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Effects of Exercise Program on Grip Strength and Postural Balance in Middle Older Adults (운동프로그램이 중기 노인의 악력과 균형능력에 미치는 효과)

  • Mun, Young Hee;Lee, Jong Hwa
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2022
  • This study was to examine the effect of exercise program on grip strength and postural balance for older adult. This study was conducted with a nonequivalent control group pre-test and post-test design. A total of 67 older adult in senior center were recruited and were assigned to the experimental group (33) or control group (34). The experimental group participated exercise program during 16 weeks from 1 Aug to 26 Nov 2019, twice a week 60 minutes per session. Data were collected before and after the exercise program. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, Chi-square test, and t-test with SPSS Statistics 21.0 program. Left grip strength(t=4.37, p<.001), right grip strength(t=5.47, p<.001), and postural balance(t=6.89, p<.001) were significantly increased in the experimental group. This study found that exercise program could be a useful health promotion method.

The Effect of the Forward Head Posture on Acoustic Characteristics and Muscle Activity during Respiration (전방머리자세가 음향학적 특성과 호흡 시 근활성도에 미치는 영향)

  • Hye-Rim Shin;Hee-June Park;Sang-Been Lee;Sang-Yeol Lee
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.357-366
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics and grip strength of people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Methods: This was a retrospective study that analyzed raw data from the first year of the 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2019). The study population was 780 people in total, ranging in age from their teens to their 80s. These were people who had been diagnosed with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and the presence of arthritis in and grip strength of these subjects were determined using the average value of three measurements. Results: According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of arthritis in Korea was 2.5% in men, 10.7% in women, and 13.1% overall. More women than men had osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and the number of people with osteoarthritis increased with age. In this study, of those with osteoarthritis, 13.5% were men and 88% were women; of those with rheumatoid arthritis, 19.3% were men and 56.3% were women. The number of patients with osteoarthritis increased with age, and rheumatoid arthritis was more common in older people. Subjects with osteoarthritis had lower grip strength than those without the disease, and the older the age at which rheumatoid arthritis was first diagnosed, the lower the grip strength. Conclusion: Grip strength is lower in patients with osteoarthritis than in those without osteoarthritis, and it is possible to estimate the degree to which muscle strength decreases.

An Experimental Study on Establishing Criteria of Gripping Work in Construction Site (건설 현장 악력 작업안전 기준 설정에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 손기상;이인홍;최만진;안병준
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.81-95
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    • 1995
  • Now, safety assurance in construction sites should be accomplished by its own organization rather than control of the code or government. It is believed that the safety assurance can be considerably improved by a lecture or an education using the existing theories or literatures up to now, but it is thought that fundamental safety assurance we not able to be accomplished without developing safety devices '||'&'||' equipment or taking fundamental measures, based on the result analyzed from workers behaviors. There are various behaviors of the workers showed in construction site, but only tests for hammerusing works such as form, re-bar, stone workers directly related to the grip strength are mainly performed, investigated and measured here for the study. The above works are similar to power grip, 7th picture on seven items which are categorized for hand grip types(Ammermin 1956 ; Jones ; Kobrick 1958). Measurements of grip strength are commonly taken in anthropometric surveys. They are easy to administer but unfortunately it is rather dubious whether they yield any data that are of interest to the engineer. Very fewer controls of tools are grasped and squeesed studies showed very little overall correlation between grip strength and other measures of bodily strength (Laubach, Kromer, and Thordsen 1972), but hammer-using work which is practically progressed in construction site are mainly influenced with grip strength. According to the investigation on work measurement, it is shown that 77% of form worker are using hammer to be related to grip strength. In this study, it is particularly noticed that wearing safety gloves in construction site is required for workers safety but 20% difference between grip strength with safety gloves and without ones are commonly neglected in the site(Fig. 1). Nevertheless, safety operation with consideration of the above 20% difference is not considered in the construction site. Factors of age, kinds of work, working time, with or without safety gloves are in vestigated '||'&'||' collected at the sites for this study. Test, not at each working hour but at 14 : 00 when the almost all of the workers think the most tired, resulting from the questionaires, also when it is shown on the research report has been performed and compared for main kinds of works : form '||'&'||' re-bar work. Tests were performed with both left SE rightand of the workers simultaneously in construction site using Rand Dynamometer(Model 78010, Lafayette Instrument Co., Indiana, U.S.A) by reading grip strength on the gauge while they are pulling, and then by interviewing on their ages, works, experiences and etc., directly. The above tests have been performed for the dates of 15th march-26th May '95 with consideration of site condition. And even if various factors of ambient temperature on the testing date, working condition, individual worker's habit and worker's condition of the previous ate are concerned with the study. Those are considered as constants in this study. Samples are formwork 53, rebar 62, electrician 5, plumber 4, welding 1 from D construction Co., Ltd, ; formwork 12, re-bar 5, electrician 2, from S construction Co., Ltd, , formwork 78, re-bar 18, plumber 31, electrician 13, labor 48, plumber 31, plasterer 15, concrete placer 6, water proof worker 3, maisony 5 from B construction Co., Ltd. As In the previously mentioned, main aspect to be investigated in this study will be from '||'&'||' re-bar work because grip strength will be directly applied to these two kinds of works ; form '||'&'||' re-bar work, eventhough there are total 405 samples taken. It is thought that a frequency of accident occurrence will be mainly two work postures "looking up '||'&'||' looking down" to be mainly sorted, but this factor is not clarified in this study because It will be needed a lot of work more. Tests has been done at possible large scale of horizontally work-extended sites within one hour in order to prevent or decrease errors '||'&'||' discrepancies from time lag of the test. Additionally, the statistical package computer program SPSS PC+has been used for the study.

