Aquatic exercise for improving immune function and mental stress in pre-frailty elderly women.

We aimed to investigate the effect of aquatic exercise on immune response in pre-frailty elderly women. Forty pre-frailty elderly women were recruited from the Community Center. The 12-week supervised aquatic exercise program intervention consisted of 3 days per week.

The effects of the elastin polymorphisms on carotid intima-media thickness in women aged 30 - 70.

Purpose: Elastin is one of the major determinants of arterial distensibility of large blood vessels that forms the principal component of elastic fibers from the media of arteries. However, the association between elastin(ELN) genotype and vascular function is still unclear.

Methods: 120women were recruited from the Saha-gu (Busan, Korea) Community Center.

The COL5A1 genotype is associated with range of motion.

Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate the association between COL5A1 genotype and Range of Motion as measured by the passive straight leg raise (SLR) and whole body join laxity (WBJL) in Asian population.

Methods: One hundred and seventy seven participants including Korean and Japanese college students (male = 109, female = 68) participated in the study. Each subject performed the passive straight leg raise and whole body join laxity test.