The purpose of this study was to examine the age-related changes of physical fitness in the elderly people living at the rural community and to use for exercise prescription data. The criteria index for health physical fitness was developed by 30 percentile for absolute evaluation about physical fitness level and the criteria index for relative evaluation was developed in five groups(5-aged interval from 65 and over 90). One thousand hundred ninety three elderly(858 woman, 335 man) was participated in senior fitness test(SFT) consisted of 7 test items(upper and lower muscle endurance, flexibility, agility, balance, vascular endurance). The result showed that the criteria index of age-related physical fitness level was suitable for elderly women but not in flexibility(chair sit and reach test) and agility(2.54m up and go test) for elderly man. There was no distinction in balance test(one leg stance with closed eye) in all groups. SFT has to examined in whole country elderly to development of the criteria index for physical fitness evaluation in next study.
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Ⅰ. 서론 1. 연구의 필요성 Ⅱ. 연구방법 1. 연구대상 2. 측정항목 및 방법 3. 측정도구 4. 자료처리 방법 Ⅲ. 결과 1. 성 및 연령별 체력요인의 차이 2. 연령과 체력요인 간 상관 3. 체력요인별 평가기준치 4. 성 및 연령별 건강체력 기준치 Ⅳ. 논의 Ⅴ. 결론 및 제언 참고문헌 ABSTRACT