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The Effect of Neurodynamic Technique and Self Management Exercise for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients (신경역동적 기법과 자가 신경 운동법이 수근관증후군 환자에게 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Hyun-Sik
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.48-52
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    • 2010
  • Object: The aim of this study is to descrive the effect of neurodynamic technique and self management exercise for carpal tunnel syndrome patients(CTS) Method: 13 patients with CTS participated in this study. They were from 18 to 70 years old and mean age was 25.3. In the evalutaion, gripping with grip dynamometer, strength of gripping with precision pinchmeter, pain level with visual analogue scale. All measurement of each subject were measure at pre- treatment and post treatment(after 1week) and post treattment(after 2 weeks) stage. The physical therapy program consisted of neurodynamic technique and self management exercise. SPSS 12.0 program was used to compile result. Result: The grip, pinch, VAS-P were significantly difference between pre-treatment and post treatment(after 2weeks)(p<.05) Conclusion: This study suggest that 3weeks neurodynamic technique and self management exercise improved grip and pinch strength and decrease pain score.

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A Case Report of Patient in Pregnancy with External Epicondylitis (임신 중 발생한 주관절외측상과염(肘關節外側上顆炎) 환자 치험 1례)

  • Ahn, Byeong-Joon;Song, Ho-sueb
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.137-141
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    • 2011
  • Objectives : To report the patient in pregnancy with external epicondylitis, who improved by acupuncture and bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy. Methods : The patient was treated by acupuncture and bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy on external epicondylitis. The improvement of the symptom was evaluated by visual analog scale(VAS) and grip strength. Results and Conclusions : After treatment, VAS and grip strength were significantly improved. In this case, we found that the acupuncture and bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy is effective for external epicondylitis.

