| Research Abstract |
I proposed finger rotation exercises as a simple method for stimulating and improving physiological and psychological health. In 1992 I introduced the exercises to the public by two books. The rule about rotating without allowing the fingers to touch is essential, since this activates the system of spacial recognition in our brain. Our study revealed that finger rotation exercises influences on six human body subsystems such as the sensory system, and the motor system, the autonomic system, the intelligence system, the emotional system, and the metabolic system. First, observed effects of finger rotations on the motor system are an increase in muscle flexibility and hand grip strength, the immediate elevation of the threshold for muscle spasm, and the improvent of the sense of balance. Second, effects on the autonomic nervous system are acute and gradual changes in skin blood flow and skin temperature, change in variation in R-R intervals in electrocardiogram, length of breathholding,
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and reaction time of the light reflex. Third, the observed influences on the sensory system are the improvement of visal acuity, skin sensation, and the elevation in the pain threshold of skin sensation. Fourth, the effects on the intelligence system are the improvement in memory, the increase in reading speed, speed of maze tracing and calculation, and speed of recognizing numbers. Fifth, the effects on the emotional system were shown as a stabilized pattern by an electroencephalogram run during finger rotation which records a predominance of alpha 2 waves from the the frontal brain to the occipital area. Wave activity was maintained for more than one hour, which explains why people feel relaxd during and after finger rotation exercises. Sixth, a statistically significant gradual decrease in the mean body weight of the group, which may suggest interference with the metabolic system. Finger rotation exercises would thus appear useful in helping to improve the body's self-regulating mechanisms and in promoting physical and mental health. Less
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