| Abstract |
Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of exercise of expanding rib cage which applied Taekwondo on pulmonary function. Subjects Twenty female college students at the age of 19~23 without any functional disability of nervous system, muscular system and cardiopulmonary system were participated. Methods Pulmonary functions were assessed through the use of a pulmonary function measurement device(Pony FX, COSMED Inc, Italy). The Taekwondo group preformed the seven kinds of movements of expanding rib cage which applied Taekwondo. Every movement was repeated three times and each movement was proceeded for 15 seconds. The control group didn’t perform any other exercise. Afterwards, pulmonary functions were assessed again by the same measuring instruments. The Mann-Whitney test and Wilcoxon sign rank test were used to compare pulmonary functions between Taekwondo group and control group. The statistical program was the SPSSWIN (ver 21.0) package program. Results After the exercise of expanding rib cage, fIC of FVC factors and ERV, Rf and Vt, of SVC factors improved significantly. In comparing the difference of changes of pulmonary functions between Taekwondo group and control group, FVC, FEV1 and fIC, of
FVC factors in Taekwondo group increased significantly more than control group. Conclusion This study revealed that the exercise of expanding rib cage which applied Taekwondo can improve the pulmonary functions. |