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초록

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of virtual reality exercise (VRE) using Nintendo Wii-Fit on physical fitness of Korean adults with schizophrenia living in a mental health facility located in South Korea. Two male participants diagnosed with schizophrenia, ages 53 and 61, were recruited and selected for inclusion in this study. The intervention using the Nintendo Wii-Fit consisted of 35-min ses-sions, 3 times per week for 8 weeks and was facilitated by the primary researcher and two graduate students. The senior fitness test and 10-m walking test were used to measure the physical functioning, specifical-ly, physical fitness and mobility, of the participants. The study was divid-ed into three phases using an A-B-A single-subject design and involved multiple repeated measures of functional physical fitness. Both partici-pants were evaluated each week for the duration of 18 weeks. Both participants exhibited measureable improvement in some of the physi-cal fitness measures, but not in the mobility. These results thus provide preliminary evidence to support the use of VRE to improve physical function for Korean adults with schizophrenia as an alternative exercise regimen to the conventional exercise.

목차

Abstract
 INTRODUCTION
  Benefits of exercise
  Virtual reality, ecological task analysis, and affordance
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
  Participants
  Setting
  Research design
  Dependent variables and assessment instruments
  Data collection procedures
  Data analysis
 RESULTS
  Physical fitness
 DISCUSSION
 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 REFERENCES

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저자

• Garam Jo [ Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Brenda Rossow-Kimball [ Faculty of Kinesiology and Heath Studies, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada ]
• Gwitaek Park [ Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Yongho Lee [ Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea ] Corresponding author

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  JER [Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation]

• 간기

  격월간

• pISSN

  2288-176X

• eISSN

  2288-1778

• 수록기간

  2013~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613