Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of long-term exercise on the health-related physical fitness, cognitive function, and ego-resilience of elderly women. Methods: Twenty-four elderly women at a welfare center were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=12) or the control group (n=12). The experimental group performed a 24-week program of combined exercise (aerobic and anaerobic) comprising two 90-min sessions per week. The control group performed no exercise. The mean of each dependent variable for each group was measured at the start (pre-test), midpoint (intermediate-test, 12 weeks), and end (post-test, 24 weeks) of the experimental program and the results were compared with two-way ANOVA repeated measure. Results: Body fat, flexibility, upper body strength, balance, and cardiorespiratory endurance of the experimental group showed a significant difference between pre- and post-tests. There was no significant difference in any of the factors except the lower muscle strength (p<.05). In the two sub-variables of cognitive function, namely short-term memory and the number of correct responses, the experimental group, but not the control group, showed a significant difference between pre- and post-tests (p<.001). In ego-resilience, the experimental group showed a significant difference between pre- and post-tests, and between intermediate- and post-tests (p<.001), but no significant difference was found in the control group. Conclusion: It was concluded that long-term combined exercise is effective for improving health fitness, cognitive function, and ego-resilience in elderly women.

INTRODUCTION
 METHOD
  Subjects
  Measure
  Procedure
  Data Analysis
 RESULTS
  Effect of combined exercise on health fitness
  Effect of combined exercise on cognitive function
  Effect of combined exercise on ego-resilience
 DISCUSSION
 REFERENCES

• Kenyoung Song(Yeungnam University)
• Hosang Yoo(Yeungnam University) Corresponding author