Purpose: This study intends to suggest more effective treatment method of shoulder pain by understanding the recovery of shoulder function. For 15 patients who claimed shoulder pain caused by cervicogenic periarthritis and lived in Seoul, Tuina therapy and functional exercise were provided to observe the degree of pain and change in the range of motion among the subjects. Method: For the comparison group, general sports massage was conducted and after the symptom was alleviated, functional recovery exercise was not provided. For the treatment group, Tuina therapy and functional exercise were conducted. The sports massage, Tuina therapy, and functional exercise were provided for 30 minutes each time and it was conducted three times a week for 8 weeks. For Tuina therapy, techniques like malaxation, rolling, and cervical manipulation were used. For functional exercise, stretching was implemented after the treatment. As for the assessment, joint range of motion (ROM) and visual analogue scale (VAS) were conducted. The collected data were treated using SPSS18.0 and the measured data were indicated with ±s while conducting t-test for measurement values. The recorded data were then treated using chi-square. α was set to be .05. Conclusion: Through a year of follow-up study, the treatment methods of both treatment and comparison groups were shown to be effective as a way to improve the ROM of the shoulder and the pain caused by cervicogenic periarthritis. However, the treatment group showed more obvious treatment effect than the comparison group and there was distinctive difference between the two groups in terms of its relapse rate.
현대사회에 있어서 신체활동 연구의 주요 탐구과제는 ‘신체활동을 통한 교육’으로부터 ‘인간의 기본적인 움직임’을 목표로 하는 스포츠적인 움직임을 중심으로 한 생명 활동의 개념으로 급속히 변화되고 있는 추세이다. 이러한 환경변화에 대응하기 위하여 본학회는 ‘체육’적인 요소에서 ‘스포츠’적인 요소를 중심으로 한 학문적 정체성을 견고히 하고, 정기적인 학술지 발간과 학술활동을 통해 한국스포츠츠 문화의 발전과 학문적인 발전에 기여하는데 그 목적이 있다.