• The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.191-202
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• 2011

Objectives: The questionnaires of body condition were developed to increase golf performance and to find psychological factors in junior golfer. This study was how much golf performances got improved after acupuncture treatment. Methods: October $28^{th}$, $29^{th}$ 2010 and January 2011, 130 junior golfers were taken 8 questionnaires. Sixty junior golfer of them were selected, twenty of them were taken acupuncture treatment spontaneously and forty of them were not taken it. The acupoints were K10, H3, Sp3, H7. The statistics was used paired student t-test of before and after treatment and correlates analysis for analyzing relationship with questionnaires. Results: 1. The result of reliability among questionnaires was signified. 2. About questionnaires, golf score was related with satisfied shots, to endure hungry and about digestion. (p<0.5) 3. Anxiety was related with pain in ribs, about sleep, about bowl movement and about digestion. 4. It was obtained Regression equation of 41.9 % prediction between anxiety and 4 questionnaires. 5. The result of paired T-Test, the difference was $2.45{\oplus}4.69$ between $1^{st}$ score and $2^{nd}$ score in acupuncture treated group. (p<0.05) Conclusions: This study was important to improve golf performance with Asian medicine. Further clinical research is necessary to develop more delicate analyses and questionnaires. Also through the diagnosis and corresponding treatments based on the Asian Medicine, the ways of improving golf performance should be developed.

• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.151-162
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of sports injury among Korean junior elite golf players. The survey was made through the questionnaire which consist of eight categories and 280 valid answers were used to perform frequency analysis. The results indicated that 197 out of 280 participants experienced golf injuries (30%: during a game, 70%: during a practice) and 70% of them also experienced injuries within a year. The frequency analysis for the site of injury has shown that back was the most vulnerable area for all players(33%), followed by the right wrist, left shoulder and elbow for male players. Among female players, left wrist was the second weak site of injury, followed by the right wrist, right thoracic spine, and left shoulder. A few of them also have shown abnormal symptoms of ruptured lumbar disk, scoliosis, and lordosis and these injuries might be caused by the lack of flexibility and the fatigue due to over-practice. High frequency of wrist injury also demonstrated that excessive chopping or punching shot and poor environmental course conditions may cause this injury to be common. Overall, lack of warm up time, lack of strength and flexibility, and excessive amount of practice were the major reasons of injury for the junior elite golfers in Korea. The study also proved that these young Korean golfers actually had more chances to be faced with the injury than average. Thus, it is necessary to develop systematic and scientific methods of training, and prevention, treatment of these injuries with medical professionals.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.43-47
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• 2011

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is a vital enzyme in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and there are literature reports describing its relationship between the ACE polymorphism and muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility. The purpose of this study is to identify the distribution of the ACE gene polymorphism among individual golfers and the relationship between different golfers group. We analyzed the ACE gene polymorphism to study the individual differences among professional golfers (n=35), junior golfers (n=30) and general golfers (n=25). Genotype frequencies of DD, ID and II in total golfers (n=90) were 16.7%, 52.2% and 31.1% respectively. In professional golfers, the frequencies of DD, ID and II were 25.7%, 45.7% and 28.6% respectively. The frequency of DD genotype in professional golfers was higher than in junior golfers and in general golfers, but the II genotype in professional golfers was lower than in other groups. In conclusion, these data suggest that the capability and power of golf exercise are associated with the hereditary characteristics of the ACE polymorphism.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.65-74
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• 1995

There is no line of demarcation between the shoulder and elbow regions. Pain In the arm may originate at the shoulder with reference downwards or less often at the elbow with reference upwards. Most pains indicated by the patient at the elbow or forearm have a local origin, since at the more distal part of the upper limb the capacity for correct localization is good. Once it is clear that the elbow region is at fault, the joint and the muscles about it are tested by ten movements. 1. Four. Passive extension, flexion, pronation, supination-full range, LOM, painful, painless. 2. Four. Resisted extension, flexion, pronation, supination-strong, weak, painful, painless. 3. Two. Resisted flexion, extension at the wrist-painful, painless. The muscles that perform theses two movements arise from the humeral epicondyles and a lesion in either often causes pain felt at the elbow although the tissuse affected is not functionally a part of the elbow (i. e. Tennis elbow and Golfer's elbow).