Effects of Neck Upright Stability Training on Neck Fitnessof Middle-aged and Elderly Women

• Main Authors: Huang,Chienche, 黃健哲
• Other Authors: Chou,Shihwei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48859718745051277426

碩士 === 臺北巿立體育學院 === 體育與健康學系碩士班 === 99 === Purpose: To investigate the effects of neck upright stability training on neck active flexibility and maximal isometric strength of the middle-aged and elderly women. Methods: Sixty middle-aged and elderly women were recruited from a senior community college and randomly divided into the experimental and the control groups. Twenty three participants, 8 from the experimental group and 15 from the control group dropped out during training sessions. Neck active range of motion (ROM) and maximal isometric strength in six directions, including flexion, extension, right and left lateral flexion, right and left rotation, were measured by MicroFET3 (Hoggan Health Industries, Utah, USA) before and after training. During 12 training sessions in 4 weeks, the experimental group practiced neck upright stability training, while the control group did a control exercise. The percentages of change in all parameters were compared between two groups by the independent t test (SPSS 12.0). The level was set at 0.05 and p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The percentages of changes compared between two groups were significantly different in maximal isometric strength of all directions, but not in active ROM. Conclusion: Neck upright stability training may enhance neck muscle vii strength, but not flexibility. A neck training exercise can be re-prescribed and tried out for neck fitness.