic exercise with moderate-intensity, such as jogging or walking with exercise intensity of 60% of maximum heart rate for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week. To measure static balance, Sharpand Romberg test was used, and to measure dynamic balance, balance beam with 4.5 meter length 10 cm width and 10 cm height was used. To measure flexibility, the flexibility ducts was used. To compare pre-test and post-test of dependent variables, paired t-test was used and to compare post-test between two groups, independent t-test was used.
The findings showed that in experimental group that performed 6 weeks of aerobic exercise such as walking or running with exercise intensity of 60% of maximum heart rate, there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test in static balance (p=0.001), dynamic balance (p=0.000) and flexibility (p=0.000).However this difference for three variables in control group was not significant (p>0.05).
It can be concluded that elderly women can improve their balance and flexibility with walking or jogging.

Objectives Postural control is the act of maintaining and restoring a better state of balance and proper biomechanics structure in limbs and different parts of the body. Such proper structure exists in two forms namely static and dynamic. Fatigue is one of the factors that affect the postural control and body stability. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of hip abductor muscle fatigue on the static and dynamic balance in elderly women.
Methods & Materials The participants of this study included 25 elderly and healthy women without any disability (60.24±8.5 years old, weight: 60.58±9.54 kg, height: 153.42±7.65cm). In the first session, the participants underwent static and dynamic balance tests in the normal condition (without fatigue). In the second session, at first, they participated in the hip abductor muscle fatigue protocol followed by static and dynamic balance tests. In addition, t-test was used to compare the results before and after the fatigue.
Results The results indicated that the hip abductor muscle fatigue protocol led to a significant reduction in test scores of balance tests, which included static and dynamic balance. Also, a significant difference was observed between static and dynamic balance before and after fatigue. Overall, the measure of the effect of fatigue protocol was notable in both the tests (PConclusion Reduction in the scores of static and dynamic balance tests showed that the hip abductor muscle fatigue caused an increase in the amount of damage and length of disability in elderly women.

One of the main causes of death in the elderly is related to the injuries from falls during walking. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of 6 weeks of balance training on kinematic compatibility of hips, knees, and ankles joints during walking in elderly women.
In the current semi-experimental study, 20 elderly women with the age range of 60-75 (67.72± 4.48 ages) were selected based on convenience sampling procedure to participate in the present study. The participants were randomly divided into control and experiment groups. Participants in each group took a walking test in a pre-test session followed by a post-test after 6 weeks .Participants in the experimental group performed the balance training systematically for 3 sessions in a week. Overall, they were trained for 18 sessions of balance training (including various modes of standing and walking) based on the decided protocol. Making use of motion analysis system, Kinematic features of the walking such as range of motion of hip, knee and ankle joints were collected and analyzed using the Cortex software. Repetitive ANOVA (2 × 2) was run for the purpose of data analysis.
The results of the present study showed significant improvement in range of motion of hip joint (p=0.03) in elderly women of the experiment group compared with that in the control group. Although the variables range of motion of knee (p=0.12) and ankle (p=0.28) joints increased in the experiment group, these increases were not significant in comparison with that in the control group.
The results revealed that kinematic compatibility of hip joint in older women is affected by 6 weeks of balance training. Therefore, it can be suggested that this balance training intervention could be an effective approach to ameliorate the risk factors for falls and to promote safer locomotion in elderly community-dwelling women.

Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease that affects the skeletal system especially in older people. In elderly population، reduction in bone mineral density (osteoporosis) is often associated with a reduced health-related Quality of Life. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of a selected exercises program on quality of life in elderly women with osteoporosis. Twenty- seven women with osteoporosis (Mean age ± SD، 58 ± 6 years) who were referred to Isfahan osteoporosis diagnostic center divided into two groups: intervention (n = 14) and control (n = 13) groups. The experimental group received the following intervention: balance، strength training and range of motion exercises for 8- weeks (three sessions per week). Control group did not receive any intervention. Quality of life was measured using the QUALEFFO-41 questionnaire just before and after exercise program. Independent and paired sample t-test were used to analyze the data. In experimental group، a significant difference (P < 0/05) was observed before and after exercise program in pain (30/7 ± 17 vs. 15/4 ± 11)، mobility (23/1 ± 8 vs. 17/6 ± 7)، social activities (27/9 ± 13 vs. 20/16 ± 8)، general health perception (51/2 ± 21 vs. 35/1 ± 16)، mental function (20/8 ± 6 vs. 15/1 ± 5). There is no significant difference (P > 0/05) in household activities and ADLs. Also، no significant difference was observed in control group (P > 0/05). Although، in pre test، the observed difference was not statically significant between control and experimental groups (P > 0/05)، but significant difference was found in post test (P < 0/05). It seems that an exercise program could improve health-related quality of life in elderly women with osteoporosis، therefore this exercise program can be considered as an appropriate treatment regimen for such patients.