한국의 초고령화 사회에서 노인일자리전담기관인 시니어클럽은 지역사회 에서 어떠한 기능을 발휘할 수 있으며, 그 정체성을 어떻게 정의할 수 있을까? 본 연구는 시니어클럽의 기능에 관한 이해당사자들의 주관적 인식을 분석하여 이 질문에 대한 해답을 탐색하고자 하였다. 연구방법 으로 주관성을 연구대상으로 다루는 Q방법론을 적용하였다. Q모집단은 시니어클럽에 대한 다양한 인식으로 개별 및 집단인터뷰를 통해 수집 하였고, Q표본에는 37개의 진술문이 채택되었다. P표본으로는 시니어 클럽 종사자, 참여노인, 예비참여노인(지역주민) 총 25명이 연구에 참여 하였다. PQ Method 프로그램을 활용해 자료분석한 결과, 시니어 클럽의 기능에 대한 인식은 3개 유형으로 도출되었다. 1유형은 일자리개발 기관, 2유형은 직무교육 및 일자리 제공기관, 3유형은 노동권익 보호기관으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과를 토대로 시니어클럽이 지역사회에서 그 역할을 공고히 하기 위해 어떠한 정책적, 행정적, 실천적 노력이 필요한지 몇 가지 함의를 제안하였다.

Background: Studies suggest that induced emotional changes can affect the sensory-motor system involved in the practice of muscle activity and movement in physical aspects. Previous studies have shown focused on effects just feedback on muscle activity associated with emotions but rarely have focused induced emotional change on gross motor function such as muscle activity. Objects: The purpose of this study was to compare biceps activity and emotion that before and after viewing a video was induced positive or negative emotion. Methods: The study enrolled 34 healthy male and female who scored at normal points on the Center for Epidermiological Studies-Depression Scale. The study measured over two weeks, showing subjects pleasant and sad videos one by one in a week. We performed to measure the biceps brachii activity which is maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and the visual analog mood scale (VAMS) scores before and after one week. The significance level was set to α = 0.05. Results: There was no significant difference in muscle activity of the biceps brachii before and after each video was viewed (p > 0.05). However, the visual analogue mood scale showed an increase in VAMS after viewing each video (p < 0.05). Conclusion: We figured out induced emotional changes are cause actual emotional changes but there are no differences in muscle activity. In this research, watching the video with a short time looks like insufficient to change muscle activity. Nevertheless, there might be different when we check various muscles with sufficient time for viewing the video. Further study is needed to measure a variety of muscles with more time for viewing the video.

Background: Spontaneous use of the upper extremities on the affected side of patients with stroke is a meaningful indicator of recovery and may vary by the age or dominant hand of patients. No prior study has reported changes in actual amount of use test (AAUT) and motor activity log (MAL)-28 according to age and handedness in healthy adults, and AAUT inter-rater reliability for assessment of healthy adults. Objects: This study aimed to (1) research the differences in AAUT and MAL-28 according to age and handedness in healthy adults, and (2) determine the inter-rater reliability of the AAUT. Methods: Seventy healthy adults participated in this study. The MAL-28 was assessed by dividing 61 subjects into young right-handed (n1=20), young left-handed (n2=21), and older right-handed (n3=20) groups. The AAUT was assessed by dividing 63 subjects into young right-handed (n1=25), young left-handed (n2=18), and older right-handed (n3=20) groups. Student’s t-test and the Wilcoxon signedrank test were used for statistical analysis. Results: The Amount of Use (AOU) scale values for each group showed no significant differences between age groups and handedness groups in the MAL-28 (p>.05). The AAUT AOU scale value showed significant differences regarding dominant handedness in the AAUT (p<.05), but no significant differences according to age (p>.05). (2) Inter-rater reliability of the AAUT was excellent, except few items (item 9, 11, and 12). Conclusion: Although both the MAL-28 and the AAUT measured how much participants used their dominant arms in healthy subjects, the AAUT only showed significantly higher dominant arm use in left hander than the right hander. In addition, the inter-rater reliability of the AAUT was excellent. Current results can be utilized as a basic information when clinicians develop rehabilitation strategies, and AAUT was shown to be a reliable evaluation tool for measurement of upper extremity use in Korean adults, based on the reliability demonstrated by this study.