• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2000

Rising from a supine position to erect stance is an important milestone in treatment of patients with neurologic dysfunction. The purposes of this study wed to describe the movement patterns that hemiplegic patients use when rising to a standing. position and to investigate whether movement patterns that an proposed to treat of functional activity, Seventeen patients were videotaped performing three trials of rising. Movement patterns were described with three body components : upper extremities, head-trunk, lower extremities. Subjects rose most commonly using a push and reach pattern of the upper extremities-symmetrical interrupted by rotation pattern in the head-trunk-an asymmetrical squat pattern in the lower extremities and a push and reach pattern of the upper extremities-symmetrical interrupted by rotation pattern in the head-trunk-an symmetrical squat with balance step pattern in the lower extremities.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.219-234
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• 2009

This paper presents a novel approach for extracting simultaneously human daily activity patterns and discovering the temporal relations of these activity patterns. It is necessary to resolve the services conflict and to satisfy a user who wants to use multiple services. To extract the simultaneous activity patterns, context has been collected from physical sensors and electronic devices. In addition, a context model is organized by the proposed incremental statistical method to determine conflicts and to infer user intentions through analyzing the daily human activity patterns. The context model is represented by the sets of the simultaneous activity patterns and the temporal relations between the sets. To evaluate the method, experiments are carried out on a test-bed called the Ubiquitous Smart Space. Furthermore, the user-intention simulator based on the simultaneous activity patterns and the temporal relations from the results of the inferred intention is demonstrated.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2011

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) leg flexion patterns according to the hip joint angle on electromyographic activity of the trunk. Methods : Thirty healthy adults volunteered to participate in this study. Subjects were required to complete following the PNF leg flexion patterns on three different hip joint flexion $30^{\circ}$, $60^{\circ}$ and $90^{\circ}$. An surface electromyogram (SEMG) was used to record the electromyographic activities of the trunk muscle in rectus abdominis, internal oblique abdominal, external oblique abdominal, erector spinae. The data were analyzed using the a repeated measures of one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni's correction. Result : The results of this study are summarized as follows: The EMG activities of internal abdominal oblique and elector spinae muscle showed a statistically significant difference (p<.05). Conclusion : The result show that electromyographic activity of the trunk muscles significantly changed on PNF leg flexion patterns with difference hip joint angle. Therefore, this study used to basis for the intervention of the trunk muscle strength and stabilization.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.194-199
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• 2022

Background: Older adults use different ankle muscle activation patterns during difficult static balance conditions. It has been suggested that this is related to a decline in proprioception with age, resulting in reduced postural balance. However, the association between proprioception and ankle muscle activity during quiet standing has not been directly assessed. Objects: This study aimed to investigate the effects of age and sensory condition on ankle muscle activity and the association between ankle proprioception and ankle muscle activity. Methods: We recruited 10 young women and 9 older women. Ankle proprioception was evaluated using joint position sense (JPS) and force sense (FS) divided by dorsiflexion and plantarflexion. The electromyographic activity of the tibialis anterior (TA) and gastrocnemius (GCM) muscles was collected during quiet standing. Results: Older women activated GCM muscle more than young during quiet standing and when performing difficult tasks. Older women had more errors in JPS dorsiflexion and FS plantarflexion than did young. The GCM muscle activity is related to JPS dorsiflexion and FS plantarflexion. Conclusion: Lower proprioception of the GCM with age leads to increased muscle activity, resulting in reduced postural balance. There was no difference in TA proprioception or muscle activity among older women with frequent physical activity.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2011

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of PNF lower extremity flexion pattern on the eletromyographic (EMG) activity in rectus abdominis, internal oblique abdominal, external oblique abdominal, erector spinae. Methods : Twenty-six healthy adults volunteered to participate in this study. Subjects were required complete following two PNF lower extremity patterns; flexion-adduction-external rotation with knee flexion (D1) and flexion-abduction-internal rotation with knee flexion (D2). A paired t-test was used to determine the influence of the PNF two patterns on muscle activity for each muscle and descriptive statistics was used to determine local/global muscle ratio. Results : The D1 pattern was showed significant rectus abdominis (p<.05) and Median of internal oblique/rectus abdominis ratio was 2.23 and internal oblique/external oblique ratio was 1.53. The D2 pattern showed significant erector spinae (p<.05) and Median of internal oblique/rectus abdominis ratio was 3.06 and internal oblique/external oblique ratio was 1.72. Conclusion : The D1 pattern made rectus abdominis activation increase. The D2 pattern made erector spinae activation increase. As compared D1 and D2 pattern on trunk muscle activation, it's will be useful decision making for the trunk muscle strength and stabilization.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.301-309
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• 2013

