短期社區太極拳訓練班對初學者體適能與健康成效評估

Effect of Physical Fitness and Health in the Community Program of Short-term Tai Chi Chuan Training for New Learners

黃建勳(Chien-Hsun Huang) ； 洪壽宏(Shou-Hung Hung) ； 劉文俊(Wen-Jing Liu) ； 黃國晉(Kuo-Chin Huang) ； 邱泰源(Tai-Yuan Chiu) ； 陳慶餘(Ching-Yu Chen)

《台灣醫學》 11卷3期 (2007/05) Pp. 240-249

https://doi.org/10.6320/FJM.2007.11(3).02

摘要

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) on physical fitness and health in the community program of short-term TCC training for new practitioners. A total of 34 volunteers with average age of 46.3 years were recruited and completed the study. They participated in the training program of Jeng-Tzu TCC twice a week for two months. They performed the test of physical fitness and questionnaire before and after the program. After the training program, the results showed their flexibility (p＜0.001), sense of balance (p＜0.05) and muscle endurance (p＜0.05) became better than before. The mean body weight decreased 0.6kg (p＜0.05) and BMI decreased 0.2 kg/m^2 (p＜0.001), but there was no change in the composition of body fat. The index of cardiopulmonary function by step test was improved but no statistically significance. The systolic blood pressure (BP) dropped 8.3mmHg (p＜0.05) among the group of systolic BP＞120mmHg, but there was no significant change in diastolic BP among the group of diastolic BP＞80mmHg. The resting pulse rate decreased 6.1 beat per minute after training (p＜0.05). Because there was no limitation of facility, space or time to practice TCC, the majority of the practitioners regarded TCC as best exercise and preferred it to be the leisure activity in their daily life. They also considered TCC is a good improvement for their vitality, quality of life, health or rehabilitation. And it helped to release life pressure and to relieve the symptoms of fatigue, back pain, or insomnia. Most practitioners felt more interested in TCC and more satisfactory to their health after participating in the program.

關鍵字

太極拳 ； 體適能 ； 社區健康營造

並列摘要

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) on physical fitness and health in the community program of short-term TCC training for new practitioners. A total of 34 volunteers with average age of 46.3 years were recruited and completed the study. They participated in the training program of Jeng-Tzu TCC twice a week for two months. They performed the test of physical fitness and questionnaire before and after the program. After the training program, the results showed their flexibility (p＜0.001), sense of balance (p＜0.05) and muscle endurance (p＜0.05) became better than before. The mean body weight decreased 0.6kg (p＜0.05) and BMI decreased 0.2 kg/m^2 (p＜0.001), but there was no change in the composition of body fat. The index of cardiopulmonary function by step test was improved but no statistically significance. The systolic blood pressure (BP) dropped 8.3mmHg (p＜0.05) among the group of systolic BP＞120mmHg, but there was no significant change in diastolic BP among the group of diastolic BP＞80mmHg. The resting pulse rate decreased 6.1 beat per minute after training (p＜0.05). Because there was no limitation of facility, space or time to practice TCC, the majority of the practitioners regarded TCC as best exercise and preferred it to be the leisure activity in their daily life. They also considered TCC is a good improvement for their vitality, quality of life, health or rehabilitation. And it helped to release life pressure and to relieve the symptoms of fatigue, back pain, or insomnia. Most practitioners felt more interested in TCC and more satisfactory to their health after participating in the program.

並列關鍵字

Tai Chi Chuan ； physical fitness ； community health program