The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy

The Korean Society of Physical Therapy (대한물리치료학회)
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The Effect of Proprioceptive Exercise of Ankle Joint on Postural Alignment in Woman Elderly Person

발목관절의 고유수용성 운동이 여성노인의 자세정렬에 미치는 영향

  • Bae, Young-Sook (Department of Physical Therapy, YeoJoo Institute of Technology) ;
  • Um, Ki-Mae (Department of Physical Therapy, YeoJoo Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Nan-Soo (Department of Physical Therapy, Catholic University of Pusan)
  • 배영숙 (여주대학 물리치료과) ;
  • 엄기매 (여주대학 물리치료과) ;
  • 김난수 (부산가톨릭대학교 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2009.02.24
  • Accepted : 2009.06.10
  • Published : 2009.09.25
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of proprioceptive exercise on the body alignment of elderly women. Method: The experimental group consisted of twenty elderly women who participated in proprioceptive exercise for 8 weeks. The subjects were measured using Global Posture System equipment for assessing their body alignment. Body alignment was measured at the ear, shoulder joint, knee joint and calcaneocuboid joint on the sagittal plane, and the left and right acromion process positions, the ASIS and the medial malleoulus on the coronal plane. The body alignment data was used to assess the changes before and after proprioceptive exercise. The data of the experimental group was compared and analyzed using the Wilcoxon singed-rank test between before and after proprioceptive exercise. The Mann-Whithney test was used to compare the experimental group and the control group. Result: The result of this study was that the body alignment of the experimental group at the ear and knee joint on the sagittal plane was significantly in alignment with the line of gravity (p<0.05) before and after proprioceptive exercise. The body alignment was statistically different (p<0.05) between the experimental group and the control group on the frontal plane and sagittal plane. Conclusion: This study showed that proprioceptive exercise does affect the body alignment in elderly women. This indicates that there is interaction that plays a crucial role for proprioceptive stimuli and the body alignment.

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