This study reviewed the lives of maids of honor, the members of the court who assisted the royal family during Korea’s feudal monarchy, through the definitive Joseon Dynasty court literatures Gyechukilgi, Inhyeonwanghujeon, and Hanjungnok. Maids of honor originate from Tianguan Zhouzai (Celestial Ministry with the Prime Minister) chapter of China’s Zhouli (Rites of the Zhou). And because Korea was a dynasty, it is believed that maids of honor were part of the court since founding of the state, despite the lack of concrete records supporting the assumption. However, a mural painting from a tomb that dates back to the Goguryeo era does confirm the presence of maids of honor during its time. Details of the maid of honor hierarchy have been discovered through Samguksagi Japji’s Shila volume and records from Goryeo’s age of Hyeongjong, but it was officially organized during Joseon Dynasty’s age of Taejong. The official title of maids of honor was the royal court lady, which means someone who assists the royal family. Maids of honor had to spend their entire lives within the enclosed walls of the royal palace, and this explains why they are also called Gungin, Naein, or Nain. In addition, maids of honor included apprentice maids without an official rank and waiting women to the court ladies whose job it was to handle odd jobs. Responsibilities of the maids of honor were divided into jimil, docheong, and cheoso. Aside from these responsibilities of the systemized maid of honor hierarchy, specific tasks were assigned to servants of the royal nurse and maids of honor and servants assigned to assist the management of the palace and the royal family and their chambers outside the royal palace. Having been chosen out of a group of servants that were officially part of the king’s assets or a group of servants assigned to the government, maids of honor were people of a humble status. However, when a maid of honor became an official court lady after fifteen years of servitude at the royal palace, she was assigned with a level 9 official rank and received the corresponding wage. Then, after ten or twenty more years, she became a level 5 sangung, managing many servants under her and enjoying a specialist position that worked in shifts. As such, maids of honor silently continued on the tradition as masters of their various fields and played a leading role in the cultural epitome that is the royal court culture.

김혜순의 시론집『여성이 글을 쓴다는 것은』은 ‘여성성’과 ‘시작(詩作)’의 관계를 본격적이고 심층적으로 탐색한 저작이다. 여성성은 인간성의 반쪽이 아니라 근본적인 차원이다. 김혜순은 여성성을 부정하는 방식을 부정하면서, 여성성을 글쓰기의 근본적이고 심층적인 차원에서 드러내고 또한 미학적인 원리로 내세운다 김혜순이 사유하는 여성성의 핵심적인 자질은 생성의 능력이라 하겠다. 시적 주체의 엔트로피와 운동성은 여기에서 나온다. 김혜순이 시쓰기에 ‘바리데기’를 호명했던 이유 또한 여기에서 찾을 수 있었다. ‘바리데기-되기’, ‘어머니-되기’는 은폐된 타자들을 해방시키고 활성화하는, 이를테면 타자들을 낳는 ‘자궁-되기’와 같은 것이었다. 김혜순에게 삶과 죽음, 현실과 환상, 나와 타자, 주체와 세계는 안과 밖의 이원론적 구조가 아니라 표면과 심층의 일원론적 관계 속에서 개시된다. 이를 ‘외부의 내재성’, ‘초월의 내재성’ 같은 말로 표현해 볼 수 있다. 내가 내 바깥의 타자들을 포획하고 규정하는 방식의 동일시가 아니라, 어머니가 아이를 생산하듯이 내 안에서 타자들을 출산하고 폭발시키면서 ‘나’를 바꾸는 방식으로 ‘시-하기’는 이루어진다. 이러한 ‘시-하기’는 내 안에서 숨겨진 ‘어머니’를 찾는 것이면서 ‘어머니’를 거꾸로 출산하는 것이기도 하다. 김혜순은 자아 중심의 기존 시학을 부정하면서 타자성의 시학을 제출한다. 그녀에게 ‘시-하기’는 ‘자아 지우기’이며 고체의 몸을 유동적인 액체의 형질로 바꾸는 사건들이라고 할 수 있다. 그녀의 시론에서 떠오르는 것은 타자에 대한 시선의 문제가 아니라 타자를 낳고 경험하는 몸의 사건, 즉 자아와 타자가 접촉하고 섞이는 사건이다. 시의 장르적 원리로 간주되어 왔던 ‘세계의 자아화’라는 정의에 대하여 김혜순이 강력하게 수정을 요구할 때, 아니 이러한 시론의 요구 이전에 이미 ‘시-하기’는 이 관습적인 울타리에 갇히지 않고 ‘세계와 자아가 함께 동참한 소용돌이’, 나와 타자의 접촉 속에서 자유를 실천해왔다고 할 수 있을것이다.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-paced walking exercises in elderly women with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia. Thirty-eight elderly women with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia (16 hypertension, 11 hyperglycemia, 11 hypercholesterolemia), aged between 65 and 80, were invited to participate in this study. Each subject participated in a self-paced walking exercise five times a week for twelve weeks from 26 June to 16 September 2006. The changes between pre- and post-exercise were analyzed using the analysis of a paired t-test with the SPSS version 12.0 package program. There were significant decreases in systolic blood pressure (p<.01) and diastolic blood pressure (p<.05), blood glucose(p<.05), and cholesterol in the blood (p<.01). These results show that self-paced walking exercises may be helpful in treating elderly women with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia.

