Theses and Dissertations

Saira Talwar

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Pan, Zhujun

Committee Member

Chen, Chih-Chia

Committee Member

Lamberth, John

Committee Member

Agiovlasitis, Stamatis

Date of Degree

5-4-2018

Original embargo terms

MSU Only Indefinitely

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only

Major

Kinesiology (Exercise Physiology)

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Education

Department

Department of Kinesiology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Tai Chi exercise on motor skills in older adults residing in independent living. Twenty-eight self-ambulatory older adults (age: 77 8.92; male: N = 1, female: N = 27) with no serious or restrictive health conditions, MMSE score 21, or recent surgery, completed this study. Participants engaged in one-hour biweekly Tai Chi exercise or BINGO sessions for eight weeks. Fine and gross motor skills were tested at four time-points throughout the study. Repeated measures 2x4 [2(Tai Chi exercise x BINGO) x 4(Baseline x Intraintervention x Post x Retention)] RM ANOVA was used with alpha of 0.05. Significant differences noted in fine motor function tasks (nondominant > dominant hand), and for the 6MWT, suggesting that Tai Chi exercise or BINGO may help older adults to perform activities of daily living, maintain independency, and gain a better quality of life.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17701

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