• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.62-71
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• 2015

Objectives: This study was performed to find the differences in physical activity according to general characteristics and factors related to physical activity between the elderly over 65 with hypertension living rural and urban areas. Methods: This study included 681 participants (221 rural, 460 urban) with hypertension from The Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V). The collected data were analyzed through an $x^2$-test to examine the differences in physical activity and multiple logistic regression to assess factors related to physical activity between the elderly over 65 with hypertension living rural and urban areas. Results: The significant statistical factors related with physical activities for the urban hypertension group were education level, activities of daily living, and quality of life. However, the related factors for rural residents were activities of daily living and limitation of activity. Conclusions: The study results indicated that the factors that affected the level of physical activity revealed difference in case hypertension between the urban and rural groups. An awareness of the importance of physical activity will have a positive influence on improving the physical function and quality of life for elderly people with hypertension.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.10
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• pp.239-249
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effects of psychological flexibility on the relationship between emotional dissonance and mental health(depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms) in university administration staff. For this study, a sample of 191 university administration staff completed the questionnaires. The data was analyzed using the SPSS program and Sobel Test. The results of the analysis are as follows: 1. Most of the university administration staff had difficulties with emotional dissonance(52.36%), depression(47.12%), anxiety(58.12%), and somatic symptoms(62.83%). 2. The risk group of emotional dissonance had a significantly higher level of depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms compared with the normal group. 3. Emotional dissonance and psychological flexibility had a significant effect on depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms. 4. The mediating effects of psychological flexibility on the relationship between emotional dissonance and mental health(depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms) was verified. Finally, We suggested the need to intervene in emotional labor and mental health in university administration staff and psychological flexibility as an intervention and prevention method.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.253-263
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• 2017

It was conducted that yoga practice for the visually impaired Elderly has an influence on boby composition, flexibility and depression disease. Also, It has a purpose to provide a method of movement and basic materials for them. The 18 seventy-year-old men or women without any experience of yoga from the visually impaired association of the elderly in G city were participated in a training yoga session. This experiment was performed by simple random sampling with the nine of treat group (yoga training) and the nine of control group. The data was analyzed by covariance analysis with 0.05 significant level. The treat group were conducted twice a week to exercise (60mins) for twelve weeks. In conclusion, it is proved that yoga exercise has a positive effect on body composition, flexibility and depression disease.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.35-49
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• 2000

허리 근육손상은 기대치 못한 상황에서 신체의 적절한 반응이 지연될 경우 근육 염좌와 같은 상해나 요통으로 연결된다. 이 연구는 척추 안정 운동 후 척추의 유연성과 척추 근육의 반응 속도를 만성 요통 환자와 정상인을 대상으로 비교 연구 하였다. 만성 요통 환자 군은 척추 안정 운동을 4주간 20회 시행하였으며 이와 비슷한 특성을 가진 대조군을 비교하였다. 신체 유연성은 환자가 앉은 자세에서 척추를 축으로 신체의 회전 정도를 측정하였다. 척추 반응 속도 측정은 환자가 선 자세에서 두 손으로 판을 들고있는 동안 정구공이 1.8 m (6.4 N)에서 낙하시 좌, 우측 척추 근육의 반응 속도를 Wavelet 분석으로 측정하였다. 연구 결과 척추 안정 운동을 행한 만성 요통 환자군의 신체 유연성과 척추 근육 반응 속도가 통계적으로 유의하게 증가하였다. 척추 유연성은 만성 요통 환자 군에서 131.0cm에서 척추안정 운동후 144.1cm으로 증가하였다 (p<0.05). 척추 근육 반응 속도는 척추 안정 운동을 행한 만성 요통 환자 군에서 90.00msec에서 68.55msec로 (p<0.05), 정상 군에서는 86.28msec에서 75.64msec로 (p>0.05) 단축되었다. 척추 안정 운동은 근, 신경 조직의 반응속도를 증가시키며 특히 만성 요통 환자에서 척추의 안정성을 회복시킨다. 특히 척추의 안정성 증가는 기대치 못한 상황에서 선체의 적절한 반응의 속도를 회복시키며 결과적으로 허리 손상을 예방 할 수 있다. 물리치료학에서 근 골격 신경계의 반응 속도측정을 위한 연구로 Wavelet 분석과 같은 첨단장비를 통한 운동 치료의 질에 관한 연구의 도입이 필요하다. 또한 구체적인 치료적 운동결과의 측정을 통해 물리 치료의 효과성과 효율성을 높이기 위한 생체 의학적 연구가 요망된다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.672-679
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• 2013

Creativity is the thinking ability and the expression of new image by imagination as a problem recognition and way of solution. This study aims to search for the creativity theory of body movement and to analyze the creativity factor. According to the study, the creativity of body movement needs four steps: movement awareness, movement design, movement discovery and movement use. The use of new image through self-perception and self concept brings about a creative improvement in the problem recognition and its resolution function. In conclusion, the creativity of body movement means the infinity of body movement as 'the third energy' and 'the flexibility of flow' by interaction.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.597-604
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• 2014

This research aimed at comparative analysis of body composition and basic physical strength of model majored female college students and general female college students. The research object was composed of 15 model majored female college students of D University, who learned the purpose of this research enough and wrote the consent form of voluntary participation and 15 general female college students, who have no medical history and currently no special disease, and no experience in regular exercise. They underwent body composition inspection, left right grasping power which is the basic physical strength, back muscle strength, flexibility, rapidity, muscle endurance, and the researcher performed descriptive statistics to calculate the average standard deviation, and analyzed to verify difference between groups by using independent t-test. With statistical significance level p<.05, the results are as follows. model majored female college students and general female college students showed meaningful difference between groups in weight, skeletal muscles, body fat volume, BMI and left right grasping power, back muscle strength, rapidity(p<.05). between groups in flexibility and muscle endurance(p>.05).

