Aquatic exercise for improving immune function and mental stress in pre-frailty elderly women

Eunjae Leea Center for Sport Science in Incheon, Incheon sports council, Incheon, Republic of Korea;b Waseda Institute for Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan;c Institute for bio-health integration of medicine and Korean medicine, Nasaret International Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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Seung-Taek Limb Waseda Institute for Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan;c Institute for bio-health integration of medicine and Korean medicine, Nasaret International Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea;d Institute of Sport Science, Kangwon National University, Gangwon-do, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]

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Woo-Nam Kime College of Sport Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

ABSTRACT

We aimed to investigate the effect of aquatic exercise on immune response in pre-frailty elderly women. Forty pre-frailty elderly women were recruited from the Community Center. The 12-week supervised aquatic exercise program intervention consisted of 3 days per week. IgA, IgG, and IgM were significantly increased, and IgE was significantly decreased in the exercise group. Tension-anxiety, depression, and confusion were significantly decreased, and anger-hostility was significantly increased in the exercise group. This study indicates that an aquatic exercise is an effective lifestyle intervention strategy for improving immune function and mood state in pre-frailty elderly women.

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