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Effects of Catgut -Embedding Therapy in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: a Retrospective Pilot Study

  • You, Kyung-Gon;Kwon, Young-Dal
    • 대한한의학회지
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: We evaluated the effect of the traditional Korean medical therapy of catgut-embedding therapy in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Methods: Thirteen patients(20 hands) with CTS underwent catgut-embedding therapy once per week for a total of 1-4 sessions. We measured the time to tingling in the fingers on performing Phalen's test. We also had patients use a visual analog scale (VAS) to indicate the severity of tingling. We also asked about the awakening time at night due to pain and tingling. We controlled the treatment as being limited to four sessions. Even if a patient had not been treated for four sessions, we ended the patient's treatment if symptoms resolved. Results: Patients who received catgut-embedding therapy showed significant improvements in the clinical symptoms of CTS. After treatment, in a total of 19 hands, the status of fourteen was changed from positive to negative in Phalen's test and the average of tingling occurrence time in that test was delayed. Among the 20 hands, the VAS in eight hands changed to zero and the average of VAS score decreased. Furthermore, in nine patients, four could sleep well without the use of a splint. Conclusions: Patients undergoing this traditional Korean medical therapy showed alleviation of finger tingling after even a single treatment. We thus concluded that this traditional Korean catgut-embedding therapy, may be effective for treating CTS. However, to confirm the effects of catgut-embedding therapy on CTS, further tests are required, including under the defined, strict conditions of a randomized controlled trial.

RP4::Mu cts 및 RP4::mini-Mu Pseudomonas sp.로의 전달 (Transfer RP4::Mu cts and RP4::mini-Mu from E. coli to Pseudomonas sp.)

  • 고윤원;허연주;이영록
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.173-180
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    • 1988
  • 염색체 유전자를 전달시키기 위한 기초작업으로 RP4 :: Mu cts와 RP4 :: mini-Mu 잡종 플라스미드를 접합에 의하여 E.. coli로 부터 Pseudomonas로 전달시켰다. RP4::Mu cts와 RP4:: mini-Mu의 수용세포는 플라스미드를 가지지 아니하는 Pseudomonas 균주들의 항생세 내성, 탄화수소 자화능 등의 유전적 지표를 조사하여 사용하였다. RP4::mini-Mu는 1$10^{-2}$ - $10^{-4}$의 빈도로 전달되었으며 RP4:: Mu cts는 Pseµdomonas aeruginosa KU557로는 $10^{-2}$의 빈도로, 그 이외의 수용세포로는 10?7의 빈도로 천달되었다. 접합체에 전달된 플라스미드의 존재는 암피실린, 카나마이신, 테트라싸이클린에 대한 내성과 전기영돔에 의해 확인하였으며 특히 RP4::Mu cts는 $43^{\circ}C$에서의 플라크 행성으로도 확인하였다. 접합체들로 부터 생성된 Mu 파아지는 약 $10^{5}$의 P.F.U.를 나타냈으며 전달된 RP4:: Mu cts와 RP4:: mini-Mu는 접합체들에서 비교적 안장한 것으로 밝혀졌다.

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CFD를 활용한 Flow Angularity 풍동시험기법의 외장분리 해석(1) (Store Separation Analysis of Flow Angularity Wind Tunnel Test Technique using CFD (1))

  • 손창현;서성은
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제45권1호
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    • pp.10-20
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구는 기존 Flow Angularity 장착물 분리 풍동시험 기법을 전산유체해석(Computational Fluid Dynamics)에 적용하여 해석 결과로부터 유동각 데이터베이스를 구성하고 6자유도 분리 궤적 해석한 결과를 전산유체해석의 CTS(Captive Trajectory Simulation) 해석 결과와 비교하여 CFD 해석 기법의 적용 가능성을 확인 한 것이다. Flow Angularity 기법의 전산유체해석 결과는 항공기와 외장간의 각 위치들에서 획득된 공력계수 데이터와 비교하여 데이터의 적절성을 확인하였다. 또한 Flow Angularity 기법으로 획득된 전산유체해석 데이터로부터 획득된 6자유도 외장 분리 궤적과 전산유체해석으로 해석한 CTS 외장분리 궤적을 비교하여 해석 기법의 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

