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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

禪（靜）坐對中風病患心肺適能之影響：初步報告

Abstract

It is well documented that regular exercise can improve cardiopulmonary function and health-related fitness. However, major limitation of exercise therapy lies in physiologic and environmental factors, which is particularly true for patients with physical disability such as stroke. A standardized Buddhist meditation skill, Forshang Meditation (FM), was adopted; and this paper described the long-term effects of FM on cardiopulmonary fitness.Seventeen patients ( 1 female and 16 males; mean age 70.8 ± 4.8 years, range 61-78 years ) with a history of cerebrovascular disease and low extremity of hemiplegic side above Brunnstrom stage V were recruited. Baseline data of cardiopulmary function were collected prior to the meditation training. The same tests were repeated after a half-year training period. These participants attended the training program of meditation once a week. Each of them was asked to practice meditation at home for at last 30 minutes a day. After completion of mediation training, only 5 participants agreed to repeat the cardiopulmonary function evaluation. As compared to the decreasing in Max of the controlled group, the experimental group showed that the FM could improve Max ( from 18.9 ± 5.7 ml˙kg-1˙min-1 to 22.7 ± 6.2 ml˙kg-1˙min-1, P ＜ 0.05 ); there were non-significant improvement in anaerobic threshold (AT), time to AT, % Functional Aerobic Impairment, Dyspnea Index and total exercise time. It is concluded that the FM could improve aerobic capacity and health-related fitness in patients with stroke. It may be prescribed as a suitable conditioning exercise for patients with physical disability.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

139

Last Page

146

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