• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction with single bundle, single-incision technique using Achilles tendon and tibialis anterior allograft with ligament remnant preservation. Materials and Methods: Twenty six patients underwent PCL reconstruction was included. There were 21 males and 5 females. Mean age was 32 years. Used graft was a fresh frozen Achilles tendon allograft (group I, 14 cases) and tibialis anterior allograft (group II, 12 cases). Arthroscopic PCL reconstruction was performed using transtibial, single-incision and single bundle technique with remnant preserving as possible. For clinical evaluation, range of motion, posterior drawer test, Lysholm score, Tegner activity scale, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) grade and posterior stress radiograph were used. The mean follow-up period was 21.6 months (12-40 months). Associated injuries were 5 medial collateral ligament injuries, which were treated by conservative method. Results: Range of motion (ROM) was returned to normal range in 24 cases, but ROM deficit under $10^{\circ}$ flexion was 2 cases at final follow-up period. Preoperative posterior drawer test was 17 cases in grade II and 9 cases in grade III. At final follow-up 13 cases returned within normal grade, 7 cases grade I and 6 cases grade II posterior instability. Lysholm mean score was improved from preoperatively 62 to 90 at final follow-up period. Tegner activity mean scale improved from preoperatively 3.5 to 5.6 at final follow-up period. IDKC grade was grade A was 3 cases, grade B 17 cases, grade C 6 cases. In posterior stress radiograph, posterior displacement was improved from mean 12 mm preoperative to 4.5 mm at final follow-up. There were no statistical differences between two groups in clinical evaluations. There were two cases of re-rupture of graft at the bone-tendon junction in group I. Conclusion: We had successful results of PCL reconstruction with single-incision, single bundle technique using Achilles and tibialis anterior allograft without difference between two groups in patients with PCL injury. There were more re-rupture of graft in Achilles tendon group.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.279-287
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• 2011

In order to identify if bacteria surviving in soils and groundwater can change the oxidation/reduction potential of groundwater, Eh values of solution that contained bacteria were measured for 2 weeks. The Eh values of the solution reacted with sulfate-reducing bacteria decreased from -120 mV to -500 mV in 5 days, and $Desulfuricans$ was superior to $Vulgaris$ in reducing the solution. The Eh value was relatively higher for the solution containing $Shewanella$, iron-reducing bacteria, showing -400 mV. During the Eh decrease by the metal-reducing bacteria, a sulfide mineral such as mackinawite (FeS) started precipitating through the microbial reducing process for sulfate and ferric iron. These results show that the ORP of natrual groundwater may be sensitive to the geomicrobial respiration. In addition, a subsurface environment where groundwater is highly reduced and sulfide minerals are largely biogenerated may be a good place to retard the migration of oxidized radionu-clides by making them precipitated as reduced forms.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.123-127
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• 2000

Purpose : To evaluate of the surgical outcome of primary repair in anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Material & Method : Twenty-five patients underwent arthroscopic primary repair of ACL. We performed pull-out suture of ruptured ligament in 18 cases, and suture and augumentation with gracillis & semitendinosus in 7 cases. At follow up, the International Knee Documentation Committee(IKDC) scale & Lysholm score were used to grade outcome, and also the KT-2000 arthrometer was used to evaluate objective ligament laxity. Results : In analysis of IKDC scale, final evaluation group were group A in 3 cases, group B in 13 cases, group C in 9 cases. The mean value of Lysholm score was 83 points. In KT-2000 arthrometer examination, mean anterior translation was 3.9mm at 201b, 7.3mm at 30lb. The mean difference value between injured knee and uninjured knee was 1.1mm at 201b, 2.29mm at 301b. There was statistical significance in mean difference value between injured and uninjured knee. Conclusion : By analysis of clinical & objective data, we could confirm that the mid-term result of ACL suture is not satisfactory. So, we recommend that ACL reconstruction would be done in young active patient rather than suture.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.123-129
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to utilize emotional movement and developmental process in literary therapy. So, I tried to reveal the process of the emotional channel that works in the human body when we deal with literary works. As a result, the emotions confirmed that the emotional codes in the human body were pulled from each other and gathered to the positions of amino acids when the shears were spoken. However, it was judged emotionally to act as a catalyst for the synthesis of amino acids. Of course, this is a humanistic and convergent argument, not a medical proof. However, if these studies continue, it will contribute to making people think more healthily.

