太極拳運動對老年人生物能量與心臟自律神經活動狀態之影響

The Effects of Tai-Chi Exercise on Bioenergy and Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Level of the Elderly

廖承慶(Cheng-Ching Liao) ； 黃新作(Shin-Tho Huang)

《國立體育學院論叢》 15卷2期 (2005/04) Pp. 79-89

https://doi.org/10.6591/JPES.2005.04.08

摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Tai-Chi exercise on bioenergy and cardiac autonomic nervous level of the elderly. 20 male elders (10 were regular Tai-Chi exercise elders, mean age 65.5 yrs and 10 were sedentary life-style elders, mean age 65.6 yrs) were recruited as subjects. Meridian Energy Analysis Device and Polar Vantage NV Heart Rate Recorder were used to measure the resting bioenergy of 12 meridians and cardiac R-R intervals duration. Independent t-test was used to analyze the data, and the significant level was set at 0.05. Results showed that: 1. Regular Tai-Chi exercise elders had significant higher bioenergy than sedentary life-style elders, especially in the heart meridian and lung meridian (p＜.001); 2. Regular Tai-Chi exercise elders had significant higher level of cardiac parasympathetic nervous activities (p＜.05) and significant lower level of cardiac sympathetic nervous activities (p＜.05) than sedentary life-style elders. The conclusion of this study was Tai-Chi exercise has positive effects on improving bioenergy and decreasing cardiac physiological loading of the elderly. Therefore, if the elders could participate in Tai-Chi exercise regularly, it would be beneficial for them to improve or maintain bioenergy and cardiac autonomic nervous functions.

關鍵字

太極拳運動 ； 老年人 ； 經絡 ； 生物能量 ； 心臟自律神經

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Tai-Chi exercise on bioenergy and cardiac autonomic nervous level of the elderly. 20 male elders (10 were regular Tai-Chi exercise elders, mean age 65.5 yrs and 10 were sedentary life-style elders, mean age 65.6 yrs) were recruited as subjects. Meridian Energy Analysis Device and Polar Vantage NV Heart Rate Recorder were used to measure the resting bioenergy of 12 meridians and cardiac R-R intervals duration. Independent t-test was used to analyze the data, and the significant level was set at 0.05. Results showed that: 1. Regular Tai-Chi exercise elders had significant higher bioenergy than sedentary life-style elders, especially in the heart meridian and lung meridian (p＜.001); 2. Regular Tai-Chi exercise elders had significant higher level of cardiac parasympathetic nervous activities (p＜.05) and significant lower level of cardiac sympathetic nervous activities (p＜.05) than sedentary life-style elders. The conclusion of this study was Tai-Chi exercise has positive effects on improving bioenergy and decreasing cardiac physiological loading of the elderly. Therefore, if the elders could participate in Tai-Chi exercise regularly, it would be beneficial for them to improve or maintain bioenergy and cardiac autonomic nervous functions.

並列關鍵字

Tai-Chi Exercise ； elderly ； meridian ； bioenergy ； Cardiac Autonomi Nervous

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