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자동차 조립 작업자들에서 상지 근골격계의 인간공학적 작업평가(Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) 결과와 자각증상과의 연관성 (The Relation Between Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Rapid Upper Limb Assessment(RULA) among Vehicle Assembly Workers)

  • 김재영;김해준;최재욱
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.48-59
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    • 1999
  • 본 연구는 Rapid Upper Limb Assessment(RULA)를 이용하여 자동차 조립작 업에 대한 인간공학적 작업평가를 하고, 이 결과와 작업관련 상지 근골격계 질환의 자각증상율 및 작업특성 변수들의 연관성을 분석함으로써, RULA결과가 관련 신체부위의 통증이나 불편함으로 보고되는 근골격계 부하의 좋은 지표가 될 수 있는지, RULA평가체계를 이용하여 작업 위험도가 적합한지 여부를 평가할 수 있는가를 보고자 하였다. 자동차 제조업 작업자 314명을 대상으로 근골격계질환 자각증상설문과 RULA를 이용한 작업평가를 하였으며, 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. NIOSH의 작업관련 근골격계 질환의 감시기준(surveillence criteria)에 따라 자각증상을 조사한 결과, 연구대상자 중 목 32.8%, 어깨 26.4%, 팔 10.5%, 손 29.3%, 허리 41.4%였으며, 한가지 이상 의 증상을 보이는 경우는 62.4%의 분포를 보였다. 2. 품질관리부에 비해 조립부서 작업자 틀이 전체 증상과 어깨, 허리, 팔 및 손부 위 증상에서 더 높은 유증상률을 보였다(p<0.05). 3. 부서별 RULA를 이용한 작업평가 결과, 서브/조립반과 의장반의 공정이 높은 위험점수를 보였다. 전체 조립부서에 대한 평가결과 적합한 작업은 3.02%였고, 62.8%가 부적합한 작업으로 작업전환이나 중재조치가 필요한 경우였다. 자각증상과 RULA를 이용한 작업평가 결과를 비교한 결과 RULA점수가 클수록 자각증상율이 높음을 보였다.(p<0.05) 4. RULA평가지표와 자각증상사이의 관련성을 보기 위하여, RULA지표와 기타 작업관련요인들을 독립변수로, 자각증상유무를 종속변수로 하여 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 최종적으로 증상유무를 가장 잘 설명하는 회귀모형에 대한 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 모든 증상군에 대해서는 반복작업(OR 2.183), 진동공구 사용(OR 2.775)과 총 위험도 점수(OR 2.250); 목 부위 증상군에서는 상완의 자세점수(OR 1.786), 상완 및 손부 위의 총점수(OR 1.634) ; 어깨 증상군은 상지의 근사용(OR 3.076), 상완 및 손부 위의 총점수(OR 1.798); 어깨와 목 부위를 합한 증상군은 상완 및 손부위의 총점 수(OR 1.715)와 상지의 근사용 점수(OR 2.057); 팔 증상군에서는 상지의 근사용 점수(OR 10.662) ; 손 부위 증상군에 대해서는 손목의 자세/손목 비틀림 지표 (OR 2.068)와 상지의 근사용 점수(OR 2.215); 허리부위 증상군에서는 하지의 근사용 점수(OR 2.601)가 통계적으로 유의한 지표였다.(p<0.05) 이상의 결과에서 작업관련 상지근골격계 자각증상과 RULA 점수사이에는 연관성이 있음이 관찰되었다. 이는 RULA가 직업성 질환을 유발할 수 있는 근골격계 부하에 폭로된 작업자들을 평가하는, 일차적인 작업 위험도 평가도구(Screening tool)로서 쓰일 수 있음을 말해준다. 다만 향후 RULA 사용에 있어서 상지(upper limb)와 허리부위(back)의 평가를 구분하고, 기타 다른 작업관련 요인들에 대한 평가체계를 보완하는 것이 필요하다.

