• Journal of Life Science
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.850-855
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to develop a exercise program adapted from pelvic muscle exercise, and to analyze the effect of the exercise program on the physical fitness and the physiological parameters including bone density total estrogen and progesterone. The exercise program was composed of warming-up(10 min), main exercise(40 min) and warming-down(10 min). The 20 middle-aged women between 40 and 60 years old were divided into four group; the control group(6 women), the exercise group (7 women), and exercise group with soybean milk supplement(7 women). The exercise group with soybean milk group was applied three times a week and two packs of the soybean milk per day were given. The result of this study were as follows. In the percent fat change of within group, the exercise group showed significant decreased before than after the exercise. In the change of between group, the control group showed significant decreased than the exercise group with soybean milk group. In the body composition change of between group, the exercise group with soybean milk group showed significant decreased in body mass index than the control group. In the total estrogen change of within group, the pelvic muscle exercise with soybean milk group showed the decreased before than after the exercise.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.249-254
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• 2013

This paper presented a mobile application program to help eye movement with mobile devices. It helps to strengthen ocular muscles and improve visual acuity. Users can easily access the program of eye movement type of app program in mobile devices. There were some papers which studied on the eye movement and showed efficient eye movement method for improvement of visual acuity. So here presents programming codes to help eye movement with some specific patterns from some papers and it was implemented by HTML, CSS and javascript. To convert web code to app code, appspresso tool was used.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.69-77
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• 2024

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the general public's perception and status of oral muscle strength training, to develop age-appropriate educational media and training methods, and to promote the need for oral muscle strength training. Methods: Data were collected from 15 individuals across different age groups (young, middle-aged, and elderly) from December 2022 to February 2023 through focus group interviews, and they were conducted twice for each group in a face-to-face manner. Results: Four key categories were identified: lack of information, effectiveness of training, need for promotion, and factors necessary for implementation. The following themes emerged: lack of information, need for training, age-specific characteristics, need for repetition, age at which training is needed, lack of promotion, need for promotion, number of practitioners, willingness to practice, and appropriate media for training. Conclusions: Awareness of oral muscle strength training was found to be very low, and it is necessary to improve awareness through continuous information and appropriate education on its need among the public. Additionally, quality content or media that can be easily applied for effective training should be developed, and personnel who can perform training efficiently should be trained.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.755-761
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of balance board and whole-body vibration stimulator application on body muscle activities during static squat motion. Twenty adult males(age, 21.90±0.36 years; height, 174.30±1.09 cm; body mass, 66.50±1.00 kg; and BMI, 21.90±0.31 kg/㎡) were participated in this study as subjects. Three types' static squat motions were performed(basic static squat motion, BSSM; static squat motion with balance board, SSBB; static squat motion with whole-body vibration stimulator, SSVS). We measured the right side's body muscle activities of the rectus abdominis(RA), internal oblique(IO), external oblique(EO), rectus femoris(RF), vastus lateralis(VL), and vastus medialis(VM). The research findings were as follows. There was a significant higher RA, IO, and EO muscle activity of SSBB and SSVS(p=.001, p=.004, p=.000). And RF, VL, and VM muscle activities were greatest during SSVS(p=.000). These findings are expected to serve as references for static squat motion applications in training programs for body muscle strengthening.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.121-130
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• 2024

Objectives: This study aimed to develop a virtual reality (VR)-based oral strength training program and apply it to older adults to assess improvements in oral function. Methods: The oral strength training was conducted 12 times over 6 weeks, from late August to early October 2023, at the participants' institution. Each session lasted approximately 60 minutes. Forty-one participants aged 65 and older were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Results: Following the VR-based oral muscle strength training, the O'Leary index decreased by 0.42 (p<0.01), and the Löe & Silness index decreased by 1.11 (p<0.01). Additionally, there was a 1.24 reduction in tongue tie (p<0.01) and a 0.55 increase in salivation (p<0.05). Post hoc comparisons revealed significant differences between the two groups in gingival bacterial film (p<0.001), gingivitis (p<0.001), and tongue plaque (p<0.01). Conclusions: The study found that VR-based oral muscle strength training can improve oral health among older adults. Therefore, the VR-based oral muscle strength training program developed in this study could be beneficial in health promotion programs for the elderly.

• Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.195-201
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to report the treatment effects of Korean medicine for patients with lateral epicondylitis. This study was done on 12 cases of patients with lateral epicondylitis who visited in Korean Medicine Clinic of Ganghwa-gun Public Health Care Center. We used muscle contraction/relaxation strengthen technique, Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM), acupuncture on patients and mesured numerical rating scale (NRS), pain disability index (PDI), and grip strength test to evaluate treatment effects. Among twelve patients, eleven cases showed decreasing in NRS and all cases showed decreasing in PDI. Ten cases showed increasing in grip strength test. Korean medical treatments including muscle contraction/relaxation strengthen technique and IASTM are thought to be one of the effective treatment for patients with lateral epicondylitis.

• Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.5-12
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• 2007

견관절의 다방향 불안정성은 생역학 및 생화학적 이상의 복합적 요인에 의해 발생되는 것으로 알려져 있으나 이에 대한 보다 많은 연구가 이루어져야 될 것으로 생각된다. 최근 다방향 불안정성과 관련된 요소에 따라 분류가 세분화되어 치료가 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 진단시 세심한 병력과 진찰이 매우 중요하며 이에 따라 치료 방침을 결정해야 할 것이다. 많은 환자에서 삼각근, 회전근 개, 견갑 안정화 근육을 강화시킴으로써 증상이 호전되나 비수술적 치료에 호전이 없는 경우는 관절 낭 이동술을 이용하여 비교적 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 일반적으로 개방적 술식이 다방향 불안정성을 위한 수술적 치료의 표준적 술식으로 알려져 있으나. 최근에는 여러 관절경적 술식이 개발되고 있고 이에 따른 중 단기 추시 결과도 비교적 좋은 것으로 보고되고 있다. 그러나 이 술식에 대한 정확한 평가를 위해서는 많은 경험과 장기 추시 결과를 요한다.

• Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.10-14
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• 2004

There is a large number of old athletes participating golf, and the shoulder, especially the nondominant or lead arm, appears to be at greatest risk for golf-related injury during extremes of motion. To reduce and prevent the risk of injury and improve the performance of golf, golfer should understand the biomechanics of the golf swing, increase flexibility, and perform stretching and strengthening exercises regularly .

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2018

In this paper, we have developed the intellectual kegel trainer with the bio-feedback. The one is smart health care system that can treat an evacuation impediment and urination polyuria with the low frequency stimulation module. Then this detects the shrinkage power of the pelvis muscles and correlates an smart phone entertainment application program for the users. In order to recover the function of pelvic muscles, we use the intellectual smart health care trainer with several biofeedback function. Such a trainer makes to strength the weakness pelvic muscles by biofeedback training and get exercise the pelvic muscles in physical suppress. The biofeedback training against the physical suppress can have strengthen the pelvic muscles and can display the operation graph of strengthen movement in monitor. Finally, It can be ensured the safety through EMI and performance test.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.601-612
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• 2005

본 연구는 복직근의 기능적 전기자극이 경직형 뇌성마비 아동의 1회 호흡용적과 폐활량 등의 호흡능력과 복직근의 근육활동에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해서 대구 시내 OO특수학교에 재학 중인 14세 이상 16세 미만의 경직형 사지 뇌성마비 아동 6명(남자 3, 여자 3)을 대상으로 하여 복직근에 1회 20분. 주 3회씩 총 6주간 기능적 전기자극을 적용하였다. 기능적 전기자극의 적용 6주 전과, 직전에 두 번의 사전 검사와 적용 후 사후 검사를 실시하였다. MP30(Biopack, USA)을 이용하여 폐활량과 예측치 폐활량 백분율, 1회 호흡용적을 검사하였으며 Table면전극 근전도(Noraxon, USA)를 이용하여 복직근의 근육 활동량을 측정하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 복직근의 기능적 전기자극 적용 6주 전과 직전의 폐활량은 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 적용 후의 폐활량은 적용 전에 비해 유의한 증가를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 2. 복직근의 기능적 전기자극 적용 6주 전과 직전의 예측치 폐활량 백분율은 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 적용 후의 예측치 폐활량 백분율은 적용 전에 비해 유의한 증가를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 3. 복직근의 기능적 전기자극 적용 6주 전과 직전의 1회 호흡용적은 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 적용 후의 1회 호흡용적은 적용 전에 비해 유의한 증가를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 4. 복직근의 기능적 전기자극 적용 6주 전과 직전의 복직근의 활동 값은 유의한 차이가 없었으나 적용 후의 복직근의 활동 값은 적용 전에 비해 유의한 증가를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 6주간의 복직근의 기능적 전기자극이 경직형 뇌성마비 아동에 있어서 복직근의 근력을 강화시킴으로써 폐활량과 1회 호흡 용적 등의 호흡능력을 향상시킴을 확인할 수 있었다.