Introduction : This study determined the effect of Just Dance Kinect™M on the attention span of selected college students in the UERMMMCI College of Allied Rehabilitation Sciences. Methods : Study subiects underwent a two-week intervention by playing Just Dance Kinect™ for ten minutes each session thrice a week. The pre- and post-intervention attention span scores were determined using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychologic Status and compared. Results : There was a significant 8-point increase in the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychologic Status attention span scores of 30 participants after two weeks of intervention with Just Dance Kinect™. No adverse events were reported by the participants. Conclusion Just Dance Kinect™ appears to be potentially beneficial in improving attention span among college students
Attention ; Dancing

The author had been experienced one case of ophthalmic migraine recently and was reviewed the liturature. Variability of symptoms and periodicity are characteristic feature of the migraine Syndroms. In this case, periodic scintillating scotoma, which developed abruptly, was revealed congruous in the right homonymous fields, lasting about 30 minutes. Scintillating scotoma refers to the migraneous scotoma with the shimmering border. This illuminated dancing border takes the form of "fortification figures". The Author was concerned particularly about the variable symptoms and pathogenesis of aphthalmic migraine.
Dancing ; Migraine Disorders* ; Periodicity ; Scotoma

OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to examine the characteristics of spirituality in Korean traditional culture and to apply these to the basic concepts of psychiatry. METHODS: The author interpreted books concerning traditional culture, including God-concept, death-concept, world-view of afterlife, Shamanistic thinking, traditional religion, as well as traditional culture in general, such as play, music, art, dance, literature, pottery, architecture, naming method, authentic recordings (Shillock), and Hangul. RESULTS: The common characteristic of spirituality reflected in the reviewed materials was ‘Gegensatzvereinigung’ which means the unification of opposing concepts. The unity of the Western and Eastern cultures, the old and the new, death and life, the rich and the poor, and the concrete and the abstract are examples of ‘Gegensatzvereinigung.’ CONCLUSION: The ultimate goal of psychiatric treatment is to maintain the harmonious interaction among thinking, affect and behavior. Furthermore, the most harmonious interaction is to unify into one. Thus, the spirituality of traditional culture can be applied to psychiatric treatment.
Dancing ; Methods ; Music ; Spirituality ; Thinking

In the classical ballet dancers, ankle joints are frequently overused. Especially the Pointe and the Releve are the two basic steps of ballet dance which cause the narrowing of the posterior aspect of the ankle joint. Posterior impingement syndrome of the ankle joint is defined as impingement occuring at the anatomical interval between the posterior tibial articular surface and os calcis. The purpose of this study is to describe the anatomy and etiology of this injury and to review the non-operative and operative treatments. Sixteen cases of posterior impingment syndrome had been treated between March 1994 and March 1995. Ten dancers were professional and six were students. The patients was divided 3groups by etiologic factor. Group 1 is anatomical problem factor, Group 2 is overuse factor and Group 3 is ankle sprain factor. Thirteen dancers (81.2%) improved with conservative treatment including local steroid injection. Among the other three dancers, operation was performed in one case. The other two cases stopped dancing. The result was good in one dancer after operation. In the classic ballet dancers, posrerior impingement syndrome was frequent disorder and major etiologic factors are anatomical problem and overuse. Operation was necessary in only group l. It is good result in conservative treatment and operation.
Ankle Injuries ; Ankle Joint* ; Ankle* ; Dancing ; Humans

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of recurrent vestibular vertigo. The etiology of BPPV is unidentified in 50%-70% of patients. However in secondary BPPV, the etiologies are well known a head injury as an example. And it has been reported that even minor head trauma can evoke BPPV. The authors experienced a case of bilateral BPPV occurred during a dancing rehearsal in a school thereby we report the case with a review of the related literatures.
Child ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Dancing ; Emergencies ; Humans ; Vertigo

PURPOSE: A dance exercise program was performed to investigate the effects of exercise on exercise intention and exercise-related affect as these are important determinants of exercise behavior. METHOD: The subjects were overweight (23or=25) postmenopausal women (n=14), who participated in an exercise program from May, 2003 through November, 2003 at one public health center located in Kyong-gi Province. Data was analyzed with an SAS PC program. RESULT: Exercise intention was significantly increased after the exercise program (t=-2.24, P=0.04). Exercise-related affect was also increased, but there was no statistically significant change (t=1.81, P=0.09). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that exercise participation can increase the level of future exercise behavior by increasing exercise intention and exercise-related affect.
*Affect ; *Dancing ; *Exercise ; Female ; Humans ; Intention ; Middle Aged ; Postmenopause/*psychology

