한국 무용 동작을 응용한 스텝 운동이 노인 건강생활에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Korea traditional dance-based step exercise on fall efficacy and balance confidence in the elderly. The subjects were 38 elderly women, who random assigned in one of Korea traditional dance-based stepping(23) and control group(15). The participants of intervention programs did exercise 20-30 minute per day, 2-3 trials per a week, during 9 weeks. They responded to Fall Efficacy Scale(FES) and Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale(ABC) before and after completing exercise intervention. Collected data were analyzed using 2-way ANOVA with repeated measure on the test and Pearson correlations through SPSS 17.0 version. The results were as follows. First, the post-test score of fall efficacy had higher than pre-test score in the group of Korea traditional dance-based stepping. However, the score of pre-test was similar to that of post-test in the control group. Second, the post-test score of balance confidence had higher than pre-test score in the exercise intervention group of Korea traditional dance-based stepping. But, the score of pre-test was similar to that of post-test in the control group. Finally, there was significant positive correlations between fall efficacy and balance confidence. Especially, correlations coefficient of post-test had lower than that of pre-test in the intervention group. On the other hand, correlations coefficient of pre-test and post-test was relatively stable in the control group. In Total, these results means that Korea traditional dance-based step exercise is a effective intervention program in terms of enhancing fall efficacy and balance confidence in the elderly.