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CCMP97-RD-047 太極拳對中老年人脈波頻譜之效應

  • 資料來源:中醫藥司
  • 建檔日期:102-08-13
  • 更新時間:106-06-16

太極拳對中老年人脈波頻譜之效應

郭正典
台北榮民總醫院教學研究部
從健康促進的觀點來看,持續而有規律性的運動可以延緩老化,並減少慢性病的發生。此外,運動可以促進老年人的體能,維持其獨立生活的能力,並改善生活品質。適合中老年人的運動應具有低衝擊力、非接觸性且運動量穩定的特性。在傳統的運動中,太極拳似乎具有這些特性,而且合乎經濟與方便的原則,故頗受中老年人的喜愛。根據文獻報告,太極拳可以增進副交感神經的活性、身體的平衡能力、減少跌倒的機會、降低血壓及血脂肪,並改善內分泌和免疫功能。此外,太極拳還可以降低焦慮、緊張、憂鬱和情緒障礙,對心理健康也有幫助。

脈診是中醫獨特的診病方法。《傷寒論》記載診病必須脈症合參,可見脈診是中醫辨症論治中重要的一環,也是中醫四診中最難學習的部分。傳統中醫脈學多屬主觀與經驗的描述,欠缺較客觀明確的定量及定性分析,尤其對於疾病與脈搏波型的相關性,並無客觀及明確的敘述,使得中醫脈診在現代醫學中難以被廣泛接受,在臨床研究上亦難以探究發展。雖然目前有多種脈搏波型的擷取儀器被研發出來,以取代傳統手指觸摸橈動脈的診脈方法,不同證型患者的脈搏波型也被客觀描繪出來,但是對於脈搏波形的研究、臨床意義的探討,和對於不同疾病是否具有臨床指標性的定性和定量分析,一直仍未有顯著的發展。因此,發展不同疾病患者脈搏波的客觀化、標準化波形分析法對於提升中醫脈診的實用客觀性是非常重要的。

本研究擬以頻譜分析法(power spectral analysis)分析太極拳運動前後撓骨動脈的脈搏波訊號以及血液流體力學之變化。希望能得到各種撓骨動脈脈搏波訊號在時域與頻域上的參數,與血液流體力學的相關性,以探討太極拳運動如何影響其脈搏波的情形。這些參數若能證明確與血液流體力學變化有關,則可作為心血管功能的脈診診斷標準,提升脈診的診斷價值。同時也可以進一步探討太極拳運動對中老年人脈波頻譜及血液流體力學之影響及維持效果,為這種傳統運動建立科學的實證基礎,這是很值得深入探討的課題。
關鍵字:撓骨動脈;脈搏波;頻譜分析;太極拳

The effect of Tai Chi Chuan on the pulse spectrum in the elderly

Cheng-Deng Kuo
Department of Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
From the viewpoint of health promotion, exercise with persistence and regularity could delay aging, and decrease the morbidity of chronic diseases. In addition, it could also improve the metabolism of blood sugar and lipid. Tai Chi Chuan is a popular Oriental conditioning exercise that deserves further attention because of its low intensity, easy accessibility, low cost, and appropriateness for implementation in the community. Some reports have demonstrated that Tai Chi Chuan could maintain balance, decrease injuries, depress blood pressure and blood lipid, and improve the function of endocrine and immunity. Besides, it could reduce tension, depression, anxiety, and mood disturbance. Tai Chi Chuan is also beneficial to mental health as well as physiological function. 

The diagnostic method of pulse palpation has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. The book ‘Shan Huan Luan’ pointed out that pulse diagnosis must be the combination of pulse feeling and syndrome identification. Pulse diagnosis was important in the identification of symptoms and signs. There are plenty of archives concerning the description of experience in this diagnostic method and the subjective description about the objective assessment of pulse palpation.
關鍵字:radial artery;pulse wave;spectrum analysis;Tai Chi Chuan