Research On Hand Tapped Drum's Influence On Body Shape,Function And Physical Fitness Of Middle-aged And Old Female

Along with the development of economy and society progress,aging is becoming an important problem for our country and society,which attracts more and more attention from the government.In recent years,many innovative sports have been developed to deal with this problem.The hand tapped drum,which is adjustable from multi-function telescopic drum and based on the basic style/technical skills of the traditional drums of various national minorities,is an exercise program that combining body movements and drumming with music or not.Currently,nearly 50,000 people are participating in the sport of hand tapped drum around the country to deal with aging.But,until to now,the fitness effects of this sport are poor understood,which need tracking survey,conduct systematic exploration and scientific empirical investigation.In this study,we explore the effects of hand tapped drum on body shape,function and physical fitness of middle-aged/old female by using literature methods,questionnaires,expert interviews,experimental-mathematical analyses.110 female specimens,which were chosen randomly from Siming and Huli district of Xiamen city,were devided into long-term exercised group,zero-based intervened group and the controls,in responding for having experiment on hand tapped drum for half a year to one year,newer participating in this sport,and having no any exercise habit,respectively.The specimens of long-term exercised group and zero-based intervened group were conducted to take 1?1.5 hour exercises of the hand tapped drum,3 times per week and last for 24 weeks.The physiological index such as heart rate,blood pressure,body weight,etc.of the specimens were monitored at the beginning and the end of the experiment.The result showed that:1.There is a decreasing decline in body weight,body mass index(BMI)between long-term exercised group and zero-based intervened group,which has no statistically significant difference(P>0.05).2.There is significant differences of grip,sitting body flexion,time of closed-eyes standing on one foot,time reaction between long-term exercised group and zero-based intervened group(P<0.05)indicating that the hand tapped drum has positive influence on upper limb strength,flexibility,balance and sensitivity of the middle-aged and old female.3.There is significant decrease of heart rate and blood pressure(P<0.05),significant increase of vital capacity(P<0.05)and step experiment index(P<0.01)between the long-term exercised group and zero-based intervened group.The index of microcirculation of finger also showed the similar phenomenon.All these data suggest that the hand tapped drum has evident benefits for the function of heart and cardiovascular system,respiratory function,cardiorespiratory endurance,and microcirculation of middle-aged/old female,indicating that the long-term exercises of hand tapped drum can deal with bone loss in middle-aged/old female.