가전제품 리모콘의 인간공학적 설계에 관한 연구

  • 송호영;이삼수;구자령;이종수;이면우
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1995.04a
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    • pp.555-562
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    • 1995
  • 리모콘은 전자제품과 인간의 interface로서 점차로 그 사용이 증대되고 있는 실정이다. 그러나 이러한 사용증대에도 불구하고 리모콘의 디자인 설계 단계에 있어서 인간공학적인 설계원칙에 관한 고려가 부족한 것이 현실이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 인간공학적인 설계원칙을 적용한 리모콘의 설계를 제시하였다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 기존의 인간공학적인 연구를 바탕으로 리모콘의 grip형태와 grip의 크기를 파악하고 제품기능의 파악과 task analysis를 통하여 button의 종류, 크기 및 형태를 결정하였다. 또한 제품기능의 중요도와 연관성을 파악하여 conceptual layout를 실시하였다. 마지막으로 손의 인체측정치와 손가락의 운동범위를 고려한 최종적인 control button layout을 결정하였다. 연구결과에 의하여 grip형태 및 크기, button의 크기, button사이의 간격, button간 layout등의 리모콘의 설계제원이 결정되어 설계에 적용되었다.

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Study on the Correlation between Grip Strength and EEG (악력 세기와 뇌파의 상관관계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Eun;Park, Seung-Min;Sim, Kwee-Bo
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.853-859
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the correlation between electroencephalography (EEG) and strength, using grip strength. 64-channel EEG data were recorded from five healthy subjects in tasks requiring handgrip contractions of nine levels of MVC (Maximal Voluntary Contraction). We found the ERS (Event-Related Synchronization)/ERD (Event-Related Desynchronization) at the measured EEG data using STFT (Short-Time Furier Transform) and spectral power in the EEG of each frequency range displayed in the graph. In this paper, we identified that the stronger we contracted, the greater the spectral power was increased in the ${\beta}$, ${\gamma}$ wave.

Measurement of Grip and Feed Force in the Evaluation of Hand-arm Vibration (수완계 진동 평가에 영향을 미치는 작용력의 측정)

  • 최석현;장한기
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1038-1042
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    • 2003
  • In order to evaluate dynamic impedance of a hand-arm system it is necessary to measure the hand-transmitted vibration and the reaction force at the same time while gripping the vibrating handle. In the study a device was developed to measure both the vibration and the force. The device consists of a measurement handle with four strain gauge and two accelerometers and a PC based control system with a program for the signal processing and evaluation of the hand-transmitted vibration and reaction force. The handle was installed on the vibration shaker so that it can move by the generated signal from the control system. As an application of the system dynamic reaction force and the frequency weighted acceleration at the handle attached to the shaker were measured at various grip force and feed force. This system will be very useful in the area of impedance measurement and the evaluation of performance of anti-vibration gloves.

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The Study of joint structure of composite slabs with the tensile grip connection (고력볼트 인장접을 갖는 합성상판의 이음구조에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Seung-Tag
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2006
  • Recently, steel-concrete composite slab decks have been widely used as highway bridge decks. In the construction of the composite slab decks, it is necessary to join two adjacent blocked bottom plates to form one unite in the longitudinal direction. In this paper, several types of longitudinal direction joints for Robinson type composite slab decks ared proposed herein and static bending test are carried out by using slab specimens. And the stress and deformation of the tensile grip connection with high strength bolts are discussed by using three-dimensional elastic-plastic FEM.

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A Study on the Muscle Activity and Fatigue of Hand Muscle for the Presentation of Normative Data in Labor Environment (노동현장 기준데이터 제시를 위한 손근육의 근활성도 및 근피로도에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Hyun;Lee, Ho-Yong;Shin, Hwa-Young;Jeong, Seong-Hun;Kim, Sung-Hwan
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.57 no.12
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    • pp.2336-2344
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, muscular activity and muscle fatigue of FDI(first dorsal interosseous muscle) and thenar muscle of hand was analyzed with surface EMG signal based on four kinds of attitudes(grip, tip, key and palmar) to measure grip strength and pinch strength after hand operation and rehabilitation treatment. The normative data are needed to interpret evaluation data to assess a patient's ability to return to labor environment. The preceding researchers proposed the standard data only by studying on maximum grip strength and the maximum pinch strength followed by each attitude of subjects' hands. But in this study, the muscle activity and muscle fatigue were considered under the various attitude to propose normative data. As a results, the muscle fatigue may be used only for presentation of normative data in labor environment.