Title Page
Contents
Abbreviations 7
Abstract 8
1. Introduction 17
1.1. Background 17
1.2. Necessity of the study 19
1.3. Purpose of study 20
1.4. Hypothesis of study 21
2. Methods 22
2.1. Subjects 22
2.2. Outcome measures 23
2.2.1. Muscle strength 23
2.2.2. Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test (LEMOCOT) 24
2.2.3. Figure-of-eight Walk Test (F8WT) 25
2.2.4. Timed Up and Go test (TUG) 26
2.2.5. Four Square Step Test (FSST) 27
2.3. Procedures 28
2.3.1. Experimental groups 29
2.3.2. Control groups 30
2.4. Data Analysis 31
3. Results 32
3.1. General characteristics of the subjects 32
3.2. Comparison of the lower extremity motor coordination test, four square step test, figure-eight-walk test, timed up and go test, and muscle strength test among the groups 33
4. Discussion 34
4.1. Summary of the study 34
4.2. Discussion to study's results 35
4.3. Limitation of study 38
5. Conclusion 39
References 40
Appendix 45
국문초록 48
Table 1. Traditional physical therapy 10
Table 2. General characteristics of the subjects (N=30) 11
Table 3. Comparison of the lower extremity motor coordination test, four square step test, figure-eight-walk test, timed up and go test, and muscle strength test among the groups 12
Figure 1. Flow chart of the study 13
Figure 10. hip flexion-adduction-external rotation with knee in flexion 14
Figure 11. hip extension-abduction-internal rotation with knee in extension 15
Figure 12. hip flexion-abduction-internal rotation with knee in flexion 16