Participants
A quasi-experimental study with pre/post-test designs was conducted.
From 51 aged womens who referred to the sports councelling center in
Qzvin, Iran, only 42 were eligible to the inclusion criteria. After this
selection, 6 women dropped out from the study. The inclusion criteria
were: The age range of 60-70 years, the incidence of sleep disorders
(scores above 11 in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale), without sleep
apnea, not smoking, and no taking hypnotic drugs. The exclusion criteria
were: taking drugs during the study, absence from exercise protocols in
the study.
The present study was conducted according to the Ethical Committee of
Imam Khomeini International University (Ref no.17628) and a consent form
was signed by all participants prior to the beginning of the
experimentation.