댄스스포츠 프로그램이 중년여성의 비만관련 인자, 항 노화호르몬, 및 체력에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dance sports program on the obese related factors, anti aging hormone, and physical fitness in middle aged women. 10 healthy middle female adults were participated in this study. They performed dance sports program for 12 weeks. weight, percent body fat, waist-hip-ratio, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, leptin, DHEA-s, and estrogen were measured before treatment, after 12 weeks of the program treatment. back strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, agility, and power were assessed. paired t-test was used to examine the statistical significance using SPSS 12.0 windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ilinois). There were significant differences on weight, percent body fat, waist-hip-ratio, flexibility, HDL-cholesterol, leptin for 12 weeks program period (p<.05), but there were no significant differences on back strength, muscular endurance, agility, power, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, DHEA-s, and estrogen. In conclusion, dance sports program for 12 weeks may be partly affected on obese related factors, physical fitness, lipid lipoprotein cholesterol in middle aged female adults.