| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 高齡者教育研究所 === 102 === The purpose of this study aimed to explore the effects of the participation in sport and recreation for the elderly’s health promotion. The three main points of this study included: 1. understanding the health benefits by active participation in sport and recreation for the elderly; 2. to explore the behavior of the participation in sport and recreation; 3. to explore the learning ways and perceptions to participate in sport and recreation.
The method of this study was used by qualitative approach. The subject was recruited by seven elder persons who over 65 years old and conducted in-depth interviews for this study. After analyzing related dictation and documents and the results were as following:
1. The health benefits: a. through the regular health examination could prevent the disease, b. participating multiple exercise could promote the health, c. chronic disease was under control, d. having highly pleasant mood for the elderly, e. doing exercise could promote sound spirit ;
2. The behavior of participating sport and recreation: a. promoting health condition by changing exercise behavior, b. the reasons of involving sport and recreation, c. bring the benefits of health by making the habit of exercise, d. changing the lifestyle in order to control chronic disease and bodyweight;
3. To explore the learning ways and perception to participate in sport and recreation: a. to get more correct exercise information for the elderly, b. through the more exercise practice to get motor skill; c. to get more health by the experiences of motor learning, d. more motor skill could enhance the range motion and flexibility.
Keywords: recreational sports, the elderly, health promotion, recreational sports
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