The purpose of this study was to investigate the change the muscle activity of the sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius during a walking with the backpack of different weight. We recruited 20 healthy volunteers of male 11 and female 9. Backpack weight were prepared 10%, 15% and 2 0%. the volunteers completed to walk at a speed of 4 ㎞/h on a treadmill for 1 min with the backpack of three different weight at three time. Surface electromyograms were recorded from sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius for the change of muscle activity. EMG values were normalized by maximum muscle contractions (%maximum voluntary isometric contraction, MVIC). One-way repeated of ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni's correlation was used to compare activities according to the weight of backpack. Collected data were statistically analyzed by SPSS 19.0. The muscle activity of sternocleidomastoid muscle was significantly increased with backpack weight between 15% and 20%(p<.05). The muscle activity of sternocleidomastoid muscle increased during walking with backpack weight between 10% and 15%. But there is no statistically difference( p>.05). The muscle activity of upper trapezius muscle was significantly decreased as backpack weight increases (p<.05). According to the results of this study, the muscle activity of neck flexor muscle was significantly increased as backpack weight increases. Therefore forward head posture is likely to be made by heavy backpack weight.
학제간 연구를 통해 시민의 삶의 질을 높이는데 초점을 두며 인문과학, 사회과학, 자연과학, 신학분야의 전문가들이 참사랑에 바탕을 둔 전공의 심화와 학문적 협동을 통해 시민의 정신적, 신체적, 사회적, 환경적, 영적 고통을 치유하고 시민의 마음 몸 사회 환경의 건강 곧 전인건강을 증진하는 지식의 생산과 교류 및 전달에 그 목적을 둔다.