Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 91-100, May 2010

Effect of 16-week Kouk-Sun-Do exercise on physical fitness, emotional state, and immunoglobulin A in community-dwelling elders in Korea☆

  • Young Mi Lim, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Kangwon-do, 220-701, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +11 82 33 741 0386; fax: +11 82 33 743 9490.
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  • Gwi-Ryung Son Hong, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Hanyang University, College of Medicine

Received 14 August 2007; received in revised form 20 May 2008; accepted 26 May 2008. published online 16 January 2009.

Abstract 

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of 16-week Kouk-Sun-Do (KSD) exercise on physical fitness, emotional state, and immunoglobulin A (IgA) in community-dwelling elders in Korea. A total of 19 elders in the intervention group and 20 elders in the control group participated. The KSD exercise with low-intensity exercise was performed over a 45-minute session, three times a week for a 16-week period. The results show the effectiveness of KSD exercise on the physical fitness, emotional state, and IgA, and KSD can be identified as a feasible type of low-intensity exercise for elders. The findings suggest the need to determine clinical significance of KSD for patients in specific clinical settings; nurses with training in KSD can play a key role in implementing movement-based nursing interventions for specific health outcomes.

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☆ A part of this study was presented at Gerontological Society of America in 2002.

PII: S0897-1897(08)00051-7

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2008.05.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 91-100, May 2010

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