一輪車訓練と平衡機能 : 身体動揺の研究・第37報

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Unicylce riding is a sport and exercise in Japanese elementary schools. Our concern is the possibility of its effect on vestibular training. In the present experiment we examined the effects of unicycle riding on several aspects of posture-maintaining, using a stabilometer and calculating the duration of the posture-maintaining period.<BR>Twelve pupils in a Prefectural School for Deaf were selected as subjects of vestibular training with unicycles. Those subjects suffered from severe hearing impairment, and some of them also had other sensory or physical problems. Unicycle riding was taught by two physical education teachers for about two hours every day except holidays.<BR>The subjects were tested with a stabilometer while standing straight with toes and heels together, with eyes open and eyes closed. Then they were asked to keep standing with three foot positions with eyes open and eyes closed to estimate the duration of stable posture-maintaining. The 3 foot positions were 1) standing straight on one leg (one-leg standing), 2) standing with tandem Rombergs foot position (tandem-Romberg standing), and 3) standing on one leg while maintaining airplane-like posture of horizontally outstretched hands and 45 degrees forward-tilted body trunk (airplane standing).<BR>The subjects were classified into 3 groups according to the effect of train-ing: well-trained group (Group A), moderately-trained group (Group B) and poorly-trained group (Group C). Stabilometry and measurements of posture-maintaining time were performed, followed by the same tests every 3 months for 9 months.<BR>Group A and Group B obtained a significant effect of unicycle training in posture-maintaining, while Group C showed no effect in all the methods used in the present study throughout the 9 months. Vestibular training with the unicycle is very useful for the development and rehabilitation of equilibrium function.

一輪車訓練と平衡機能 : 身体動揺の研究・第37報

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