• Physical Therapy Korea
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.66-76
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to compare the integrated electromyographic activity ratios of vastus lateralis(VL); rectus femoris lateral portion (RFL); rectus femoris medial portion(RFM); and vastus medialis(VM) muscles of 30 healthy subjects under three proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation(PNF) techniques. Each subject was randomly assigned to one of 3 PNF techniques groups : slow reversal(SR), slow reversal hold(SRH) and rhythmic stabilization (RS). Each person was positioned in supine with the right hip flexed to $45^{\circ}$ and the knee fully extended and received a total of 6 sessions. Each technique was applied to the right lower extremity in two diagonal patterns while electrical activity was monitored from the ipsilateral muscles VL, RFL, RFM, and VM, respectively. Comparison of normalized mean EMG magnitudes from VL, VM showed that RS demonstrated significantly greater activity than that of SR or SRH and that RFL and RFM did not demonstrate any greater relative EMG activity with the three PNF techniques than did VL or VM.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.480-481
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• 2008

본 논문은 U-Health 장치 인터페이싱을 위하여 표면 근전도를 이용한 손동작 특징들의 모델링 알고리즘에 대하여 제안하였다. 지금까지 연구에서는 표면 근전도를 측정하기 위하여 전완의 여러 부위에서 신호를 측정하였지만 휴대용 U-Health 장치들의 특성상 센서를 부착 할 수 있는 공간이 한정 되어있기 때문에 한 채널당 손동작의 인식률이 높아야하고 착용하기 편한 위치예서 신호를 측정해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 손목 근처의 수지신근(finger extensor)과 소지신근(extensor digiti minimi) 사이에 생체신호 센서를 부착하는 것을 제안했으며, 적은 수의 센서에서도 손동작에 따른 충분한 근전도 패턴을 구분해 내기 위하여 3차원 공간상에서 시간과 스케일 정보를 분석할 수 있는 다해상도 웨이블릿을 이용하였다. 정밀한 근전도 분석을 위하여 모 웨이블릿을 신경 신호의 활동전위(action potential)와 가장 유사한 형태를 가지고 있는 Daubechies 4 (db4)로 선택하였고, 이렇게 웨이블릿 분석을 통하여 1차원 신호를 16레벨로 나누어 각 신호에 대하여 에너지를 200 ms 간격으로 평가함으로서 7가지 손동작 인식을 위한 패턴 모델을 구하였다.

• Physical Therapy Korea
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.36-43
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the vastus medialis oblique muscle(VMO) had greater electrical activity than the vastus lateralis muscle(VL) when hip adduction and knee extension exercise were performed. Electrical activity of the VMO and VL was measured on 42 healthy subjects (28 men, 14 women) during maximal voluntary isometric contractions of hip adduction and knee extension by an EMG-BIOFEEDBACK. The results showed that the electromyographic activity of the VMO was significantly greater than that of the VL during the hip adduction exercise. Differences noted with knee extension by performing hip adduction exercises. Isometric hip adduction exercises, therefore, may be advisable in the treatment of patients with patellofemoral pain.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.296-304
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• 2009

The purpose of this study were to examine the effect of two different pelvic alignments and the back belt on electromyographic(EMG) activity of the erector spinae during lifting. The results were as follows: 1) EMG activity of erector spinae was greater when the pelvis was tilted anteriorly than when the pelvis was tilted posteriorly during lifting. 2) EMG activity of erector spinae was greater when the back belt than when without the back belt during lifting. These results suggest that the greater EMG activity of erector spinae with an anterior pelvic tilt position and with back belt during lifting may ensure optimal muscular support for the spine while handling loads.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.2827-2835
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• 2010

When the inferiorthreshold potential is applied on the membrane, the resting status membrane does not display any specific reaction, in the meanwhile if it receives somewhat higher voltages then it shows entirely different configuration. The fact that there is this kind of characteristics on the exciting membrane has been known for a long time, and some researchers have tried to analyze this situation using the electrical circuits but only limitted to inferiorthreshold potential case. The quantitative studies of especially for transthreshold stimulus is extremely rare up to now. The direct application of electrical circuit to biostatus is somewhat uneasonable because there may be much differences between them. We studied the electrical reaction quantitatively of biomembrane when it receives the transthreshold stimulus in point of electricity in this paper.

• Physical Therapy Korea
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 1997

The purposes of this study were to compare the electromyographic activities from the rectus femoris, vastus medialis oblique portion, vastus medialis longitudinal portion, and vastus lateralis during straight leg raising (SLR) and quadriceps setting (QS) exercise and to determine which exercise is more effective to selectively strengthen the vastus medialis. Thirty two healthy subjects <19 men, 13 women) participated in the study. All participants performed SLR and QS exercises while electromyographic activity was recorded from EMG surface electrodes. Statistical analysis demonstrated significantly greater values for the vastus medialis oblique portion, vastus medialis longitudinal portion, and vastus lateralis activities during QS exercise than for those during SLR exercise. However, the rectus femoris muscle activity between SLR and QS exercises was not significantly different. The ratios of vastus lateralis to vastus medialis during SLR and QS exercise were not significantly different. These results show that QS exercise is more effective for strengthening the quadriceps muscle on the whole than the SLR exercise. As for selective methods of strengthening vastus medialis specifically, both SLR and QS exercises are useful.