GRID SURVEY 방법을 이용한 무장분리예측 기법 연구 (A STUDY ON THE STORE SEPARATION PREDICTION TECHNIQUE USING GRID SURVEY METHOD)

  • 김상진;강인모;김명성
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전산유체공학회 2006년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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    • pp.136-141
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    • 2006
  • A prediction of store separation trajectory using grid survey method has been conducted. For the grid survey method, store's aerodynamic flowfield data such as freestream and grid data is needed to solve 6 degree of freedom(6-DOF) equations of motion. In the presented study, aerodynamic flowfield data was generated by Euler solver instead of CTS wind tunnel test. The predicted trajectories shows good agreement with CTS test results.

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Estelle로 기술된 프로토콜의 적합성 검증에 관한 연구 (A study on the Conformance Test for Protocols Written in Estelle)

  • 인소란;원유훈
    • 전자공학회논문지B
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    • 제29B권11호
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 1992
  • The conformance test is a methodology which verifies whether the Implementation Under Test (IUT) conforms to its standard specification or not. In this paper, first, the Conformance Test System(CTS) is implemented in prototype including verification test type, black-box test strategy, conformance test class, remote test structure, and IUT which is described by the ISO Estelle among Formal Description Techniques. Second, through this prototype the proposed system is experimented. The prototype is composed of two modules. The first module is the Estelle-to-Pascal preprocessor which converts the Estelle program to the corresponding Pascal program because the experimental IUT was described using the unexecutable code form of Estelle before being tested by the TD(Test Driver). The TD, the second module, is based on the master-slave concept and plays important role is CTS. The TD acts as the master with the IUTd being the slave. The prototype system is implemented using Turbo-C, Turbo-Pascal and Turbo-Assembly.

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Usefulness of infrared thermography in diagnosing and evaluating severity of carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Yang, Jiwon;Lee, Yeong-Bae;Sung, Young-Hee;Shin, Dong-Jin;Kim, Yong-Jin;Park, Hyeon-Mi
    • Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.99-107
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    • 2021
  • Background: Pain and autonomic dysfunction are prominent symptoms in some patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Infrared thermography (IRT) has been used to evaluate CTS by measuring the cutaneous temperature and sympathetic vasomotor function. Methods: This study enrolled the 66 hands of 33 subjects, some of which had clinical CTS and the others were healthy. The enrolled patients completed the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) and Historical-Objective scale, and underwent nerve conduction studies (NCSs) and IRT. Skin temperature was measured at the fingertips and the thenar and hypothenar regions in each hand. We analyzed (1) the correlations between self-reported severity, physician-assessed severity, and test results, and (2) the sensitivity and specificity of IRT in diagnosing CTS. Results: No significant correlation was observed between the results of the BCTQ, NCS, and IRT. IRT had a low sensitivity and high specificity in diagnosing CTS. Conclusions: IRT cannot replace NCS in diagnosing CTS, nor did it provide an advantage in combination with NCS. However, lower temperatures at the median nerve in some hands with moderate-to-severe CTS suggested the involvement of sympathetic nerve fiber function. Follow-up studies with a larger-scale and complementary design are required to elucidate the relationships.

수근관증후군 진단을 위한 전기생리학적 척도들의 민감도 비교 (The Comparison of Sensitivities of Electrophysiological Parameters for the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)

  • 이규택;박수경;유창성;김종규
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제37권3호
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    • pp.212-215
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    • 2005
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy in clinical practice, with a 0.1% life time risk in the general population. Conventional neurophysiological studies have been useful in the diagnosis of this condition, as have a number of more specialized procedures. Therefore, we evaluated the diagnostic sensitivities of several parameters in nerve conduction technique for CTS patients. We analyzed 100 patients (159 hands) who were diagnosed with CTS clinically and electrophysiolosically. Median motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities (MCV and SCV) with wrist, palm, and finger stimulation were performed in traditional methods. Sensitivities of each test were calculated and compared to normal control data. The sensitivities of existing nerve conduction method were noted in terminal latency on median nerve, 2nd finger-wrist segment, 3rd finger-wrist segment, palm-wrist segment and distoproximal ratio, as 72.96%, 92.45%, 94.34%, 94.97%, and 97.48%, respectively. In the early course of CTS, sensory nerve conductions in the median nerve are more valuable than motor nerve conduction. Sensory nerve conductions are usually affected before motor nerve conductions in CTS. In this study, we detected that slowing of median SCV was the most frequent in the distoproximal ratio.

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전류변성기 두 대와 절대 평가 기술을 이용한 2차 전류 범위 확장 (Secondary Current Range Extension of Current Transformers by Using Two Different Current Transformers and Absolute Evaluation Technique)

  • 김윤형;한상길;정재갑;한상옥
    • 전기학회논문지P
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    • 제58권1호
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    • pp.72-78
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    • 2009
  • We have developed a current range extension method to obtain the ratio error and phase displacement of a current transformer (CT) by using absolute evaluation method and two different CTs. The method was applied to CTs under test with the current ratios in the range of 5,000 A / 1 A - 20,000 A / 1 A. The ratio error and phase displacement of the CT under test obtained in this study are consistent with those measured at the national institute in Germany using the same CT under test within an expanded uncertainty (k = 2) in the overall current ratios.

RP4::Mu cts에 의한 Rhizobium leguminosarum 질소고정 유전자의 속간전달에 관한 연구 (Intergeneric Transfer of Nitrogen Fixation Genes from Rhizobium leguminosarum by RP4::Mu cts)

  • 허연주;이영록
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.211-220
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    • 1986
  • Nitrogen fixation (nif) genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum were transferred to nif Klebsiella pneumoniae and E. coli by conjugation after partial heat induction of $RP_4$ :: Mu cts in Rhizobium $R^+$ transconjugant, and the hybrid plasmids in the transconjugant strains were isolated and characterized. In order to transfer the nif genes from Rhizobium, the hybrid plasmid $RP_4$ :: Mu cts was transferred by conjugation from E. coil to the symbiotic nitrogen fixer, R. leguminosarum. After stabillity test, the $RP_4$ :: Mu cts in Rhixobium $R^+$ transconjugant was subjected to partial heat induction by culturing it statically at $38^{\circ}C$ for 16 hours, and then conjugated with the nif defective mutant strains of K. pneumoniae or nif mutant strains of E. coli having whole nif gene plasmid. Recombinant strains of K. pneumoniae, which could grow in a N-free medium and exhibit the nitrogenase activity were selected. However, in the case of E. coli, they could grow well in a NA medium containing antibiotices, but hardly frow in a N-free medium. The hybrid plasmids in these transconjugal strains were isolated by gel electrophoresis and compared their molecular sizes.

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후판 용접부의 횡균열 발생 방지에 관한 연구(Ⅱ) (A Study on Prevention of Weld Transverse Crack for Thick Plate(Ⅱ))

  • 정호신;강성원
    • 한국해양공학회지
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    • 제13권3호통권33호
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    • pp.57-67
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    • 1999
  • Welding is widely applicable and reliable process and is mainly adopted for fabricating heavy structures. Recently, weld metal transverse cracks in butt and fillet weld joint is a serious problem, and they must be eliminated for improving weld joint reliability. The weld metal transverse crack susceptibility of butt and fillet joint was carried out by cantilever type tensile crack testing jig and CTS test. In this view of point, this study investigated the potential factors for weld metal transverse crack. The main results obtained were as follows: 1. The content o fdiffusible hydrogen in weld metal played an important role for weld metal transverse cracks. 2. From cantilever type tensile crack tests, it was pointed out that the higher the diffusible hydrogen content and tensile restraint, the more susceptible to weld metal transverse craking. 3. The TSN(thermal severity number) and diffusible hydrogen were important factors for determining weld metal transverse cracks in fillet weld joints.

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