科學(xué)60秒:年老易摔倒怎么辦？
來源：滬江聽寫酷
2011-06-17 10:11
The elderly suffer from ___1___. A third of people over 65 fall at least once a year. Half of those fall more frequently. Exercise can help, especially when they exercise to this [sound of piano]. That’s right, the elderly ___2___ when they exercise to piano music. The research was published online in the Archives of Internal Medicine. [Andrea Trombetti et al., Effect of Music-Based Multitask Training on Gait, Balance, and Fall Risk in Elderly People]
Scientists in Switzerland recruited 134 adults—average age about 75. For six months, half took a weekly hour-long class that focused on balance. They worked out to the piano, changing movements in response to changes in the beat.The exercises got progressively more difficult. The other group ___3___ for six months.
Then the two groups ___4___. Those who worked out to tunes improved their gait and had longer and more stable strides. Overall, the first music-exercising group experienced half as many falls as the control group. But when the control group started striding to songs six months in, they gained the same benefits. Ninety-six percent of the participants exercising to the ___5___ of the piano were women. So it remains to be seen if piano music can help men stay upright too.
【視聽版科學(xué)小組榮譽(yù)出品】
Scientists in Switzerland recruited 134 adults—average age about 75. For six months, half took a weekly hour-long class that focused on balance. They worked out to the piano, changing movements in response to changes in the beat.The exercises got progressively more difficult. The other group ___3___ for six months.
Then the two groups ___4___. Those who worked out to tunes improved their gait and had longer and more stable strides. Overall, the first music-exercising group experienced half as many falls as the control group. But when the control group started striding to songs six months in, they gained the same benefits. Ninety-six percent of the participants exercising to the ___5___ of the piano were women. So it remains to be seen if piano music can help men stay upright too.
【視聽版科學(xué)小組榮譽(yù)出品】
an alarming epidemic
gain a better sense of balance
continued with their regular activities
switched
dulcet tones
老者易摔倒，家人難安心。65歲以上老年人中有三分之一每年至少要摔倒一次，這三分之一的老年人中有一半摔倒不止一次。鍛煉，尤其是邊聽這個(gè)（鋼琴聲）邊鍛煉能夠降低老人摔倒頻率。沒錯(cuò)，邊聽鋼琴曲邊鍛煉能讓老年人保持較好的平衡感。這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)表在《內(nèi)科學(xué)文獻(xiàn)》在線文庫中。
瑞士科學(xué)家對(duì)134名平均年齡75歲左右的老人進(jìn)行了研究。其中67位老人在六個(gè)月的時(shí)間里每周都上一次一小時(shí)的平衡課。他們根據(jù)心率改變鋼琴曲的節(jié)奏，練習(xí)難度逐步增加。另外67位老人在這六個(gè)月內(nèi)照常生活作息。
六個(gè)月之后，這兩組老人對(duì)換活動(dòng)內(nèi)容。跟著鋼琴聲鍛煉過的老人們步子拉開了，步伐也穩(wěn)健有力了。先進(jìn)行聽音樂鍛煉的那組老人摔倒總數(shù)只有對(duì)照組的一半。但對(duì)照組老人開始進(jìn)行聽音樂鍛煉之后，他們摔倒次數(shù)也減少了，步伐也得到了相同的改善。但參與此項(xiàng)研究的老年人中有96%都是女性，因此科學(xué)家們還得研究研究，這樣邊聽著曼妙鋼琴聲邊鍛煉是否對(duì)老年男性也有同樣的神奇效果。