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Exercise is recommended for every patient with Parkinson's disease (PD). The effectiveness of two different forms of exercise for PD, Tai Chi and combined stretching-strengthening exercise, was compared. METHODS: Patients with mild-to-moderate PD were recruited to join either the combined stretching-strengthening exercise group (n=7), the Tai Chi group (n=9), or the control (nonintervention) group (n=7). Exercise was performed three times a week over a period of 8 weeks. The Tai Chi exercise was led by certified instructors based on a Tai-Chi-for-arthritis program. The combined stretching-strengthening exercise comprised folk dancing, stepping, and elastic-band exercises. The subjects' functional fitness, parkinsonian symptoms, quality of life (QoL), and depression were evaluated. RESULTS: Both exercise groups yielded better results in their overall functional fitness after the intervention. However, no improvement with exercise was found for parkinsonian symptoms, as evaluated using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. With respect to the domains of QoL, the combined stretching-strengthening exercise group fared better in the social domain of QoL, and the Tai Chi group fared better in the emotional domain, while QoL and depression worsened in the control group. The postintervention QoL was improved relative to the control condition only for the Tai Chi group. Although the exercise interventions did not have any effect on depression, the control group was associated with a significant deterioration. CONCLUSIONS: Exercise improved the functional fitness and QoL of PD patients, with Tai Chi yielding better results in QoL and favorable results in functional fitness. These findings suggest that Tai Chi could be a good exercise strategy for patients with PD.
Dancing ; Depression ; Exercise ; Humans ; Parkinson Disease* ; Quality of Life ; Tai Ji*

BACKGROUND: The balance between self- and social identity on job value of Korean dance artists, considered as performing artists, was measured to investigate the relationship between balance and depressive symptoms. METHODS: Data of 139 dance artists were analyzed for depressive symptoms assessed by their responses to questionnaires from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CESD) translated into Korean. The balance score of each aspect of social identity compared to that of self-identity on job value was measured and classified as lower, equal, or higher. Following a graphical approach, we performed locally weighted scatterplot smoothing algorithm, simple linear regression, and quadric equation regression. RESULTS: The mean of CESD was highest in the higher balance group and lowest in the lower balance group. There was a linear relationship between balance score and CESD regarding specific audience, unspecified audience, and unspecified public. Balance score showed no association with other aspects of social identity. In the balance score range of 1 or higher, it was associated with CESD with respect to artist colleague, unspecified audience, and unspecified public. CONCLUSIONS: Dance artists should maintain a balance between self- and social identity in job value to prevent depressive symptoms.
Dancing ; Depression ; Epidemiologic Studies ; Korea ; Linear Models ; Social Identification

Humans ; Child ; Dancing ; Spinal Cord Injuries ; Spinal Cord

OBJECTIVETo assess bone mineral content (BMC) of 15 - 17 year-old dancers and high school females and analyze the relationship between physical activity status and BMC.

METHODSSixty dancers and 77 healthy controls aged 15 - 17 years old were enrolled in our study. BMC in the total body and forearm were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) while body weight and height were also measured. Physical activity information was collected by "one-year physical activity questionnaire".

RESULTSThe physical activity level (PAL) and the average daily energy expenditure (EE) of dancers were all higher than controls (PAL: 2.17 +/- 0.34 vs 1.63 +/- 0.34, t = 7.283; EE: (6876.43 +/- 1036.72) kJ vs (5388.43 +/- 920.83) kJ, t = 7.214, both P values < 0.01). The dancers showed lower BMC/height at total body and arms compared with the controls (the total body BMC/height was (13.896 +/- 1.308) vs (14.494 +/- 1.272) g/cm, F = -2.563); and the BMC/height of left and right arm were (0.779 +/- 0.088) vs (0.829 +/- 0.101) g/cm (F = -2.892) and (0.766 +/- 0.093) vs (0.829 +/- 0.097) g/cm (F = -3.650) respectively, all these P values were < 0.01.Yet after adjusting age and BMI, the dancers showed higher BMC/height at total body and legs, the corresponding values were (14.550 +/- 0.146) vs (13.947 +/- 0.131) g/cm (F = 7.868), (2.681 +/- 0.033) vs (2.389 +/- 0.030) g/cm (F = 36.520), (2.821 +/- 0.031) vs (2.450 +/- 0.028) g/cm (F = 65.279), all these P values were < 0.01. While no differences were found with controls at non-weight bearing sites (arms). Daily period (h) of training was significantly related to BMC/height of legs, total body (r value were 0.618, 0.448 and 0.554 respectively, all the P values < 0.01), while the history of training was also correlated with BMC/height of two legs (r value were 0.38 and 0.304 respectively, both P values < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe adolescent dancers showed higher BMC after adjusting age and BMI, which was attributed to the long-term high level weight-bearing physical activity.