In presence of the Dean, professor Dr. Sabah Qasem and the dean’s assistant for scientific affairs professor Dr. Mohammed Abdul Hussein, the discussion of the master student Maymoona Qasem Muhdi was held on Sunday 11/6/2023 under the supervision of Professor Dr. Usama Ahmed Hussein. The thesis entitled “The Effect of Varied Training Program Of Health – Related Physical Fitness In Women Aged (55 – 65) Years Old” aimed at designing a training program for developing health – related physical fitness for healthy women aged 55 – 65 years old as well as identifying the differences between pre and posttests for both controlling and experimental groups in fitness components. In addition to that, the research aimed at identifying the differences between groups in posttests in favor of posttests in health – related physical fitness components in healthy senior women aged 55 – 65 years old. The researcher used the experimental method on (14) healthy physical active senior women aged (55 – 65) years old who regularly train in the gym of the Iraqi Hunting Club. The training program consisted of three training sessions per week making a total of 24training sessions applied for (8) weeks with low and moderate intensity (10 – 13) points. The data was collected and treated using SPSS to conclude that the training program lead to significant improvement in balance in senior women aged 55 – 65 years old and reduced the risks of future fall injuries as well as using Motion Guidance ® for external attention orientation developed balance in senior women. The results also showed that developing lower extremities increase motor performance stability and the control over daily movement. Finally the researcher recommended the necessity of spreading physical activity awareness in seniors to reduce the risk of chronic diseases as well as using resistance training along with physical fitness programs. In addition to that, the researcher recommended increasing weekly training sessions to all days of the week to achieve better results and making similar studies on active and inactive seniors as well as other age groups.
The discussion panel consisted of Prof. Dr. Wassan Said Resheed as chairwoman prof. Dr. Mahir Abdul Latif Araf and Asst. Prof. Dr. Wafaa Sabah Mohammed as members and Prof. Dr. Usama Ahmed Hussein as supervisor.
