The Effects of Green Exercise Program Consisting of 12-week Aerobic and Resistance Exercises on Sleep Quality, Alexithymia, Anxiety and Depression in Elderly People
Elderly, Exercise
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Elderly focused on measuring elderly, exercise, Affective Symptoms, anxiety, depression
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- people aged over 65 years
- Be fit to participate in exercise program after the first cardiac examination by the physician
- Having a score above 24 in the Minimental Test
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having neuromuscular disease
- Serious medical condition (for example, advanced malignancy or major neurological, psychiatric or endocrine disease, respiratory failure, etc.)
- Having an orthopedic disease that interferes with walking
- Having a score below 24 in the Minimental Test
Sites / Locations
- Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Both aerobic and resistance exercises in the green exercise concept
Control group
Green exercise is a type of exercise done outdoors. It is an advantageous type of exercise in benefiting from sunlight and reducing anxiety. Participants in this group will be given aerobic and resistance exercises in the open air. For 20 participants who met the inclusion criteria, first 10 minutes of warm-up exercises, then 20 minutes of moderate-intensity (65% of heart rate) walking, followed by 15 minutes of low-intensity (50% of the maximum repetitions) resistance exercises will be trained in the presence of a physiotherapist. resistance exercises will be performed for shoulder flexors and abductors, elbow flexors and extensors, hip flexors and extensors, knee flexors and extensors, hip abductor muscle groups. At the end of each session, 5 minutes of stretching exercises will also be trained.
The exercise program will not be implemented. Evaluations will be made at the beginning and end of the study.