Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 12 weeks aerobik dance exrcises on some physical – physiological parameters that were body weight, resting heart rate, blood pressure, flexibility, body fat percentage, aerobic – anaerobic power and Coronary Heart Disease risk factors that were Cholesterol, TG, HDL-C and LDL-C in middle aged females. Totally 30 females with 34.10 +4.28 years mean age participated in this study voluteerly. The sujects were divided into two groups as experiment (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. Experiment group participated in aerobic dance program with their 60 – 80 % target heart rate for 3 days per week during 12 weeks and each session continued 50 min. Control group did only their routine office work during 12 weeks. Pre and post tests of groups were done one week before and after training program. As statistical analysis of datas, comparison of pre and post test scores within groups and between the groups were done by paired t test for dependent and independent groups. At the end of the study, pre and post test scores of experiment group showed significant differences (p<0.01) especially although HDL-C level which was one of the CHD risk factor significantly increased and the other risk factors that were TG, Total-C and LDL-C levels sidnificantly decreased (P<0.01). Consequently, all these results indicated that aerobic dance might be an alternative way to improve functional capacity and cardiovascular fitness and to control levels of CHD risk factors.

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