[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the effects of central and unilateral
posteroanterior (PA) mobilization on cervical lordosis, muscle stiffness and range of
motion in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). [Subject and Methods] The subject of
this case study was diagnosed with AS in 1997. At baseline, variance was measured without
any intervention during the first 3 days (2016.6.13–2016.6.15). Cervical PA mobilization
was applied to each segment from C2–C7 from the 4th to the 11th day for 8 days.
Intervention was not performed from the 12th to the 15th days for 4 days. Variances were
measured a final time without intervention on the 16th day (2016.6.28). [Results] Cervical
lordosis was seen to have increased. Muscle stiffness was significantly decreased after
intervention and the effect of treatment lasted for five days without any additional
intervention. The cervical flexion and extension angles were increased. However these
increases were not statistically significant. Both the lateral flexion and left rotation
angle were significantly increased and the effects of treatment lasted for five days
without any additional intervention. [Conclusion] These results suggest that central and
unilateral PA mobilization is effective in increasing cervical lordosis and range of
motion, and decreasing muscle stiffness in patients with AS.
This study examined the impact of the number of painful stimuli on life satisfaction among workers who experienced an industrial accident and investigated how self-esteem and sleeping time affected life satisfaction. The Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service conducted the first nationwide panel survey on occupational health and safety insurance in 2013–2014 through a stratified systematic sampling on 2,000 industrial accident workers who completed convalescence. Based on the dataset, our study analyzed 1,832 workers experiencing an industrial accident after excluding 168 disease patients. For the research model analysis, a four-stage hierarchical regression analysis technique was applied using the SPSS regression analysis Macro program of PROCESS Procedure. To test mediated indirect effects of the self-esteem and sleeping time, the bootstrapping technique was applied. Life satisfaction, self-esteem and sleeping time decreased as the number of painful stimuli increased. Life satisfaction decreased as self-esteem and sleeping time decreased. On balance, the partial mediation model confirmed that self-esteem and sleeping time both mediate the impact of the number of painful stimuli on life satisfaction.
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