This study was designed to provide fundamental data on the consumption of fast food for a balanced diet of university students. The effects of personal characteristics and preferences such as gender, major, residing region, living expense, school grade, dieting, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption on fast food consumption patterns were analyzed by surveying university students. The analysis showed significant differences (p<0.05) in the consumption of different types of fast food depending on different personal characteristics and preferences as follows : hamburger by major, physical activity and alcohol consumption; chicken by school grade, physical activity and alcohol consumption; spaghetti by gender and smoking. Groups of different majors and school grades showed significant differences (p<0.05) in response to a question "Have you ever eaten fast food for regular meals?". The choice of fast food types based on taste and price appeared to be significantly influenced by majors and gender. Different groups with different majors and dieting experience appeared to think significantly differently about fast food. In response to a question "Has the consumption of fast food changed your diet style" different groups of different majors and physical activities showed significant differences. The analysis of factors affecting fast food choices revealed that fast food is chosen significantly differently depending on gender and majors (p<0.05). The purchase of fast food appeared to be significantly affected by gender, diet, physical activity, experience of fast food and consumption of fast food for regular meals (p<0.05).

• 국제물리치료학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.2302-2307
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• 2021

Background: Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis show abnormal changes in muscle activity due to pain and limited range of motion of the lumbar spine. Excessive increased muscle tone and decreased muscle activity patterns threaten the patients' quality of life. However, there have been a few studies showing how to improve muscle performance in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Among these, joint mobilization is one way of improving muscle performance through pain relief and increasing the range of motion. Objectives: To investigate the effect of lumbar mobilization by orthopedic manual physical therapy on paravertebral muscle activity and tone in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Methods: In this study, 24 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis were randomized (1:1 ratio) into two groups. The experimental group underwent lumbar posteroanterior mobilization, and the control group underwent conventional physical therapy (conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) for 15 minutes each. For outcome measures, Myoton^®PRO was used to evaluate muscle tone when resting of the paravertebral muscle in the pain area. For muscle activity evaluation, the reference voluntary contraction of the paravertebral muscle was evaluated using surface electromyography. Results: Muscle tone and activity were significantly improved after intervention in both the experimental and control groups. In addition, the experimental group showed more significant decrease in muscle tone and activity than the control group. Conclusion: These results suggest that lumbar mobilization improving muscle performance in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) patterns on electromyography (EMG) activity in the rectus abdominis, internal abdominal oblique, external abdominal oblique, and erector spinae according to position changes. Methods: Ten healthy adults volunteered to participate in the study. The subjects were required to complete exercises that followed two PNF extremity patterns, namely, an upper extremity extension-adduction-internal rotation pattern and a lower extremity flexion-adduction-external rotation pattern. The exercises were applied in the supine, side-lying, and sitting positions. Repeated measure one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Bonferroni correction were used to determine the influence of the patterns on muscle activity for each muscle, and descriptive statistics were then used to determine the local/global muscle ratios. Results: The upper extremity pattern had a significant effect on the rectus abdominis and erector spinae in the supine position, and on the internal oblique and external oblique in the sitting position (p<0.05). The median value for the internal oblique/rectus abdominis showed a high ratio of 2.05, and a high ratio of 1.01 was shown for the internal oblique/external oblique in the sitting position. The lower extremity pattern had a significant effect on the rectus abdominis in the side-lying position and on the internal oblique, external oblique, and erector spinae in the sitting position (p<0.05). The median value for the internal oblique/rectus abdominis showed a high ratio of 2.83 in the sitting position and a high ratio of 1.30 for the internal oblique/external oblique in the side-lying position. Conclusion: The PNF pattern increases local muscle activation in an unstable position. Therefore, when the pattern is used for intervention purposes, trunk stability and varied position changes should be taken into account.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the sleep/activity patterns of premature babies. Method: The subjects were 55 premature babies who were hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of one University Hospital in Daejeon from September 1, 2004 to March 31, 2006. The sleep/activity patterns of the premature babies were observed for 24 hours a day for 7 days. The observations were made and recorded by the researcher and 5 trained research assistants using NCASA records developed by Barnard et al. (1979). For statistical analysis, frequency, average, t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficients were used. Results: The infants slept more and had less awake periods during daytime than full-term infants. As the hospital stay of the premature babies increased, the amount of daytime sleep and total daily sleep decreased, and the amount of daytime awake periods increased. Conclusions: The findings suggest that the level of physical and physiological maturity of premature babies is one of the major variables that affect their sleep/activity patterns. Furthermore, the findings of this study will provide information about the sleep/activity patterns of premature babies, and present baseline data to develop the nursing intervention programs which support optimum development for the premature babies.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.36-46
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• 2019

