Effects of Sports Massage on the Physiological and Mental Health of College Students Participating in a 7-Week Intermittent Exercises Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15515232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chih‐Chien Shen (0000-0002-1906-9927, Yulin Normal University), Yi-Han Tseng (Chung Chou University of Science and Technology), Meng-Chun Susan Shen (Asia University), Hsiao‐Hsien Lin (0000-0001-8360-3998, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 5013-5013 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18095013 |
| PMID | 34068465 |
| OpenAlex | W3161480680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
The purpose of the research is to analyze the improvement in the physical and mental health of college students after intermittent exercises are performed by massage. The present study employed a mixed research method. An experimental study was conducted to analyze the current status of the volunteers' sports performance and body composition, and then a questionnaire was designed for the subjects' physical and mental health. The data were then analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software for statistical analysis such as t -test and ANOVA. The subjects were then interviewed to collect their opinions on the study results, and finally, the results were explored by multivariate analysis. The study found that intermittent exercise can help university students develop physical fitness and performance, improve body composition, and regulate physical and mental health. The combination of intermittent exercise with sports massages further enhanced the performance of sit-ups and standing long jump, improve blood pressure, BMI, and self-confidence, as well as reducing suicidal tendencies (experimental group > control group). However, intermittent exercise participants still experienced fatigue, headache, emotional loss, and fear of depression, and the addition of sports massage did not significantly improve flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance (control group > experimental group)
Alternative medicine · Analysis of variance · Cardiorespiratory fitness · Depression (economics · Flexibility (engineering · Massage · Mental health · Multivariate analysis of variance · Physical fitness · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Physical Education and Training Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |