Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to the experimental (five nursing homes,
n = 59) or the control (five nursing homes, n = 55) group based on the nursing homes where
they stayed. A 40-min Wheelchair-bound Senior Elastic Band exercise program was
implemented three times per week for six months for the experimental group participants.
The functional fitness (activities of daily living, lung capacity, body flexibilities, muscle
power and endurance) of the participants was examined at baseline, after three months,
and at the end of the six months study. The mixed-design, two-way analysis of variance
was used to detect the interaction effects, and one-way repeated measures analysis of
variance and analysis of covariance were performed to analyze the within-group and
between-group differences