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자동차회사 근로자를 대상으로 한 근골격계 자각증상과 moire 영상 진단과의 관계 연구 (Research on the Relation between Musculoskeletal symptoms and Diagnosis using Moire Topography among Workers at an Automobile Manufacturing Plant)

  • 천은주;이영길;장두섭;이기남;송용선
    • 대한예방한의학회지
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.69-92
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    • 2001
  • The purposes of this study were to offer foundation making more certain standards of musculoskeletal disorder diagnosis, We researched musculoskeletal symptoms degrees, frequencies, and cares and then examined relation between musculoskeletal symptoms and diagnosis of musculoskeletal conditions using moire topography among workers at an automobile manufacturing plant. Therefore we propose the possibility of moire topography as diagnosing utilities of musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: This study was to examine the general characteristics, complaints of musculoskeletal symptoms, and work-related musculoskeletal disorder rates of cervicobrachial and lumbar area by survey among 435 workers at an automobile manufacturing plant and then to show each frequency and percentage, In the diagnosis using moire topography, we studied pain control necessity of cervicobrachial and lumbar area, 435 subjects were classified by 5 levels: A(no symptoms), B(need management), C(need treatment) and then more divided by B1(light symptoms)/B2(heavy symptoms), C1(light symptoms)/C2(heavy symptoms), And musculoskeletal areas were divided by 2 parts, cervicobrachial area(neck, shoulder, arm&elbow, and wrist&hand) and lumbar area, Then, frequency and percentage of each musculoskeletal areas(cervicobrachial and lumbar area) were appeared. At last, Pearson's chi-square test analysis was utilized to observe the relation between diagnosis using moire topography and general characteristics and the relation between diagnosis using moire topography and work-related complaint of musculoskeletal symptoms of cervicobrachial and lumbar area, Results: The subjects employed for this research were categorized into; by gender, all of them were males(l00%): by age, under 35 years 12 %, 36-40 years 56.3%, 41-45 years 26.3 %, and above 46 years 5.3% with 36-40 years accounting for most of it. By living location, owned houses represented 69.7%, rented houses 23.4%, monthly-rented 1.6%, the others 5.3%; by education, middle school and lower represented 3.0%, high school 89.4%, and junior college and higher 7.6% with high school occupying most of the group. By marital status, married represented 95.2%, unmarried 4.1%, and the others 0.7% with most of them married; by alcohol, drinking represented 81.8% and non-drinking 18.2%; by smoking status, smoking represented 53.6%, non-smoking 46.4% with no big difference between them. By working time(hours/week), below 50 represented 26.9%, 50-60 67.6%, above 60 5.5%; by working time(hours/day), below 9 represented 21.6%, 10-12 73.1%, above 13 5.3%; by job tenure(years), below 10 represented 25.1%, 11-15 54.3%, 16-20 15.2%, above 21 5.5%. By personal income per year, below 30 million won represented 11.0%, 30-40 84.8%, above 40 4.1%; by sleeping hours, below 6 hours represented 26.7%, 7-8 hours 69.9%, above 9 hours 3.4%. Complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms and work-related musculoskeletal disorder rates were 63.9% and 54.9% with shoulder area occupying most of both them. By pain degree of musculoskeletal symptoms, shoulder area represented $2.73{\pm}0.84$, lumbar area $2.66{\pm}0.86$, wrist and hand area $2.59{\pm}0.86$, neck area $2.55{\pm}0.74$, and arm and elbow area $2.48{\pm}0.71$. By cares about musculoskeletal symptoms, taking medication or care represented 34.4%-46.7%, absence or leave 15.4%-28.7%, and job transfer 6.3%-11.5%. So experienced cases more than one thing among cares about musculoskeletal symptoms represented 39.6%-54%. In the diagnosis using moire topography, pain control necessity of cervicobrachial area was shown below; A(no symptoms) 20.7%, B1(need management/light symptoms) 64.6%, B2(need management/heavy symptoms) 11.5%, C1(need treatment/light symptoms) 3.0%, C2(need treatment/heavy symptoms) 0.2%. By lumbar area, A(no symptoms) 8.7%, B1(need management/light symptoms) 52.2%, B2(need management/heavy symptoms) 30.3%, C1(need treatment/light symptoms) 8.7%, C2(need treatment/heavy symptoms) was none. In the relation between pain control necessity and general characteristics, age(P=0.013), education(P=0.000), and job tenure(P=0.012) with pain control necessity showed differences with significance. The relation between pain control necessity and complaint of musculoskeletal symptoms of cervicobrachial and lumbar area showed no difference with significance; in cervicobrachial area represented P=0.708, lumbar area P=0.318 Conclusions: This study for musculoskeletal symptoms on workers at automobile manufacturing plant showed that complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms for cervicobrachial and lumbar area were so high, 63.9%. But Pearson's chi-square test analysis was utilized to study the relation between musculoskeletal symptoms and the diagnosis using moire topography, showed no differences with significance. They have no differences with significance, but the prevalence rates of diagnosis using moire topography for cervicobrachial and lumbar area were more higher than complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms; complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms were 52.4%, 34.5% and the diagnosis using moire topography were 79.3%, 91.3% for cervicobrachial and lumbar area. The results of this study indicate that the diagnosis using moire topography can find weak musculoskeletal disorders that an individual can not feel, not be judged work-related musculoskeletal disease. Therefore, this study has an important meaning that diagnosis using moire topography can predict and control own physical condition complete musculoskeletal disorders beforehand, since oriental medicine theory considers that prevention is important.

