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This dissertation deals with physical activity of senior women and its importance in health prevention. Current knowledge in the areas of gerontology, exercise physiology and kinanthropology was summarized in the theoretical part. For experimental part of the work, questionnaires were compiled and group and individual exercise programs were created and applied on a set of senior women. The objective of the dissertation was to assess the influence of these programs on civilization diseases risk factors and on some indicators of quality of life. Our study population was formed by healthy senior women recruited from the programs of senior university education in Hradec Králové. The study population was further divided into an experimental group which completed a group exercise program (G1; 18 subjects, 63±3 yrs), an experimental group which completed an individual exercise program according to our instructions (G2; 14 subjects, 65±5 yrs) and a control group without an exercise program (G3; 19 subjects, 69±4 yrs). Exercise programs were applied for 10 months, 2 hours/week and contained remedial exercises, strengthening activities, balance and relaxation exercises and walking. The variables examined included body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), resting heart rate, total... |
