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

Abstract

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).

Can the Development of Religious and Cultural Tourism Build a Sustainable and Friendly Life and Leisure Environment for the Elderly and Promote Physical and Mental Health?

“…Furthermore, although the physical and mental health of the elderly is easily affected by diseases, if the elderly can be provided a safe and comfortable environment, they can engage in leisure and tourism activities [20][21][22] so that they can calm their minds and relax their minds and bodies [15,[20][21][22][23][24]. This will help maintain physical and mental health, reduce the risk of infection and life pressure, and reduce physical and mental harm [16][17][18][19]. Therefore, the research believes that when the current society faces pandemics and economic shrinkage, religious culture is the core, and religious culture or tourism resources are used to construct a friendly leisure environment.…”

“…Although the development of science and technology and the improvement of the economic level will not change people's goal of improving the quality of life and soul, the elderly's participation in leisure and tourism activities can improve physical and mental health [16][17][18][19]. For the elderly, improving the quality of life and the environment and enhancing positive feelings of the soul are two of the key factors to maintaining the satisfaction of the elderly with the quality of life and the environment [20][21][22].…”

“…Although religious beliefs and culture are unique local cultures, they are uniquely attractive [28], which can arouse people's interest to experience or participate [25]. Older people can relax and stabilize the mind by participating in the process [29] and finally achieve the goal of physical and mental health [16][17][18][19]. In addition, the unique attraction of religious and cultural activities and the effect of calming the soul enable participants to obtain the effects of stabilizing the mind and regulating physical and mental health [28,29].…”

A Study on the Effects of Chinese Massage on Physical and Mental Health in Participants Based Smart Healthcare

“…The questionnaire and analysis tools were used to compile the formal questionnaire according to the literature [ 30 , 43 – 45 , 60 ], and then a web-based questionnaire platform was used to collect the opinions and SPSS 22.0 for Microsoft Windows statistical software was used to perform the basic statistical analysis and t -test for subsequent data comparison.…”

Influence of Imagery Training on Adjusting the Pressure of Fin Swimmers, Improving Sports Performance and Stabilizing Psychological Quality

“…The literature suggests that improvement is facilitated by using imagery training for more than 2 weeks, at least twice per week. With the adequate and reasonable design of pre-test, intervention, and post-test processes [68][69][70], a rigorous research structure, and diversified research methods [64][65][66][67][71][72][73], sufficient analytical evidence can be obtained even if the final data is based on 9-12 respondents [74][75][76]. An even more accurate answer can be obtained if we can further apply qualitative research methods, collect the opinions of experts, scholars, and participants, categorize and summarize the data in a stringent manner, and compare the contents using multivariate verification analysis [77][78][79][80][81].…”