老年人长期练习太极拳与"年轻"的功能能力有关
Yan Ma1, Brian J Gow1,2, Rhayun Song3
1Osher Center for Integrative Health, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Aging cell
|October 31, 2023
概括
长期的太极拳 (TC) 练习显著提高了老年人的身体功能,这表明它对衰老有预防作用. 短期TC培训的影响最小,表明需要对其恢复性益处进行进一步研究.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 运动生理学 运动生理学
- 综合医学是一个整体的医学.
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的生理变化有助于老年人的功能衰退.
- 太极拳 (TC) 是一种心身运动,对身体功能有潜在的益处.
- 了解TC训练时间对身体功能的影响对于健康的衰老至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查长期和短期太极拳 (TC) 训练与健康老年人的身体功能之间的关联.
- 为了比较TC素的老年人,TC专家的老年人和年轻人的身体功能.
- 在一项随机对照试验中,评估TC训练对身体功能的短期影响.
主要方法:
- 在六个身体功能测试中,TC先的老年人,TC专家的老年人和年轻人的截面比较.
- 一项为期6个月的随机纵向试验,将TC组与常规护理对照组进行比较.
- 评估身体功能,包括单腿姿势,握力,定时上下,步行速度,功能范围和垂直跳跃.
主要成果:
- 经过TC专家的老年人表现出明显更好的身体功能,比不经过TC的老年人更好,并且与年轻人相比.
- 长期的TC训练与更高的身体功能有关,这表明它对衰老有预防作用.
- 短期的TC训练 (6个月) 给身体功能带来了小的,不显著的改善.
结论:
- 长期的太极拳练习与老年人的身体功能保持有关,可能减轻与年龄相关的衰退.
- 短期太极拳训练的修复作用需要通过强大的临床试验进行进一步的研究.
- 太极拳显示出作为促进健康衰老和维持身体功能的一种干预措施的承诺.
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