본 연구는 만 65세 이상의 노인 49명을 대상으로 가속도계와 신체활동일기를 함께 사용하여 신체활동량과 좌식행동패턴을 성별에 따라 비교하고 WHO 신체활동지침의 실천율을 평가하였다. 1. CPM과 METs는 성별에 따른 유의한 차이가 없었으나 PAEE는 남자가 여자보다 유의하게 높았다. 활동 강도별 1일 평균 소요시간을 살펴보면, 본 연구대상자들은 좌식행동에 소요되는 시간 (남녀 각각 60.6%, 57.6%)이 가장 많았으며 좌식행동 및 중 고강도 활동의 소요시간에서는 남녀간의 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으나 저강도 활동의 소요시간은 여자가 $364.2{\pm}74.5$분으로 남자 ($313.7{\pm}70.8$분)보다 유의하게 많았다. 2. 남녀 모두 수면시간을 제외한 좌식행동 (2 ~ 5단계) 중 2단계의 '휴식, 담화 및 TV보기' 활동으로 가장 많은 시간 (남자 26.9%, 여자 22.0%)을 보내고 있었으며, 남자가 $388.0{\pm}134.3$분으로 여자 ($316.1{\pm}65.2$분)보다 유의하게 많았다. 저강도 활동에 포함되는 활동 중에서는 7단계의 '미용 및 옷 갈아입기' 활동과 9단계의 '음식 준비 및 정리하기' 활동의 소요시간에서 여자가 남자보다 유의하게 많았다. 중 고강도 활동에서는 15단계의 '체조, 탁구 및 자전거타기' 활동의 소요시간에서 남자가 여자보다 유의하게 많게 나타났다. 3. 좌식행동패턴을 성별에 따라 비교한 결과, 좌식행동을 30분과 40분 이상 지속한 횟수에서 남자가 각각 $3.10{\pm}1.34$회, $1.78{\pm}1.09$회로 여자 ($2.34{\pm}1.22$회, $1.32{\pm}1.07$회)보다 유의하게 많았으나 시간당 좌식행동의 지속을 끊어주는 횟수는 남자 ($5.74{\pm}0.89$회)가 여자 ($6.44{\pm}0.71$회) 보다 유의하게 적었다. 좌식행동을 30분 이상 지속한 횟수 및 시간 당 좌식행동을 끊어주는 횟수는 2단계의 '휴식, 담화 및 TV보기' 활동의 소요시간과 유의한 상관관계를 보였으며 주로 저강도 활동을 통해서 좌식행동의 지속이 끊어지는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 일주일 동안 중 고강도 활동을 각각 2분과 5분 이상 지속한 시간에서는 남자가 $319.8{\pm}255.2$분과 $247.3{\pm}228.2$분으로 여자 ($193.3{\pm}130.6$분, $137.2{\pm}101.9$분)보다 유의하게 많은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 본 연구대상자의 경우 중 고강도 활동의 짧은 지속시간 (10분 미만)으로 인하여 WHO 신체활동지침의 실천율이 22.4% (남자 30.8%, 여자 13.0%)으로 매우 낮았다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 노인의 경우 장시간 지속되는 좌식행동 패턴을 줄이기 위하여 노력해야함을 알 수 있었다. 이를 위하여 무엇보다도 앉아서 TV를 시청하는 시간을 줄이는 것이 중요함이 지적되었다. 앞으로 노인의 만성질환 예방을 위하여, 노인의 신체활동량 및 좌식행동 패턴과 건강 관련 지표와의 관련성 분석 평가 연구가 필요하다. 특별히 본 연구에서 노인만을 위한 별도의 신체활동지침 마련의 필요성이 제시된 바, 노인에게 적합한 신체활동의 적정 강도 및 적정 유지 시간 등이 반영된 새로운 지침이 개발되어야 할 것이다.