Lack of physical activity and increase risk of degenerative disease have become problems among traffic police officers. Demanding schedule and exposure of air pollutants are daily life cycle trough the years. A delightful line dance class has been organized in traffic police quarter. The officers were asked to join the course with their spouse to increase participation. Most of total 70 traffic police officers in Palembang were interested to join the class, but class only received 40 officers with their spouse due to limited room. Line dance training packet was transpired for 2 months, 3 times a week, and 45 minutes for each session. The class was opened flexible adjusted shift schedule. The couple could choose 1 of 2 time options in each their schedule day in the morning or afternoon. There are 37 officers aged 35-48 years old complete their class properly and participated in physical fitness test before and after the course. In 2 months, line dance training could significantly improve physical fitness capacity among officers. The VO2max increase from 33.6±2.1 to 36.3±2.2 ml/kg/min (p<0.001), BMI decrease from 26.7±2.8 to 26.5±2.7 (p=0.01), sit and reach flexibility test improve from 42.4±4.7 to 43.5±4.5 cm (p<0.001) and relative muscle strength increase from 4.7±0.9 to 4.9±9.8 (p<0.001). The training also improves resting mean arterial pressure from 106.2±9.7 to 102±8.8 mmHg (p<0.001). A delightful line dance could improve physical activity and physical fitness among traffic police officers. Training with their spouse could increase their participation.
37th Congress of IUPS (Birmingham, UK) (2013) Proc 37th IUPS, PCC252
Poster Communications: Line dance class with their spouse increase participation on exercise and Improve physical fitness and health status among Palembang’s traffic police officers
Y. Fediani1, S. Andriyani1, M. Irfannuddin1
1. Biomedical Science, University of Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
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