BALANCE IMPROVING IN FEMALE SENIORS 65+ AFTER COMPLETING SHORT TERM INTERVENTION PROGRAM BASED ON YOGA EXERCISES

  • M. Krejci College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8170-4178 krejci@palestra.cz
  • E. Bendikova Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-056X elena.bendikova@umb.sk
  • M. Hill Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1705-0835 mhill@endo.cz
  • J. Kajzar College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic kajzar@palestra.cz
  • D. Jandova College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic Dobroslava.Jandova@seznam.cz
  • V. Hosek College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic hosek@palestra.cz
Keywords: balance changes, falls prevention, female seniors, yoga in daily life

Abstract

Aim. The study is aimed to analyze the interplay among the static, dynamic and overall physical balance score with anthropometric determinants and psychosocial indices in relation to effects of the yoga intervention. Materials and Methods. The participants comprised 266 female seniors in age 65+ (mean: 76.9 SD ± 7.23), divided in experimental and control groups, participating voluntarily in the research procedure. For data collection diagnostic methods “Medical anamnesis”, “Tinetti Balance Assessment Tool”, “Health Survey SF-36” were applied. For statistics multivariate regression with reduction of dimensionality and orthogonal projection to latent structure and repeated ANOVA were used. Results. Before intervention the correlation analysis
“Orthogonal projections to latent structures” proved that anthropometric predictors had a significantly positive impact on balance abilities in monitored female seniors, p < 0.01: Body height, Body weight, Length of the tibia; Length of the femur, Length of the ulna radialis, Girth of chest across mesosternale, Girth of the knee, Girth of the wrist. After the intervention significant improvement in static, dynamic and overall balance score in the experimental group was found. Conclusions. Optimal musculoskeletal robustness represents a positive predictor for the static, dynamic and overall balance. Completion of the yoga four-week intervention had significantly positively influence the results of the static, dynamic and overall balance in female seniors.

Author Biographies

M. Krejci , College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic

Professor, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, PhD (Kinanthropology), Professor, Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Palestra, st. Slovatsikova, 400/1, Prague

E. Bendikova , Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic

Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Matej Bel University. St. Tajovskogo, 40, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic

M. Hill , Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Researcher, Lecturer in Biomedicine. Institute of Endocrinology. St. Narodni 8, Prague, Czech Republic

J. Kajzar , College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic

Lecturer, Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Palestra. St. Slovatsikova, 400/1, Prague

D. Jandova , College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Palestra, st. Slovatsikova, 400/1, Prague, Czech Republic

V. Hosek , College of Physical Education and Sport Palestra, Prague, Czech Republic

PhD (kinanthropology), professor, Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Palestra, st. Slovatsikova, 400/1, Prague

References

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Published
2021-02-04
How to Cite
Krejci, M., Bendikova, E., Hill, M., Kajzar, J., Jandova, D., & Hosek, V. (2021). BALANCE IMPROVING IN FEMALE SENIORS 65+ AFTER COMPLETING SHORT TERM INTERVENTION PROGRAM BASED ON YOGA EXERCISES. Human. Sport. Medicine, 20(4), 78-86. https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm200409
Section
Physiology