카이로프랙틱 교정이 체중분배에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

Study on effect of chiropractic manipulative therapy on weight distribution

This study is to examine whether the chiropractic cervical vertebral correction has an effect on the posture and the balance, the main factors of weight distribution by adding stimulation to the nervous system through stimulation of proprioceptive sense acceptor of chiropractic correction for scalar vestibuli, visuometer, somatesthesia, the main factors of posture control or not. This study has a purpose of examining whether the chiropractic correction of cervical vertebral has an effect on weight distribution through foot pressure measure, one of the evaluation methods of body balancing ability or not. The study procedures were carried out for the 40 subjects (male 20, female 19) from Suan remedial exercise cure center within Chinese medical clinic of Hanseo University, and from Hanseo University students, located in Seosan city, Chungcheongnam-do from Oct. 18 to Nov. 20, 2010. Of the selected 40 persons, 26 persons were in chiropractic treatment group, and 14 persons were in myofascial release treatment group, and among the chiropractic treatment group, 20 persons (male 10, female 10) received chiropractic treatment 3 times a week for 4 weeks to verify whether the chiropractic cervical vertebral correction has an effect to body balance or not. The result of study is as follows. As the result of measuring foot pressure of 1 time chiropractic treatement group, it changed from 42.13% before treatment to 43.99% after treatment at front foot pressure distribution, and from 57.66% to 55.76% at rear foot pressure distribution, from 50.40% to 50.68% at left foot pressure distribution, and from 49.63% to 49.09% at right foot pressure distribution. So, it showed there was no change after 1 time chiropractic treatment as it was bigger than significance probability p < 0.05. Comparing the average difference before and after the treatment, it showed no change after 1 time chiropractic treatment because it was bigger than significance probability p < 0.05 as front 1.86% increase, rear 1.9% decrease, left 0.28% crease, right 0.54% decrease. In the result of measuring the foot pressure of the 1 time myofascial release treatment group, it showed the change from 40.14% at front foot pressure distribution before treatment to 40.48% after treatment, from 60.03% to 59.53% at the rear foot pressure distribution, from 49.49% to 51.20% at the left foot pressure distribution, from 50.44% to 49.02% at the right foot pressure distribution. Comparing the average difference before and after the treatment, there was no change after 1 time myofascial release treatment because it was bigger than the change after 1 time myofascial release treatment because it was bigger than the significance probability p < 0.05 as front 0.34% increase, rear 0.5% decrease, left 1.71% increase, and right 1.42% decrease. In the result of measuring the foot pressure of total 12 time chiropractic treatments group during 4 weeks, it was changed from 40.99% before treatment to 45.96% after treatment at front foot pressure distribution, from 59.12% to 54.04% at rear foot pressure distribution, from 50.81% to 48.25% at left foot pressure distribution, and from 49.25% to 51.74% at right foot pressure distribution. Comparing the average difference before and after the treatment, it showed it didn t have any effect on the change after 4 week- chiropractic treatment because the change of front and rear foot pressure measurement was bigger than the significance probability p < 0.05 as front 4.97% increase, rear 5.8% decrease, left 2.56% decrease, and right 2.49% increase, but, the change of right & left foot pressure measures was statistically smaller than significance probability p < 0.05, so, it represented that the 4-week chiropractic treatment had an effect on the weight distribution by means of left and right foot pressure distribution analysis.