• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.16-26
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• 2016

Background: Deficiencies in the ability to maintain balance are common in elderly. Augmented feedback such as knowledge of results (KR) can accelerate learning and mastering a motor skill in older people. Objects: We designed this study to examine whether one session of Wii-Fit game with self-regulated KR is effective for elderly people, and to compare the effect of two different timings of self-regulated KR conditions. Methods: Thirty-nine community-dwelling elders, not living in hospice care or a nursing home, participated in this study. During acquisition, two groups of volunteers were trained in 10 blocks of a dynamic balancing task under the following 2 conditions, respectively: (a) a pre-trial self-regulated KR ($n_1=18$), or (b) a post-trial self-regulated KR ($n_2=21$). Immediate retention tests and delayed retention tests of balancing performance were administered in 15 minutes and 24 hours following acquisition period, respectively. Results: In both groups, significant improvements of balancing performances scores were observed during the acquisition period. Regardless of the group, mean of balancing performance scores on retention tests were well-maintained from the final session. There were no significant differences between groups in balancing performance scores during the acquisition period (p>.05); however, the post-trial self-regulated KR group exhibited significantly higher balancing performance scores in both the immediate retention test and delayed retention test than that of the pre-trial self-regulated KR group (p<.05). Conclusion: Therefore, subjects who regulated their feedback after a dynamic balancing task, during the acquisition period, experienced more efficient motor learning during the retention period than did subjects who regulated their feedback before a dynamic balancing task. Accordingly, in case of presenting the KR of motor learning in clinical settings to elders who reduced dynamic balance abilities, the requesting time of KR is imperative according to self-estimation processes as well as types of KR and practice.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2009

만성 요통 환자들에 대한 다양한 치료적 중재 방법이 있다. 그러나 대부분의 치료들이 통증에 대한 치료들이다. 만성 요통 환자들은 요추관절들의 구조적 고착들을 가지고 있다, 이러한 구조적 고착들은 관절가동범위을 저하시키고 나아가 동적 균형능력의 저하를 발생시킨다. 동적 균형능력의 저하는 손상을 가중시키고 위험상황에서의 대처능력을 감소시킨다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 만성요통환자들에 대한 즉각적인 동적 균형능력의 회복을 위하여 메이트란드의 도수치료의 방법들을 이용하였다. 만성 요통 환자 64명을 대상으로 메이트란드의 도수치료를 적용한 실험군 32명, 이학적 도구(온열팩, 저주파치료기, 초음파)를 사용한 대조군 32명을 대상으로 하였다. 각 군의 치료 전, 후의 동적 균형능력을 비교하기위하여 신뢰도가 높은 스타 익스커션 밸런스 테스트(0.81-0.96)를 이용하였다. 실험군에서 치료 후 동적 균형능력이 전방, 오른쪽, 왼쪽, 후방모두에서 증가하였고 대조군에서는 변화가 없었다. 따라서 메이트란드의 도수치료가 만성요통환자들의 요추 관절을 유연하게 해서 즉각적인 동적 균형능력을 증가시키는데 영향을 주었다고 생각된다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of single limb stance exercise according to the support surface on dynamic balance ability and abdominal muscle thickness. Methods : We recruited 28 healthy subjects in this study. Subjects were assigned to 2 groups by matching method. The control group was 5 males and 9 females, and single limb stance exercise was performed on the stable support surface. The experimental group consisted of 6 males and 8 females, and trained to stand on the unstable support. During the single limb stance exercise, the dominant foot was set as the foot that appeared numerically through the exercise of the dynamic balance meter (Biorescue). Single limb stance exercise along the supporting surface was maintained for 15 seconds and then rested for 15 seconds. It was repeated 5 times. Particularly, the balance exercise on the unstable support surface was sufficiently practiced. Independent t test was performed for comparison between groups. Paired t test was performed to compare before and after each group. Results : There was no difference between the control group and the experimental group in the comparison of dynamic balance ability (p>.05). However, there were significant differences before and after exercise in both the control and experimental groups (p<.05). Similarly, in the comparison of abdominal muscle thickness, there was a significant difference within each group, especially internal oblique and transverse abdominis (p<.05), and no difference between groups (p>.05). Conclusion : Based on these results, although there was no difference between the groups, in the experimental group, numerical increase in dynamic balance ability and abdominal muscle thickness was confirmed. Therefore, single limb stance exercise on the unstable support surfaces activates core muscles and has a positive effect on dynamic balancing ability.