10주간 산림운동이 노인의 혈중 멜라토닌 농도변화에 미치는 영향 = Effect of 10-Week Forest Exercise on Change of Melatonin Concentration in the Elderly

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 10-week forest exercise on change of blood melatonin concentration in the elderly. There were two group(n=14): forest exercise(n=7; 67.86±3.29 yrs) and indoor exercise(n=7; 67.29±3.20 yrs). They were tested on blood melatonin levels at the beginning and at the end of each exercise. While the forest exercise groups(walking + resistance exercise) worked for 60minutes with HRmax 60% level and 3 times/week, the field walking groups(only treadmill walking exercise) worked for 60minutes with HRmax 60% level and 3 times/week. For data analysis, mean and standard deviation scores were calculated,and 3way-ANOVA and t-tests were used. This study resulted in as follows.

1. There was significant increase in the melatonin concentration before/after the forest exercise for 10 weeks.

2. There was no difference in the melatonin concentration before/after the indoor exercise for 10 weeks.

3. While the forest exercise group showed the significant increase of melatonin concentration after 10-week forest exercise, but the indoor exercise group did not have any change of melatonin concentration after 10-week indoor exercise.

Therefore, the present findings suggest that the forest exercise as a walking and resistance exercise may be more effective than the indoor exercise as a treadmill walking exercise for increasing blood melatonin concentration in the elderly.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서 론 1
• 1. 연구의 필요성 1
• 2. 연구의 목적 4
• 3. 연구가설 4
• 4. 연구의 제한점 5
• 5. 용어의 정의 5
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 7
• 1. 노화와 노인의 생리적 특성 7
• 2. 산림치유 인자 및 효과 8
• 3. 걷기와 유산소성 운동 13
• 4. 저항성 근력운동 17
• 5. 멜라토닌 합성과 대사과정 18
• 6. 멜라토닌의 생리적 기능 및 역할 22
• 7. 선행연구 23
• Ⅲ. 연구 방법 29
• 1. 연구대상 29
• 2. 실험설계 29
• 3. 실험방법 31
• 4. 자료 처리 33
• Ⅳ. 연구결과 및 논의 34
• 1. 집단과 시기 그리고 운동강도에 따른 혈중 멜라토닌 농도 변화 34
• Ⅴ. 결론 38
• 참 고 문 헌 39
• Abstract 49