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KMID : 1003620140060020019
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Journal of Korean Aging Health Friendly Policy Association
2014 Volume.6 No. 2 p.19 ~ p.24
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Comparison on the Elderly’s Range of Joint Motion of the Upper Limbs and the Grasp Power According to the Resistance Exercise Using PNF Techique
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Ha Kyung-Jin
Yoo Chang-Min
Seung Ji-Eun
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study was to figure out the elderly’s range of motion of the upper limbs and grasp power according to the resistance using PNF technique.
Methods : First, a total of 65-to-75-year-old men and women residing in N and S districts in Busan were assigned wirelessly. The researcher than conducted the research on the elders who did not any diseases and problems for exercising, and divided them into two groups by having 15 elders in the PNF exercise group and another 15 in control group. The research period lasted for 4 weeks, measuring the elders once a week. The collected data was analyzed by
using SPSS 18.00, and all statistical levels of significance was determined to be p<.05.
Results : The exercise group that carried out an exercising program using the PNF technique demonstrated that the members’ shoulder joint curves had an effect of the range of motion (p<.05). In terms of the profiles before and after the workout, the exercise group with the program that employed the PNF had a noticeable different, but the control group did not.
Conclusion : The research result showed that the motion range of curves of shoulder joints for the PNF exercise group that performed the resistance using the PNF technique for 4 weeks was greater than that of the control group’s motion range of the curves for shoulder joint; there was a noticeable difference between the two groups. Through the result above, it can be discerned that the resistance exercise using the PNF technique is more helpful to increase the motion range of the elderly’s upper limbs, and that PNF exercise can be considered to be a safe and effective way to be applied for elders.
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KEYWORD
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PNF, Elders, Range of Joint Motion
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