J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2007 Mar;18(1):79-89.

The Effect of a Physical Exercise Program Using Elastic Bands in the Attitude of Physical Exercise and the Degree of Joint Pain

• Kim SJ
• Jeong GH
• Yang SO

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a physical exercise program using elastic bands in rural area women. METHOD: This study adopted a pre-post test design. The subjects were 89 rural area women who were selected from four community health care centers. The physical exercise program was executed 30 times for 10 weeks (3 times a week) from August 23 to October 31, 2003.
RESULTS
There was a significant difference in the attitude of physical exercise (t=-5.517, p=.000). In the degree of joint pain, there were significant differences in the flextion and extension of the shoulder joint (t=2.557, p=.020; t=5.625, p=.000), and there was a significant difference in the flextion of the knee joint (t=4.747, 0=.000) but there was no significant difference in the extension of the knee joint (t=1.795, p=.083).
CONCLUSION
Physical exercise programs need to be implemented and spread continuously.

Keyword

Exercise; Attitude; Joint Pain

MeSH Terms

Arthralgia*
Community Health Services
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Exercise*
Female
Humans
Knee Joint
Shoulder Joint