• The World Journal of Men's Health
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 2016

Purpose: We compared a transperineal ligation model and a transperitoneal ligation model in male rats to determine which animal model of overactive bladder (OAB) was more useful based on cystometrography, estimations of oxidative stress, and measurements of pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. Materials and Methods: Male rats were randomly divided into three groups (n=15 in each): the control group, the transperineal ligation group, and the transperitoneal ligation group. Four weeks after the ligation procedure, cystometrography was performed and oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, and histologic changes were evaluated. Oxidative stress was assessed by measuring 8-hydroxy-20-deoxyguanosine and superoxide dismutase, and pro-inflammatory cytokine activity was investigated by measuring levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$. Results: The transperineal model led to results similar to those observed for the transperitoneal model, namely (1) increased voiding frequency and reductions in the non-voiding contraction interval and the maximal vesical pressure, (2) increased levels of oxidative stress markers, (3) increased pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, and (4) fibrotic changes in the bladder tissue. Conclusions: We suggest that the transperineal procedure can be used as an alternative OAB model in male rats.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.82-92
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• 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to report the clinical effectiveness of Korean medicine treatment on interstitial cystitis. Methods: The patient diagnosed with Interstitial cystitis/Bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) was treated with Korean medicine treatment during 22 days of hospitalization. The patient received Korean medicine treatment including herbal medicine, acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, moxibustion, cupping and extracorporeal magnetic stimulation therapy. The effect of treatment on IC/BPS was evaluated through the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), voiding diary, and Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index/Problem Index (ICSI/ICPI). Results: After the treatment, the clinical symptoms of IC/BPS such as pelvic pain, pelvic pressure, frequent urination and urinary urgency were improved. Also, the patient had better scores in ICSI/ICPI. Conclusions: This case report proved that the Korean medicine treatment may be effective for improving clinical symptoms of IC/BPS. However, a large-scale clinical study is needed in the future to prove the effectiveness of Korean medicine treatment for IC/BPS.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.52-61
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• 2006

이상의 결과를 종합하면, 인삼 총사포닌은 본 실험의 조건에서 배뇨개선 효과가 있으며 이에 관여하는 총사포닌의 주 효능은 근위부요도를 이완시킴으로써 이루어지는 것으로 생각된다. 그리고 인삼 총사포닌은 혈류역동학적으로 안전하게 음경해면체 평활근을 이완시켜 음경발기를 유발시키는 것으로 생각된다.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2024

Objective: To evaluate the changes in bladder capacity and storage through non-invasive neuromodulation by application of repetitive Trans magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and genital nerve stimulation (GNS) in traumatic spinal cord survivors. Design: A Single Case Study. Method: The Patient was registered in trail with the clinical trial registry of India (CTRI/2022/05/042431). The Patient was interposed with rTMS on lumbar area, from T11-L4 vertebrae with 1 Hz and the intensity was 20% below that elicited local paraspinal muscular contraction for 13 minutes. GNS was placed over dorsum of the penis with the cathode at the base and anode 2 cm distally at 20 Hz, 200 microseconds, Continuous and biphasic current was delivered and amplitude of stimulation necessary to elicit the genito-anal reflex. For assessment, Neurological examination was done for peri-anal sensation (PAS), voluntary anal contraction (VAC) and bulbocavernous reflex (BCR), deep anal pressure (DAP), and American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (ASIA scale). Outcome assessment was done using Urodynamics, Spinal Cord Independence Measure Scale Version-III (SCIM-III), American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Score (ASIA Score), Beck's Depression Inventory Scale (BDI). The baseline evaluation was taken on Day 0 and on Day 30. Results: The pre-and post-data were collected through ASIA score, SCIM-III, BDI and Urodynamics test which showed significant improvement in bladder capacity and storage outcomes in the urodynamics study across the span of 4 weeks. Conclusion: rTMS along with GNS showed improvement in bladder capacity & storage, on sensory-motor score, in functional independence of individual after SCI.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38C권9호
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• pp.822-829
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• 2013

고혈압은 임상 현장에서 매우 흔한 질환인데 그 유병률이 국제적으로 상승세를 보이고 있다. 고혈압의 폐해는 너무 많으며 여러 장기들에 영향을 미친다. 필요 시 보통 평생 동안 치료해야 한다. 한국질병관리본부에 따르면 고혈압 유병률이 날로 증가하고 있다. 2011 조사에서 성인 중 28.9%가 고혈압이었으며, 여자 보다 남자가 약간 더 높았다. 환자를 분류하고, 혈압관련 위험을 확인하고 그리고 치료법을 안내하는 데 있어 정확한 혈압 측정은 필수적이다. 혈압계의 정확도에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 블래더 크기의 일탈이 장비 에러의 주된 원인이 된다. 혈압을 정확히 측정하기 위해, 위 팔 중심의 둘레에 따른 올바른 크기의 블래더 사용은 필수적이다. 시중의 혈압계를 조사한 결과, 커프 블래더들이 국제 규격 ISO 81060-1:2007에서 권유된 크기와 다름을 알 수 있었다. 블래더가 클 경우 혈압이 더 낮게 나오고, 더 작을 경우 더 높게 나온다는 것은 잘 알려져 있다. 미)심장협회(AHA)가 권고하는 어른용 블래더의 크기는 17-25cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 작은 어른, 24-32 cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 어른, 32-42cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 대다수 어른, 그리고 42-50cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 비만 어른으로 구분 된다. 반면에 한국 어른의 팔 둘레는 23-31cm에 불과하므로 AHA의 어른용 블래더 한 가지에 해당한다. 23-31cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 한국 어른을 위한 블래더의 종류는 ISO 81060-1을 따를 경우 3 개의 블래더가 필요하다. 병원들은 어른 환자들을 위해 보통 하나 혹은 두 가지 크기의 서양식 커프를 사용한다. 이 때문에 일부 환자들은 정확한 혈압 측정을 기대할 수 없다. 한국인에서 취합한 인체치수 참조 데이터에 기초한 블래더의 크기는 한국에서 가장 정확한 혈압을 측정하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1081-1086
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• 2009