This study investigated gait characteristics, kinematics, and kinetics in the lower extremities between two different shoe conditions (high heeled shoes (7 cm), and high heeled shoes with a total contact insert (TCI)) after lower extremity muscle fatigue. Although TCI shave been applied in high heeled shoes to increase comfort and to decrease foot pressure, no study has attempted to identify the effects of TCI in fatigue conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of walking in high heeled shoes with TCI after lower extremity muscle fatigue was induced. This study was carried out in a motion analysis laboratory at Hanseo University. A volunteer sample of 14 healthy female subjects participated. All in fatigue conditions, the subjects were divided into two groups. The muscle fatigue was induced by 40 voluntary dorsi- and plantar-flexion exercises and 40 heel-rise exercises of the dominant foot. Surface electromyography was used to confirm the localized muscle fatigue using power spectral analysis of three muscles (tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius medialis and lateralis). The results were as follows: (1) In muscle fatigue conditions, the use of TCI decreased the peak flexion angle of the hip joint significantly in the early stance phase (p<.05) and increased the peak hip flexion moment in the terminal stance phase (p<.05). (2) In muscle fatigue conditions, the application of TCI also increased peak hip power generation in the early stance phase and peak hip power absorption in the terminal stance phase (p<.05). (3) In muscle fatigue conditions, the use of TCI reduced the impact force significantly and increased the secondary peak vertical GRF. These findings suggest that the TCI may provide beneficial effects when muscle fatigue occurs for a high heeled shoe gait. Future research employing the patient population and various types of TCI materials are required to clarify the effects of TCI.

The purpose of this study was to obtain baseline data of nutritional management for women's bone health according to age. This study was conducted through questionnaire, bone mineral density(BMD) measurement by DEXA and dietary survey by 24hr recalls to 134 adult women. Subjects were divided into three groups: young women group who aged 20-29(n=48), middle aged women group who aged over 30 and were pre-menopause(n=36), postmenopausal women group(n=48). The body fat percent of postmenopausal women group was the highest among the three groups. BMD of lumbar spine(L1-L2) were 0.93 g/cm2 for young women, 0.97 g/cm2 for middle aged women, and 0.88 g/cm2 for postmenopausal women, respectively(p〈0.05). BMD of femoral neck(p〈0.05), trochanter(p〈0.05), and ward's (p〈0.001) were significantly decreased as age increasement. Drinking alcohol and skipping meals were significantly higher in young women groups than in the other groups, however frequency of doing regular exercise was significantly lower in young women groups. Young women group consumed the significantly higher amount of cereals(p〈0.05), sugar and sweeteners(p〈0.001), meats(p〈0.01), eggs(p〈0.01), milks(p〈0.05) and oils(p〈0.001) than middle aged and postmenopausal women. Also, energy(p〈0.001), animal protein, (p〈0.01), plant oil(p〈0.001), animal fat(p〈0.001), retinol(p〈0.001), vitamin E(p〈0.01), and cholesterol(p〈0.001) intakes of young women were highest among the three groups. However, young women group consumed the significantly lower amount of dietary fiber(p〈0.05), vitamin C(p〈0.01), folate(p〈0.05) and fruits(p〈0.01) than the other groups. To summarized the our results, young women who were in still undergoing bone formation activity to develope peak bone mass, had more dietary habit and lifestyle problems than middle aged and postmenopausal women. The results of this study revealed that nutritional management and education for bone health should be emphasized in young women not only aged women.

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of high-heeled shoes on walking of obese women as it was already proven an extrinsic factor of knee osteoarthritis in women with normal weight. In this study the aimed therefore in particular was to utilize high-heeled shoes in proving it's causal influence on knee osteoarthritis by measuring the angle and torque of the knee joint. Fifteen obese women (BMI>25 ) were measured in their twenties. Each angle and torque of their knee joints during walking on 6.5 cm high-heeled shoes and with a bare feet, were compared with each other and analyzed with a 3D motion analysis system. There was no significant difference in walking speed, cadence and stride length between the two conditions. However, there was a significant increase in a double limb support time and the stance phase when walking on high-heeled shoes as when walking with bare feet. The peak knee flexion angle and peak knee varus torque was higher when walking on high-heeled shoes than with bare feet. On the contrary, the peak knee flexion angle in the swing phase was not statistically different. The prolongation of peak knee varus torque was also proven. There was a significant increase in peak knee varus torque in the initial and last stance phases during walking on high-heeled shoes as compared to walking on bare feet. Through the above results, it was proven that when obese women walked on high-heeled shoes, rather than with bare feet, peak knee flexor and varus torque increased along with the changes of the in knee joint angle. Therefore, the influence of high-heeled shoes might be a significant intrinsic factor in knee osteoarthritis of obese women.

This study tried to identify the job stress characteristics of female bank workers and the relationship between their stress and symptoms associated with musculoskeletal disorders(MSDs). The total number of 587 female bank tellers have been participated in this study. Specifically, questionnaire surveys regarding job stress and MSDs symptoms were conducted. On the basis of the results from the survey using Korean version of job stress questionnaire with 24 questions, stress scores associated with job requirement and job flexibility were relatively high. The job stress levels regarding job demand, organizational system, occupational climate at the work place were relatively high for the full time workers while the job stress levels regarding insufficient job control, job stability, interpersonal conflict, lack of reward were relatively high for the part time worker. The workers with longer total work years had relatively high job stress associated with interpersonal conflict, and organizational system while the workers with longer work years at the current job had relatively high job stress associated with occupational climate. Also, the workers with longer working hours a day had relatively high job stress associated with job demand, interpersonal conflict, organizational system, and occupational climate. According to the relationship identified in this study, symptoms at the neck, shoulder, hand, low back. leg were associated with the stress levels in terms of job flexibility, interpersonal conflict, job requirement, job stability. In conclusion, female bank workers are exposed to job stress due to their specific job characteristics and there has been certain relationships between their job stress and MSDs symptoms.