Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the meaning and essence of suicide for elderly people who had previously attempted suicide as an older person. Methods: Giorgi's descriptive phenomenology was used for analysis. The researchers carried out in-depth interviews, recordings and memos individually with four elders. The elders were individuals who had attempted suicide sometime in the past 5 yr. They were interviewed from 5 to 10 times using open-ended questions and a semi-structural format. Demographic data were also collected. Results: The meaning of suicide before a suicide attempt in older people had four core components: conflict with family, powerlessness and despair in their life with a drop in self-esteem, using internal and external resources to resolve their troubles and awareness of imminent crisis. Conclusion: These results of this study will increase understanding of suicide in older people by defining their subjective experience of suicide attempts and applying grounded data in the development of programs that provide concrete intervention strategies to prevent suicide in elderly people.
Leem, M.Y., Park, M.S., & Lim, S.K. Strength of hip and ankle muscles in taekwondo athletes with chronic ankle instability. Exercise Science. 19(4): 371-380, 2010. Strength and stability of hip and ankle muscle are important factors for normal gait and physical activity. The aim of this study was to investigate the strength difference of hip and ankle muscle between involved and non-involved side in taekwondo athletes with chronic ankle instability. A total of 15 subjects with unilateral chronic ankle instability were recruited. As a result of Trendelenburg's test, positive response that indicate weakness of hip abductor was 46.7% at involved side. However, there were no significance difference between involved and non-involved side in isokinetic strength of hip abductor and adductor. Isokinetic strengths(peak torque and peak torque % body weight) of ankle evertor at 180 o /s were significantly less on the involved side than the non-involved side(p<.05). No significant difference were noted in ankle plantar flexor and dorsiflexor strength. Taken together, we conclude that screen test for weakness discrimination of hip abductor should be performed before rehabilitation program was designed for taekwondo athletes with chronic ankle instability. In the case with weakness of the hip abductor, strengthen exercise of hip abductor should be involved in the rehabilitation for functional recovery and re-injury prevention. Also, strengthening of ankle evertor is recommended for taekwondo athletes with chronic ankle instability.
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