Kim Ki-Hong, Lee Hyang-Beum
Department of Special Physical Education, Yong In University, Yongin, Korea.
Department of Physical Education, Yong In University, Yongin, Korea.
J Exerc Rehabil. 2018 Aug 24;14(4):586-591. doi: 10.12965/jer.1836230.115. eCollection 2018 Aug.
This study conducted the Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE-K) to women aged 65 or older residing in Gangwon-do Province and screened those who were suspicious to have mild dementia for receiving 23 points or lower in it. For eight weeks, this author tried to verify the effects of whole body vibration exercise intervention on electroencephalogram (EEG) activation and cognitive function in women with senile dementia. According to the results, both EEG activation and cognitive function indicated statistically significant difference in terms of the interactive effect between the measuring times and groups, and there was statistically significant improvement found after the whole body vibration exercise intervention. The results of this study are meaningful because they present the possibility of whole body vibration exercise intervention to be integrated into the plan to improve life quality in patients with senile dementia by stimulating their muscle spindles and sensory organs only with the amplitude and the number of vibrations with no burden of physical activity and enhancing their EEG activation and cognitive function through the responses of the neuromuscular system.
本研究对居住在江原道省65岁及以上的女性进行了韩国版简易精神状态检查表（MMSE-K）测试，并筛查出在该测试中得23分及以下、疑似患有轻度痴呆症的女性。在八周的时间里，作者试图验证全身振动运动干预对老年痴呆症女性的脑电图（EEG）激活和认知功能的影响。结果显示，脑电图激活和认知功能在测量时间和组别之间的交互作用方面均显示出统计学上的显著差异，且全身振动运动干预后有统计学上的显著改善。本研究结果具有重要意义，因为它们表明，全身振动运动干预有可能通过仅利用振动的幅度和次数刺激肌肉纺锤体和感觉器官，而不增加身体活动负担，并通过神经肌肉系统的反应增强脑电图激活和认知功能，从而被纳入改善老年痴呆症患者生活质量的计划中。
