Effects of Sports Massage on the Physiological and Mental Health of College Students Participating in a 7-Week Intermittent Exercises Program

The purpose of the research is to analyze the improvement in the physical and mental health of college students after intermittent exercises are performed by massage. The present study employed a mixed research method. An experimental study was conducted to analyze the current status of the voluntee...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 9; p. 5013
Main Authors Shen, Chih-Chien, Tseng, Yi-Han, Shen, Meng-Chun Susan, Lin, Hsiao-Hsien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 10.05.2021
MDPI
Subjects
Adaptability
Aerobics
Blood pressure
Body composition
Case Report
College students
Confidence
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Economic development
Exercise
Fatigue
Health care
Mental health
Multivariate analysis
Physical fitness
Physiological effects
Physiology
Sports
Statistical analysis
Students
Teenagers
University students
Variance analysis
China
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Summary:The purpose of the research is to analyze the improvement in the physical and mental health of college students after intermittent exercises are performed by massage. The present study employed a mixed research method. An experimental study was conducted to analyze the current status of the volunteers’ sports performance and body composition, and then a questionnaire was designed for the subjects’ physical and mental health. The data were then analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software for statistical analysis such as t-test and ANOVA. The subjects were then interviewed to collect their opinions on the study results, and finally, the results were explored by multivariate analysis. The study found that intermittent exercise can help university students develop physical fitness and performance, improve body composition, and regulate physical and mental health. The combination of intermittent exercise with sports massages further enhanced the performance of sit-ups and standing long jump, improve blood pressure, BMI, and self-confidence, as well as reducing suicidal tendencies (experimental group > control group). However, intermittent exercise participants still experienced fatigue, headache, emotional loss, and fear of depression, and the addition of sports massage did not significantly improve flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance (control group > experimental group).
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph18095013