Jae-Young Lim

OBJECTIVE: To design an aquatic exercise (AQE) and land-based exercise (LBE) program to enhance knee function and reduce body fat in patients with obesity and knee osteoarthritis and to investigate the effectiveness of AQE and LBE on body fat, functional fitness, and functional status. SETTING: Outpatient clinic at a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Obese patients with knee osteoarthritis were recruited from patients who visited the rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, an

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of upper limb dysfunction (ULD) and subtypes after breast cancer surgery and to identify factors associated with late ULD. METHODS: Among 191 enrolled patients, 191 were evaluated at 3 months, 187 at 6 months, and 183 at 12 months after surgery. Pain, shoulder range of motion, muscle strength, and arm circumference were assessed. Based on symptoms and physical examinations, the types of ULD common after breast cancer treatment were diagnos

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Shoulder pain is frequent after stroke and interferes with the rehabilitative process and outcome. However, treatments used for hemiplegic shoulder pain are limited and largely ineffective. This prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled study was conducted to compare the efficacies of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) and triamcinolone acetonide (TA) on hemiplegic shoulder pain and their effects on arm function in patients with stroke. METHODS: Twenty-nine hemiplegic

AIMS: To determine the need for care robots among nurses and to suggest how robotic care should be prioritized in integrated nursing care services. BACKGROUND: Korea is expected to be a super-aged society by 2030. To solve care issues with elderly inpatient caused by informal caregivers, the government introduced "integrated nursing care services"; these are comprehensive care systems staffed by professionally trained nurses. To assist them, a care robot development project has been launched. DE

BACKGROUND: the relationship between muscle mass and physical performance has not been consistent among studies. OBJECTIVE: to clarify the relationship between muscle mass and physical performance in older adults with weak muscle strength. DESIGN: cross-sectional analysis using the baseline data of 542 older men and women from the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging. METHODS: dual X-ray absorptiometry, isokinetic dynamometer and the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) were perfor

Rapid diagnosis and quarantine of influenza virus mutant-infected people is critical to contain the fatal viral infection spread because effective antiviral drugs are normally not available. Conventional methods, however, cannot be used for the diagnosis because these methods need predefined labels, likely also unavailable for just emerging viruses. Here, we propose label-free identification of cells infected with different influenza viruses based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) an

연구배경: 일부 지역의 인구 비례할당 표본 조사를 통하여노인의 낙상의 발생과 그 결과를 조사하고 낙상 위험 인자를확인하고자 하였다. 방법: 한 지역의 65세 이상 인구의 비례할당 표본을 대상으로 숙련된 조사요원에 의한 전화조사를 통해 낙상발생 날짜,시간, 장소, 상황 등에 대하여 조사하였다. 그리고 관련된부상 등 낙상 결과에 관한 조사와 낙상에 대한 위험인자,즉 독거 유무, 알코올섭취량, 운동량, 청각과 시각장애, 기억력, 감각 문제, 하지 위약 및 관절염 증상 등을 물어보았다. 또한 낙상의 두려움과 두려움 관련 활동제한도 평가하였다. 결과: 지난1년 동안 낙상의 발생률이 13%였고, 여성의발생률이 더 높았다. 낙상은 주로 봄이나 여름 10시~3시사이에 주로 나타났다. 낙상의 일반적인 이유는 미끄러짐과걸려 넘어짐이었다. 14.9%의 사람이 골절상을 입었다. 여성이 낙상의 중요한 위험요소였는데, 여성의 경우 더 심각하게부상을 나타내는 경향이 있었다. 최근 1년 동안 낙상의 주된위험요소

Methods: The study participants were community-dwelling elderly people aged 65 years or old as a population based sample of one large city. A total of 828 people 65 years or older participated in this study. They were interviewed over the telephone by a trained interviewer using a structured questionnaire to obtain a fall history and details of their most recent fall including date, time, place, circumstances, and associated injury. As for risk factors for falls, we asked about living arran- gem