title: Effect of 16-week Kouk-Sun-Do exercise on physical fitness, emotional state, and immunoglobulin A in community-dwelling elders in Korea.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Kangwon-do, 220-701, South Korea. youngmi@yonsei.ac.kr <youngmi@yonsei.ac.kr>
authors.forename: Young Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Gwi-Ryung Son
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003863:Depression / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004644:Emotions; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D055670:Medicine, Korean Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A