Effects of Thai Dance Meditation Exercise on Renal and Cerebrovascular Function in Elderly With Diabetic Kidney Disease

Thai dance meditation training program will be based on aerobic Thai dance exercise combined with Buddhist meditation. The participants will perform aerobic Thai dance meditation while concentrated on hand movements through counting the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 on the 1st round and continuing on the 2nd round, counting as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2…. Repeat for 8 rounds. Thai dance meditation will be conducted at mild to moderate intensity (40-60% heart rate reserve) and in phase 2 (week 7-12), the training intensity will be increased to moderate intensity (50-60% heart rate reserve). In both phases the training will be performed foe 50 minutes, 3 times per week.

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