The purpose of this study was to determine if a 5-month
progressive-resistance exercise program would affect measures
of activities of daily living (ADLs) and functional stability
in elderly women. All subjects were ambulatory women, 80 to
93 years old, who lived in assisted-care facilities. Eight
exercise and 7 control subjects completed the 5-month study.
Exercise subjects participated 3 times weekly in progressive
resistance of the lower extremities and upper extremities.
ADLs were assessed by the Barthel Index, and functional
stability was assessed by timed measures of rising from a
chair, walking, and standing, feet together, with eyes open
and eyes closed. All subjects were tested at 0, 10, and 20
weeks. Using repeated measures analysis of variance,
significant differences were seen only in an overall Group
effect (p<.0005). The Eyes Open stance (p=.02) and Walk
(p=.01) measures contributed most to this effect. The lack
of significance in other analyses may have resulted from low
sample size, high variation of scores, initial group
differences, or perhaps an ineffective treatment program. / Graduation date: 1997
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34203 |
| Date | 16 September 1996 |
| Creators | DeVries, Christine L. |
| Contributors | McCubbin, Jeffrey A. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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