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.70-80
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• 2016

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of an integrated recreation program on mood states, flexibility, and stress of elderly women. The integrated recreation program was applied to dance as a physical activity and songs and art as emotional activities in consideration of the characteristics of the elderly activities. The subjects were 50 elderly women aged 65 years or older who reside in K-do. The examination period was December 2 in 2014 to February 17 in 2015, during which time mood states, flexibilities, density of the salivary cortisol, variations in heartbeats, and stress were measured. The integrated recreation program had positive effects on mood, flexibility and stress reduction in elderly women. Based on these results, the integrated recreation program is considered to increase mood states and flexibility of elderly women while lowering stress. Therefore, the integrated recreation program developed in this study not only helps the physical and mental health of elderly women, but can also be widely utilized as a health promotion program for the elderly.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.1312-1326
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the 12-week Nordic walking can improve the physical function and arthritis pain of elderly women with osteoarthritis This study were divided into randomly assigned Nordic Walking Exercise Group (n=9) and Control Group (n=7) for 16 Elderly women diagnosed with Osteoarthritis (age: 73±3.79 year, height: 154.3±4.09 cm). The exercise group used Nordic sticks to carry out 30 minutes of Nordic walking exercise three times a week for 12 weeks, and the kinetic intensity was set at 40-60% of HRR. The control group maintained daily life for the same period. Body composition (weight, percentage body fat, skeletal muscle mass), muscular strength, Flexibility (muscular strength of upper and lower limbs, flexibility of upper and lower limbs), balance ability (static balance, dynamic balance) and pain level were measured as subordinate variables. These indicators were measured twice before and after the exercise program. The study shows that percentage body fat and skeletal muscle mass in the body composition function over 12 weeks of Nordic walking exercise have significant effects after the exercise than before (p=004)(p=.003), and it also shows significant interaction effects between the groups and timings(p=.018)(p=.005). In muscular strength, Flexibility factors, there were significant effects between the groups and timings in the upper limb muscular strength and the lower limb flexibility (p=.009)(p=.036), and a significant difference between the exercise group and the control group(p=.006) in the lower limb muscular strength. In addition, in the upper limb flexibility, there was a more significant difference after the exercise than before(p=.020). There were improvement effects after the exercise than before in the balance ability and the static balance(p=.016), but no difference in the dynamic balance(p>.05). In pain, there was a significant improvement after the exercise than before(p=.022), and a significant difference between the exercise group and the control group(p=.013). In conclusion, the 12-week Nordic walking exercise has positive effects on the body composition functions of the elderly women with Osteoarthritis, and has a positive effect on the improvement of upper limb muscular strength and lower limb flexibility in the health fitness factors. These effects are believed to have contributed effectively to the improvement of the level of pain by contributing to the improvement of physical and motor functions of the elderly women with Osteoarthritis. Therefore, it is considered that Nordic walking exercise, which enhances stability and balance of the patients with Osteoarthritis by using poles, is an effective exercise method for the improvement of the body and motor functions by lowering the pain of the joints and reducing the muscular strength and percentage body fat.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.177-184
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• 1997

1. The human body is the unification related to the powerful fascial network, I think. 2. Myofascial not only prevent and support the human body structure curdling but also keep the physical balance by dispersing traumatization properly. 3. Myofascial restriction will be developed into muscle deficiency and cause pains without releasing the muscle tension and the spasm. 4. Myofascial restriction affect and change the physical posture by losing the muscle elasticity and flexibility and by losing muscle supporting ability from gravitation. 5. The partial myofascial restriction affect the muscle and the adjoining joint supporting gravitation and cause the unbalance of the entire body.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.839-847
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of ankle flexibility, gender, and Q-angle on the ankle joint injury factors during one leg drop landing. For this study, 16 males(age: 20.19±1.78 years, mass: 69.54±10.12 kg, height: 173.22±4.43 cm) and 16 females(age: 21.05±1.53 years, mass: 61.75±6.97 kg, height: 159.34±4.56 cm) in their 20's majoring in physical education using the right foot as their dominant feet were selected as subjects. First, an independent t-test of joint motion and joint moment according to the experience of ankle injury was conducted to determine the effect of physical characteristics on ankle joint injury during one leg drop landing(α = .05). Second, the variable that showed a significant difference through t-test was set as the dependent variable, and the ankle flexibility, gender difference, and Q-angle were designated as independent variables to use Multiple Linear Regression(α =. 05). As a result of this study, it was found that the group that experienced an ankle joint injury was found to use a landing strategy and technique through adduction of the ankle joint and internal rotation of the knee joint, unlike the group without an injury. It was also confirmed that this movement increases the extension moment of the ankle joint and decreases the extension moment of the hip joint. In particular, it was found that the dorsi flexion flexibility of the ankle affects the ankle and knee landing strategy, and the gender difference affects the ankle extension moment. Therefore, it was confirmed that physical characteristics factors affecting ankle joint injuries during one leg drop landing.