Examination Of The Impact Of Zeybek Dances On Elderly People In Terms Of Their Falling Efficiency and Mobility
Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of 12-week zeybek dance on the falling activities and mobility of the elderly. A total of 20 elderly individuals, 10 in the experimental group and 10 in the control group, living in the nursing home of Edirne Governorship, participated in the research group voluntarily. From the measurements of experimental and control group pre-test and post-test physical measurements, fall efficiency and mobility are taken respectively. In comparison of scores between (control-experiment) Mann Whitney U test; Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare the pre-test and post-test scores within the group. Rosenthal's r statistics were used to calculate the effect size. A statistically significant positive difference was found between pre-test and post-test scores (p<0.05). According to the results of the research, statistically significant differences were found in the mobility and fall efficiency variables of the elderly individuals who participated in the 12-week Zeybek dance practices (p<0.05). Zeybek practices have shown that it significantly reduces fear of falling and affects mobility positively. It was concluded that the effect of physical inactivity on the anxiety of falling is high in the elderly. (r > 0.50).
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