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.

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of spine orthosis and sit-to-stand motor strategies on ground reaction force (GRF) and lower extremity muscle activity. Twenty healthy adult men participated, and subjects randomly performed sit-to-stand motions in three different conditions: Momentum-transfer strategy (MTS); MTS with spine orthosis; and zero-momentum strategy (ZMS) with spine orthosis. GRF data, onset time, and muscle activity were determined and compared using force plate and electromyography. Data were statistically analyzed by the SPSS version 13.0. One-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistical significance, and least significant difference was used as a post hoc test. The level of significance was .05. The results of this study were as follows: 1. Peak GRF and relative time to peak GRF were not significantly different in the three different conditions (p>.05). 2. Onset time of four muscles, tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius, biceps femoris and rectus femoris, in the three different conditions were significantly different (p<.05). 3. The tibialis anterior and rectus femoris muscle activity before hip-off and tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius, and rectus fermoris muscle activity after hip-off were significantly different in the three different conditions (p<.05).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of the activities of daily living (ADL) by the motor learning program for upper extremity in stroke patients. The subjects were sixty-two members who were treated at the department of occupational therapy. The ADL were measured with Functional Independence Measure (FIM). The result's were as fol1ows; 1. The ability to perform daily activities after treatment was significantly increased independent of age, gender, cause, affected side and speech disability (p<.01). The differences between the pre-treatment and the post-treatment was no significant correlation to sex, cause, affected side and duration of treatment, but the speech disability was significant. Therefore the pre-treatment scores and post-treatment scores were significantly different. 2. The variation of the pre-treatment and the post-treatment in the detail item to the performance of daily life of the stroke patients through the upper extremity motor learning program was significantly increased in self-care, sphincter control, locomotion, mobility, communication and social cognition (p<.01) Consequently, The motor learning program for upper extremity significantly improved the performance level of all ADL areas in stroke patients.

In other to elucidate the neuroprotective effects of Haeahwan on oxidant-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat spinal motor neurons, the colorimetric assay such as MTT, NR, LDH, Lipid peroxidation was also carried out after cultured spinal motor neurons from neonatal rat were treated with the medium containing various concentrations of Methylmercuric chloride(MMC) for 8 hours. In addition, the protective effect of Haeahwan water extract extracts on the neurotoxicity induced by oxygen radicals was examined in these cultures. The results were as follows : 1.Survival rate of cultured spinal motor neurons were remarkably decreased by MMC depending on different kinds of concentrations. 2.NR50 of MMC as 50μM. 3.Haeahwan water extract inhibited significantly the increase in LDH activities induced by MMC.

본 연구는 음악요소와 표현 중심 노래부르기 활동이 유아의 음악능력, 지각운동능력, 언어능력에 미치는 효과를 비교하고 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구의 연구대상은 만 3세반에 재원중인 유아 32명이었으며, 평균연령은 54.88개월(SD=4.35)이었다. 무선으로 선정된 두 집단 중 실험집단에는 음악요소 중심 노래부르기 활동을, 비교집단에는 표현 중심 노래부르기 활동을 처치하였다. 연구 자료는 ‘음악적성검사’, ‘지각운동능력 평가’, ‘수용・표현 언어 검사’를 통해 수집하였으며, 수집된 자료는 t-검증을 통해 효과를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 실험집단 유아들이 비교집단 유아들보다 음악능력과 지각운동능력의 사후검사 점수가 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 비교집단의 유아들이 실험집단의 유아들보다 언어능력 중 표현 언어의 사후검사 점수가 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 본 연구결과는 음악요소 중심 노래부르기 활동이 표현 중심 노래부르기 활동보다 유아의 음악능력과 지각운동능력 함양에 효과적이며, 표현 중심의 노래부르기 활동은 음악요소 중심 노래부르기 활동보다 유아의 언어능력 중 표현 언어능력 증진에 효과적임을 시사한다.

본 연구의 목적은 인지과제와 운동과제 수행 시 EEG를 측정하여 두 과제의 신경생리적 특성을 조사하는 것이었다. 피험자는 20명의 대학생으로 이전에 신경생리적 실험에 참여한 경험이 없는 사람을 대상으로 하였다. 과제는 피험자가 컴퓨터 화면에 제시된 막대 그림을 회상하여 막대 길이와 위치에 따라지정된 컴퓨터 자판을 누르는 것이었다. 과제 수행은 8초와 휴식 3초로 1회당 총 11초, 인지과제 20회와운동과제 20회로 구성되었다. 관심 뇌 영역은 Fz, F3, F4, Cz, C3, C4, T3, T4, Pz, P3, P4였고, 뇌파 측정시 샘플링은 256 Hz로 하였으며, 사용된 참조전극은 오른쪽 귓볼, 그라운드는 Fpz로 하였다. 연구결과인지과제 수행 시 전두엽에서 세타파의 활성이 유의하게 증가하였다. 인지과제 수행 시 세타파가 증가한 이유는 복잡한 과제를 해결하는 과정에서 전두엽이 영역이 관여했기 때문이라고 여겨진다. 본 연구는 운동학습에서 논란이 되고 있는 인지과제와 운동과제의 차이점을 신경생리학적으로 밝혀주었다.