Experimental Research Of Gymnastic Qigong Baduanjin Exercise’s Effects On Middie-aged And Elderly Male’s

Purpose:Through6months of observing gymnastic qigong-baduanjin exercise’s impacts on middle aged and elderly male’s health, blood pressure, blood fat, blood routine examination, hemorheology and other indicators, this research explores the fitness effect of gymnastic qigong-baduanjin exercise and its mechanism, in order to provide theoretical reference and experimental basis for promoting gymnastic qigong and enhancing gymnastic qigong baduanjin exercise’s fitness effects.Methods:this experiment sets25general middle-aged and elderly males who participated in the gymnastic qigong-baduanjin exercise in Xian, Shan Xi Province as the study subjects. Under the guidance of the gymnastic qigong coach, the subjects did exercises everyday at the regular time(early morning) and place according to the required methods of the gymnastic qigong-baduanjin exercise. Each time the exercise lasted1hour, three times a week for6whole months. In the experiment their health, blood pressure, blood fat, blood routine examination, hemorheology and other indicators were tested before and after the exercise respectively in order to understand the fitness effects of gymnastic qigong baduanjin exercise.Experiment Results:1) After6months of gymnastic qigong baduanjin exercise, the subjects’choice reaction time shortens much more than before the exercise; sit and reach and step index are both significantly larger the before the experiment.2) After6months of gymnastic qigong baduanjin exercise, subjects’SBP and average arterial pressure decrease a bit than before the exercise, but DBP, pulse pressure and heart rate is much lower than before the exercise.3) After6months of gymnastic qigong baduanjin exercise, middle-aged and elderly males’blood glucose concentration, total cholesterol content decline a bit than before the exercise, but it does not possess any statistic value; triglyceride content and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration obviously decline than before the exercise; after the exercise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration significantly increase than before the exercise.4) After6months of gymnastic qigong baduanjin exercise, the lymphocyte number, HGB content, erythrocyte number and average erythrocyte volume of subjects increase than before the exercise without obvious difference. However, leukocyte number, average erythrocyte HGB content, average erythrocyte HGB concentration and blood platelet number significantly increase than before exercise. Polymorphonuclear cells obviously decline than before the exercise, but the percentage it accounts in the whole number of leukocyte is still within normal range.5) After6months of gymnastic qigong-baduanjin exercise, it can improve the hemorheology of the exercisers. After the exercise, subjects’whole blood viscosity, ESR, WBRV, erythrocyte aggregation indicator, erythrocyte deformability indicator, X of ESR equation, Carson Yield Stress and erythrocyte electrophoresis time greatly decline/shorten comparing to those before the exercises. Plasma viscosity, fibrinogen and Carson viscosity decline a bit; erythrocyte accumulation increases but it does not possess statistic value.Conclusions:1、Gymnastic qigong-baduanjin can improve the middle-aged and elderly males’s reaction capacity; enhance their body suppleness and flexibility;strengthens their cardio-pulmonary function.2、Gymnastic qigong-baduanjin can declined the middle-aged and elderly males’s heart rate;improve their Cardiac pump function; declined the SBP, DBP and pulse pressure; maintained normal arterial blood pressure of middle-aged and elderly males’organism.3、Gymnastic qigong baduanjin can declined the middle-aged and elderly males’s blood fat and blood glucose of middle-aged and elderly males.4、Gymnastic qigong baduanjin can improve the middle-aged and elderly males’s WBC,HBC,PLT,enhance their immunocompetence and their aerobic capacity.5、Gymnastic qigong baduanjin can improve the middle-aged and elderly males’s Erythrocyte’s aggregation, deformability and decline blood viscosity; hemorheology improves.