Güzel Hazel Çelik, Keçelioğlu Şule, Kurtoğlu Ahmet, Elkholi Safaa M
Department of Therapy and Rehabilitation, Health Services Vocational School, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir 10200, Türkiye.
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir 10200, Türkiye.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 May 2;61(5):840. doi: 10.3390/medicina61050840.
: The effects of face yoga, which continues to be popular as an anti-aging technique, on facial muscles in relation to aging represent an area of interest. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of intensive face yoga on facial muscles' tonus, stiffness, and elasticity in middle-aged women. : Twelve female participants with a mean age of 49.75 ± 3.76 were included in this pre-experimental clinical trial. Face yoga was applied to the participants for 8 weeks, 2 days a week face-to-face, and 5 days a week as a home program. At the beginning and the end of 8 weeks, the tonus, stiffness, and elasticity of the participants' facial muscles were evaluated with the MyotonPRO device. : Following the face yoga program, the tonus and stiffness of the frontalis ( = 0.008, = 0.002), corrugator supercilii ( = 0.008, = 0.019), orbicularis oculi ( = 0.023, = 0.034), and orbicularis oris ( = 0.007, = 0.015) muscles decreased significantly, while the tonus and stiffness of the buccinator ( = 0.008, = 0.002) and digastric ( = 0.008, = 0.023) muscles increased. Elasticity values increased in all evaluated facial muscles ( = 0.045, = 0.045, = 0.034, = 0.023, = 0.028, = 0.005, respectively). : The results reveal that face yoga has different effects depending on the physiological structure and function of the muscles and positively affects connective tissue. Future studies should reproduce the results presented here to further our understanding of the effects of face yoga.
面部瑜伽作为一种抗衰老技术持续受到欢迎，其对与衰老相关的面部肌肉的影响是一个令人感兴趣的领域。本研究的目的是调查为期8周的强化面部瑜伽对中年女性面部肌肉张力、僵硬度和弹性的影响。12名平均年龄为49.75±3.76岁的女性参与者被纳入这项实验前临床试验。面部瑜伽每周2天面对面、每周5天作为家庭训练计划应用于参与者，为期8周。在8周开始时和结束时，使用MyotonPRO设备评估参与者面部肌肉的张力、僵硬度和弹性。在面部瑜伽训练计划之后，额肌（P = 0.008，P = 0.002）、皱眉肌（P = 0.008，P = 0.019）、眼轮匝肌（P = 0.023，P = 0.034）和口轮匝肌（P = 0.007，P = 0.015）的张力和僵硬度显著降低，而颊肌（P = 0.008，P = 0.002）和二腹肌（P = 0.008，P = 0.023）的张力和僵硬度增加。所有评估的面部肌肉的弹性值均增加（分别为P = 0.045，P = 0.045，P = 0.034，P = 0.023，P = 0.028，P = 0.005）。结果表明，面部瑜伽根据肌肉的生理结构和功能有不同影响，并对结缔组织有积极作用。未来的研究应重现此处呈现的结果，以进一步加深我们对面部瑜伽效果的理解。
