The Effects of Tai Chi Exercise Program on Vascular Compliance and Inflammatory Factors for Elderly Women

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Tai Chi exercise program on vascular compliance and inflammatory factors for elderly women. Twenty four elders(women=24) participants in Tai Chi exercise program for 12 weeks. They were training for 60 minutes a day and 3 times per week. Statistical Data was processed by SPSS(Windows Version 12.0) using descriptive statistics regarding the physical characteristics of subjects as well as each variables(vascular compliance, inflammatory factors). The difference of within and between in two group was analyzed repeated measures ANOVA, significant level was set a=.05. The results were as follows: Vascular compliance, there was significant difference according to the measurement, Inflammatory, there was significant difference according to the measurement. From the results, we findings suggest that elderly women could improve their vascular compliance and inflammatory factors through Tai Chi exercise program.