Physiopsychological Effects of Qigong Regimen Exercise on Adults --An Inquiry into the Dimensions of Ryodoraku Bio-energy, Electroencephalogram Cardiac Automatic Nervous System and Health Self-Cognition

• Main Authors: Chien-Min Cheng, 鄭建民
• Other Authors: Si-Chen Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66913935520262204221

博士 === 國立體育大學 === 體育研究所 === 97 === Physiopsychological Effects of Qigong Regimen Exercise on Adults --An Inquiry into the Dimensions of Ryodoraku Bio-energy, Electroencephalogram Cardiac Automatic Nervous System and Health Self-Cognition ABSTRACT This research aimed to investigate the effects of Shiang Kung practicing on adult's physiopsychological condition. The subjects consisted of 70 adults, 25 males and 45 females, who had a mean age of 60.56± 10.23 years old, a mean height of 160.60± 5.26 cm, a mean weight of 62.91± 7.76 kg, and a mean body mass index (BMI) of 24.35± 2.40, and they maintained an average weekly activity content of 6407 steps. The subjects were divided into three groups based on the duration of practicing: The experienced practitioners group (the LT, n = 19), the beginning practitioners group (the ST, n = 25), and the control group (the CTL, n = 26). The three groups statistically differed from each other only in the physiological factor of age, with the LT (70.95± 6.96 yrs) outnumbered those of the ST (56.72±9.81 yrs) and the CTL (56.65±12.53 yrs), p <. 05. They did not significantly differ in height, weight, BMI, and the mean activity content per week. All subjects were measured with their Ryodoraku bio-energy, brain wave, and R-R Interval measurement and were asked to fill in a Health Self-cognition Questionnaire before and after the experiment. Ryodoraku bio-energy, device developed out of Yoshio Nakatani’s theory, examined 24 representational points on hands and feet of an individual in a sitting position. The measurement of brain wave adopted the 10-20 system and chooses Fp1, Fpz, Fp2, F3, F4, F7, F8, C3, Cz, C4, T3, T4, P3, Pz and P4 as the target sites for recording. Throughout the 13-minute measurement process, a subject was expected to hold a supine position and closing eye during 5-minute interval of α, β and θ between the third to the eighth minute data picking. The measurement of the R-R interval Variability Spectrum was done by using POLAR (S810i), with a subject maintaining a supine position and closing eye for 10 minutes. After that the researcher picked the data during the 5-minute interval between the fourth to the ninth minutes. All the data were analyzed using the software of SPSS 12.01 for Window, with one-way ANOVA and t-test observed. The significance level was set at α = .05. The results indicate that for the pre-measurement of Ryodoraku bio-energy, the mean bio-energy value of the LT was significantly bigger than those of the ST and the CTL, p <. 05. The group difference did not reach the significant level for the post-measurement, but only with the LT holding a value between 30 and 70μA, neither ST nor CTL. The absolute value of ⊿ % revealed that the LT and the CTL held a value of 20.09±30.30% and 20.70± 43.89% respectively, each of which was smaller than that of the ST (25.62± 48.29%), p <. 05. In addition, the pre- or post-examination showed that, for the LT, their tendency to have the upper/lower ratio deviated from “1” was smaller than those for the ST and the CTL. For the pre-examination the group difference reached the significant level, p <. 05, though the tendency did not apply to the case of the ST and the CTL. As for the absolute value⊿% measured at the pre- and the post-examinations, the three groups showed no significant difference, though the change rate of the LT was smaller than those of the ST and the CTL per se. The values depicted above reveal that long-term Shiang Kung practitioners maintain a steady degree of Yuan Qi and likewise assure of its normal operation. The results presented here suggest the effect of long-term Shiang Kung practice on spiritual activity. The change of brain wave, overall the average α wave power of the LT was greater than those of the ST and the CTL, p <. 05. Meanwhile, for the CTL, the ⊿% of the average power of the β wave was greater than those of the ST and the LT. Given that α wave represents the relaxing wave while β wave the tense wave, the information generated here suggest that Shiang Kung practicing could have the benefits of dispelling nervousness and creating relaxation. It is noticed that for the LT, there was a 42.53% increase of high-frequency power and was greater than those for the ST (27.78%) and the CTL (-42.22%). For the same group, the increase of low/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio reached 20.06%, changing from 1.58 for the pre-examination to 1.99 for the post-examination. The increase ratio, though smaller than those of the ST (47.88%) and the CTL (63.26%), did not reach the significant level of difference p >. 05. The researcher suspects that practicing Shiang Kung over the long run may still help to reduce sympathetic nerve activation and dispel nervousness whereas at the same time promote parasympathetic nerve activation and create a sense of relaxation.With regard to the result of the Health Self-cognition Questionnaire, by large the LT outperformed the other two groups in terms of the overall condition of health, environment, physiology, psychology, and the ST was better than the CTL for the same criteria. Analyses of the Positive and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS) showed that for the positive affect category, the LT scored higher than the ST and the CTL. As for the negative affect category, the CTL scored higher than the other two groups. The result of the Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory (EFI) revealed that, for both the pre- and the post-examinations, the LT and the ST scored higher than the CTL in the domains of activity recovery and spiritual peace of the inventory. In comparison, the Abbreviated Profile of Mood State (POMS) Scale demonstrated that for the LT group, they outperformed the other groups in the dimension of reduction of mood disturbance, fatigue, and confusion. It is concluded that long-term practice of Qigong regimen exercises functions to stabilize degree of Yuan Qi (bio-energy) and enhance spiritual movements. It may also reduce sympathetic nerve activation whereas increase the mobilization of the parasympathetic nerve. Functions as such help to keep Qigong practitioners in a state of spiritual relaxation and physical vigor, in which positive mood and parasympathetic may prevail. Key words: Ryodoraku, bio-energy, brain wave, cardiac automatic nervous system, psychophysiology