Study On The Effect Of 24 Style Taijiquan On Maintaining Executive Function In The Elderly

Executive function refers to the higher and more complex processes of cognitive control that are appropriate,purposeful,and goal-directed behavior.The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 12-week 24-form tai chi exercise on the executive function and related core sub-functions of the elderly,and the maintenance of this effect after one month of voluntary exercise.In this study,34 elderly people aged 60-74 years were randomly divided into experimental group and control group to undergo MMSE test,MOCA test,Stroop test,1-back test and More-odd rat rat test respectively.The intervention of 24 Tai Chi in experimental group lasted for 12 weeks,5 times a week,1 hour each time.The control group lived normally.The experimental group was followed by one month of voluntary exercise after 12 weeks of intervention.After exercise,the subjects were subjected to the Stroop Test,the 1-back Test,the More-Odd Shift Test,and data were collected and statistically analyzed using mathematical statistics.Results showed that:(1)by 12 weeks 24 style taijiquan exercise makes the elderly inhibitory ability,ability to refresh and transformation task test accuracy,suggests that the brain in a period of time to deal with problems of high efficiency,flexibility has been improved to a certain brain,in a month after the improve advantages existing in the detection.It is proved that the effect of 24 tai chi exercise in 12 weeks can be effectively maintained.(2)Twelve weeks of 24-form Taijiquan exercise has a positive effect on improving the response speed of inhibitory function and refresh function task,but has no positive effect on the response speed of switching function task.One month later,the response time decreased obviously in the suppression and refresh tasks,but not in the switching tasks.(3)The practice of 24-form Taijiquan has an obvious effect on improving the overall executive function and the performance of core sub-functions of the elderly.This improvement effect is not temporary and one-time,but persistent.The longer the practice time is,the better the effect of preventing the decline of executive function of the elderly will be.