This paper presents dynamic characteristics of pneumatic artificial muscles. Since the actuating performance of a pneumatic muscle is closely related to the input pressure of a pneumatic muscle, the air flow model on a valve orifice and an elastic bladder of the muscle is formulated to estimate precisely the pressure variance of pneumatic muscles during deflating and inflating process. Frequency response experiments are performed with an antagonistic system consisting of two pneumatic muscles and fast pneumatic control valves. Comparing with experimental results, the proposed model yielded good performance in estimating dynamic motions of the antagonistic system as well as the pressure variance of the pneumatic artificial muscles

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.865-866
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• 2006

The aim of this study was to implement the system that could evaluate the function of urinary tract with noninvasive and comfort methods. There for in this study hardware device and computer software have been developed that enables the analysis of the urine flow rate and vesical pressure signal measured during voiding. These signals were recorded simultaneously and transmitted to the PC. For the measurement system evaluation, the model system for the lower urinary system of men was designed. From the evaluation of the model system, vesical pressure was correlated with the occlusion degree. In a pilot study on 5 male subjects, means of standard deviation was 1.06, average error rate was 2.09 and coefficient variation was 2.09.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.6-14
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• 2007

요역동학검사는 하부요로계의 이상증상을 진단하기위하여 수행된다. 일반적으로 임상에서 행해지는 요역동학검사에서는 침습적인 방법으로 방광을 채운 후 배뇨하는 절차를 거친다. 하지만 이러한 방법은 카테터를 삽입해야하므로 환자에게 고통을 수반하게 한다. 본 연구에서는 비침습적이고 보다 편리한 방법으로 하부요로계의 기능을 평가할 수 있는 시스템을 구현하고자 하였다. 비침습적인 방법으로 하부요로증상(lower urinary tract symptoms, LUTS)의 진단을 위하여 배뇨시 요속, 요류음, 비침습적 방광내압을 측정할 수 있는 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현된 시스템은 센서부, 신호처리부, FPGA를 이용한 시스템 제어부 그리고 PC모니터링 프로그램으로 구성하였다. 그리고 구현된 계측시스템의 평가를 위하여 FPGA 시스템 제이부의 시뮬레이션을 수행하였고 인체의 하부요로계를 모식화한 실험장치를 구현하였다. 실험장치를 이용한 측정부의 평가결과 요속측정부의 평균에러율이 1.08%, 계수변화율이 1.48로 평가되었다. 그리고 비침습적 방광내압부는 평균에러율이 2.41%, 계수변화율이 2.81로 나타났다. 요류음신호의 시간영역과 주파수영역에서의 분석위해 평균실효치전력(average RMS power)과 주파수영역에서의 중심주파수(median frequency, MF)를 분석하였으며, 그 결과 $60{\sim}160Hz$의 중심주파수대에서 폐색을 가장 잘 반영하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.609-614
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• 2015

Implanted telemetry systems provide the ability to monitor different species of animals while they move within their cages. Species monitored include mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs, primates, sheep, horses, cattle, and others. A miniature transmitter implanted in each animal measures one or more parameters. Parameters measured include arterial pressure, intra-pleural pressure, left ventricular pressure, intra-ocular pressure, bladder pressure, ECG, EMG, EEG, EOG, temperature, activity, and other parameters and transmits the data via radio frequency signals to a nearby receiver. Every conventional dedicated transmitter contains one or more sensors, cpu and battery. Due to the expected life of the battery, the measuring time is limited. To overcome these problems, electromagnetic inductive coupling based wireless power transmission technology using multiple transmit coils were proposed, with each coil having a different active area driven by the coil driver. In this research, a parallel resonance based coil driver and serial resonance based coil driver are proposed. From the experiments we see that the parallel coil driver shows better performance under a low impedance and multiple coils configuration. However, the serial coil driver is more efficient for high impedance transmit coils.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2023

Mixed urinary incontinence (UI) is common in women. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of anti-incontinence surgery in female patients with equally severe stress UI (SUI) and urge UI (UUI). All patients had equal severity of SUI and UUI. The postoperative cure rate was categorized into the cure group (CG) and failure group (FG). Postoperative satisfaction was categorized into the satisfaction group (SG) and the dissatisfaction group (DG). Statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Ninety patients (SG, 73.3%; DG, 26.7%; CG, 93.3%; FG, 6.7%) were included in the study. In the univariate analysis, body mass index (BMI), total bladder capacity, and overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS) were significantly different between the SG and DG groups. Peak urinary flow, Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP), and OABSS were significantly different between the CG and FG groups. In the multivariate analysis, OABSS (P=0.001) and BMI (P=0.032) were independent predictors of postoperative satisfaction. VLPP (P=0.023) was the only independent factor associated with the postoperative cure rate. In equal severity of SUI and UUI, VLPP was found to be the only independent factor associated with postoperative cure rates. Higher VLPP values were associated with higher cure rates. BMI and OABSS were identified as independent predictors of postoperative satisfaction, with lower BMI and OABSS associated with higher postoperative satisfaction.