PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to verify the support effect of muscle activity and stability according to walking conditions (Level, Ramp, and Stair) before and after wearing a suit with a 12kg heavy weight load. METHODS To accomplish the purpose of the study, subjects (n=10) underwent Electromyography (EMG) measurement under the same conditions for 10 different muscles, and COP width was calculated through foot pressure measurement. The experimental movement was level walking, Ramp walking, and stair walking, each carrying a 12kg load, and measured once before and after wearing a wearable suit. RESULTS Electrolyography (EMG) measurement revealed a significant difference in the average EMG values of muscle activity of R.RF in level walking(p<.05), R.RF and L.RF in ramp walking(p<.01), L.RF and L.BF in stair walking (p<.05). COP width measurement revealed a significant difference in the reduction of COP width in all walks (level walking, ramp walking, stair) (p<.05, p<.01, p<.001). CONCLUSIONS The effects of wearing a wearable suit are as follows. First, the wearable suit has a significant effect of assisting the Rectus Femoris muscle. Second, there is a gait stability effect by wearing a wearable suit.
PURPOSE This study aimed to explore and analyze research impact of Korean ’Kinesiology’ studies, especially in the aspects of international research impact gauged by the citation counts from Scopus bibliometric database. This study contributes to relevant literature in that it is the first endeavour to evaluate the pattern about how the entire Korean ’Kinesiology’ articles have been cited in international articles. METHODS TTwo types of sample articles were collected in this paper. Firstly, 19,867 target articles published in 23 KCI-accredited Korean ’Kinesiology’ related journals from 2001 to 2015. For the Korean target articles, secondly, international citing articles that took advantage of target articles as references were collected from Elsevier’s Scopus database separately. RESULTS As a result, just 5% of the target articles were cited at least once for five years after publication. The topics of top cited research topics include ‘exercise’, ‘physical activity,’ ‘Alzheimer’s disease, ‘ ’body composition’ and ‘insulin resistance’. Besides, the Korean 'Kinesiology’ articles were the most influential to articles about ‘Medicine,’ ‘Health Professions,’ ‘Multidisciplinary,’ ‘Social Sciences,’ and ‘Nursing’. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that one Korean ’Kinesiology’ article was cited 0.09 times on an average in international Scopus-indexed articles. Considering that the average number of citations in domestic articles is 5.6 times, the international citations of Korean ’Kinesiology’ research still have much room for growth. However, this study confirmed that the scope of the international impact is not limited to a few countries, but is spreading to various countries, and its impact has been growing in recent years.
PURPOSE This study aimed to identify the influence of certain factors on spectators' spectating behavior through the analysis of spectator-type Taekwondo spectators’ spectating behavior by applying the extended theory of planned behavior and embodied cognition theory and considering spectators’ desire to stay. METHODS A total of 305 surveys were used as the final sample. SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 26.0 were used for frequency , correlation, confirmatory factor, and structural equation model analyses. RESULTS First, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and prior knowledge, which are predictors of the extended theory of planned behavior, had a statistically significant effect on the spectators’ desire to stay. Second, the spectators’ desire to stay had a statistically significant effect on the spectators’ content , environment, and behavior. Third , the spectators’ content and environment, which are sub-factors of the embodied cognition theory, had a statistically significant effect on the spectators’ behavior. CONCLUSIONS The study results suggest that attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavior control, and prior knowledge, which are predictors of the extended theory of planned behavior, have a positive effect on the embodied cognition and spectator behavior of spectator-type Taekwondo spectators.
