[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in the supraspinatus
cross-sectional areas according to shoulder abduction angles, using ultrasonography.
[Subjects and Methods] The subjects consisted of 40 individuals (20 males and 20 females).
The cross-sectional areas of the supraspinatus of all subjects were measured with
ultrasonography at abduction angle of 0°, 30°, 60°, 90°, and 120°. We set four abduction
angle levels (I, II, III, and IV), 0° to 30°, 30° to 60°, 60° to 90°, and 90° to 120°,
respectively, when determining the largest change in cross-sectional area. [Results] The
results revealed that cross-sectional areas of the supraspinatus increased at all levels,
but the abduction angle level with the largest increase in cross-sectional area of the
supraspinatus was Level III. [Conclusion] The above results indicate that performing
exercises at an abduction angle between 60° and 90° will be the most effective for
supraspinatus strengthening in clinical practice.
The purpose of this study is investigate the sociology population variable and social support system(emotional, financial, informal and evaluative support) with regards to the death anxiety and provide a basic data to relieve the fear of death in the elderly special nursing service. 300 old people who are living in Daeg-gu city and Kyong-buk province were selected and interviewed under their agreement which they are fully aware of the purpose and the intention of this study. Interviews for study were performed by structured questionnaire which consists of general area(11-question), social support area(emotional support 7-question, financial support 6-question, informal support 6-question and evaluative support 6-question) and death-anxiety(20-question). Statistical analysis was carried out with SPSS 12.0 program, which was applied to descriptive statistics and regression analysis to analyze the questionnaire.
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