earticle

영어

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of running exercise training and walking exercise training for 12weeks on serotonin and cortisol of elderly Women. Subjects of this experiment were selected 21 elderly womens and they were assigned into two groups. One group was composed of 7 who participated in a running exercise, and the other group was composed of 7 who participated in a walking exercise. Both groups were measured factors before and after training; Running exercise program was composed of warm up(10min), running exercise(20min), and cool down(10min) performed 3 times per week. Walking exercise program was composed of warm up(10min), walking exercise(50min), and cool down(10min) performed 3 times per week. As a result, running exercise group was significantly increased in serotonin and significantly decreased in cortisol (p<.05). Also, walking exercise group was increased in serotonin and significantly decreased in cortisol (p<.05). In conclusion, these finding suggested that the running exercise and walking exercise were effective in decreasing symptom of depresson and stress.