The study on the impact of the physical fitness activity on child neurology and physiology

Autor: WANG JUI LAN, 王瑞蘭
Rok vydání: 2009
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 97
Eizo Mizutani (1981) pointed out that the high density of population has narrowed down the size of children’s playroom and the tall residential buildings have kept children away from the outdoor playroom. As the society continuously making progress, the advancement of the high technology has made the electronic game, computer and internet becoming very popular while all kinds of the audio/video entertaining products are changing with each passing day. These changes have made a significant change to children’s playing style. Due to the low birth rate, parents unconsciously overprotect their children; Liu Xian Xiang (1996) believed that the after-school program, talent class, computer games and cable television have filled children’s after-school schedule which further reduced children’s time and space for activity. As a result, a decrease in children’s physical fitness is seen even their physique remaining unchanged. Accordingly, how to develop children’s physical fitness becomes an important topic for study. Based on the above reasons, this research aims at studying: 1.the impact of the physical fitness activity on children’s brain waves. 2. the impact of the physical fitness activity on children’s attention. 3. the impact of the physical fitness activity on children’s balance ability. The research tool of this study includes a biofeedback instrument (I-330 C-2,J+J Engineering), Test for Attentional Performance (TAP) and Denver Development Screening Test. This study targets on the children of the top class of a kindergarten and divides them into the experimental group (24 children) and control group (20 children). The children of the experimental group get involved in the physical fitness activity. The finding shows that the α-wave power of the experimental group children’s brainwave reaction is significantly greater than the one of the control group children but there is no difference in the θ-wave power of children’s brainwave reaction between both groups. The alertness reaction of the experimental group children is significantly lower than the one of the control group children while the score of the visual search of the experimental group children is significantly lower than the one of the control group. In addition, the gross motor development of the experimental group children has reached to the normal development. Based on the research result, it is found that the physical fitness activity can improve children’s brain waves, attention and the performance of gross motor development. Indeed, it is concluded that the physical fitness activity has a positive meaning of all kinds of children’s development.
Databáze: Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations