Effect of Six-week Elastic Resistance Training on Adolescent Wushu Players’ Balance Ability and Proprioception

• Main Authors: PENG,GUAN-WEI, 彭冠瑋
• Other Authors: LIN,JIN-LI
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36493841900643360267

碩士 === 國立體育大學 === 運動保健學系 === 103 === The purpose of this research is to explore the effects of six-week elastic resistance training on adolescent Wushu players’ balance ability and proprioception. By adopting quantitative research methods, this study investigated thirty-six Wushu players in Ping Jhen Junior High School in Taoyuan City as research participants who were randomly divided into an experimental group (EG, n=18) and a control group (CG, n=18). All the participants received the regular Wushu training programs during the experiment. Additionally, 18 participants in the experimental group received elastic resistance training programs in 30 minutes three times per week for six weeks in order to probe into the differences between the pre-test and the post-test in specific static balance ability, dynamic balance (Star Excursion Balance Test and Modified Bass Dynamic Balance Test), and proprioception. The data in this study were analyzed through independent-samples t-test and paired-samples t-test. The significance level was set at α=.05. The post-test results showed that in the specific static balance, EG with no significance level made progress in the seconds of maintaining their balance. Compared with EG, CG also had no significance level but performed less well. In relation to reach distances of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), EG only had no significance level in the right supporting leg indicating “anterolateral with the left leg” and the left supporting leg indicating “anterolateral with the right leg,” but EG in other directions revealed a significant main effect (p<.05). On the contrary, CG showed a significant main effect (p<.05) on the dominant leg indicating “anterior and anteromedial” and the non-dominant leg indicating “posterolateral”, but CG in other directions had no significance level. Regarding the Modified Bass Dynamic Balance Test, despite EG with no significance level in scooping, right-legged jumping, and left-legged jumping, the scores of jumping dynamic balance and maintaining their static balance improved in general. In contrast, CG performed worse and yet had no significance level, either. On the other hand, EG had a significant effect on the angle of absolute error of proprioception (p<.05), but CG had no significance level. In conclusion, the findings of the study revealed adolescent Wushu players improved their dynamic and static balance abilities and proprioception after six-week elastic resistance training. The outcome of the elastic resistance training in this study also contributes to the physical education teachers and sport coaches so as to promote the effectiveness of elastic resistance training.