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스마트폰 제어 및 영상처리를 수행하는 바퀴와 4족을 결합한 약병 전송 로봇 (Drug Bottle Delivery Robot Capable of Smartphone-Based Control and Image Process and Combining Wheel and Quadruped)

  • 이상영;김현수;김영롱;홍석호;김동환
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제37권4호
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    • pp.569-579
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    • 2013
  • 이 연구에서는 스마트폰과 Wi-Fi통신을 이용한 로봇의 조종과 장착된 카메라를 통한 영상처리 기술에 대하여 서술하였다. 제안된 로봇은 바퀴와 4족을 환경에 따라서 선택적으로 사용할 수 있도록 메커니즘을 구성하였다. 카메라의 스트림 데이터 중 이미지 데이터만을 이용하도록 네트워크를 형성하였으며 영상처리 기법을 응용하여 약병을 구분하고, 로봇 팔을 이용하여 약병을 사용자에게 전달해주는 로봇 메커니즘에 대해서도 서술한다. 본 논문에서 개발된 영상처리 알고리즘과 처리는 별도의 컴퓨터 없이 스마트폰만을 이용하여 구현이 가능하도록 설계하였으며 스마트폰의 강력한 기능과 연산능력을 최대로 활용하여 약병 로봇의 지능화 및 소형화 방안을 제시하였다.

요골동맥 직경 변화에 따른 맥파 측정 시스템 개발 (Development of an Measuring System for Pulse Wave Corresponding to Different Radial Artery Diameters Caused by Indentation)

  • 이전;우영재;전영주;이유정;김종열
    • 전기학회논문지
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    • 제57권12호
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    • pp.2351-2357
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    • 2008
  • Noninvasive radial artery pulse wave has been widely used not only for the pulse wave analysis(PWA) itself but also for assessment of arterial stiffness with estimated aortic pulse wave from peripheral pulse wave. However, it has been found that the deformation of pulse shape can be caused readily by changing measuring position, indentation pressure, and so on. So, in this study, we have developed a system which can measure radial pulse wave and skin displacement simultaneously while the indentation body goes down to occlude subject's radial artery. This system can be divided into a measuring apparatus part, an indentation control hardware part, a data acquisition part and a control and computation part. And, the measuring apparatus consists of an arm-rest, a step motor, an indentation body, a laser displacement sensor(LK-G30, Keyence Co.) and pulse wave sensor. Under load-free condition and radial artery loaded condition, the evaluation of developed system has been performed. From these results, we can conclude: 1) The developed system can control the indentation body quantitatively and the adopted laser displacement sensor shows linear output characteristic even with skin as a reflector. 2) This system can measure the pulse wave and the displacement of indentation body, that is, skin displacement simultaneously at each specific level of indentation body. 3) This system can provide the number of motor steps used to get down the indentation body, the measured skin displacement, the calculated indentation pressure, the calculated pulse pressure and the pulse waveform as well as the information generated by combining these with each others. 4) This system can reveal the relationship between the morphological changes of pulse wave and the estimated displacement of radial artery wall by indentation. Consequently, the developed system can furnish more abundant information on radial artery than previous diagnosis systems based on tonometric measurement. In further study, we expect to setup the standard measuring process and to concrete the algorithm for the estimation of radial artery's diameter and of displacement of radial artery's wall. Furthermore, with well designed clinical studies, we hope to turn out the usefulness of developed system in the field of cardiovascular system evaluation.

근전도를 이용한 손목방향인식 모듈에 관한 연구 (A Study of a Module of Wrist Direction Recognition using EMG Signals)

  • 이충헌;강성인;배성호;권장우;이동훈
    • 재활복지공학회논문지
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2013
  • 고령화 시대로 변화해 가면서 재활 복지 산업, 스포츠 산업 시장이 빠르게 성장하고 있다. 특히, 근전도, 뇌전도, 안전도등 생체신호를 이용하여 휠체어 등 복지기기, 의수 및 의족을 제어할 수 있는 재활기기 및 일상의 전자기기 등을 제어할 수 생체 인터페이스 분야는 새로운 미래 신기술영역이며, 또한 사회적 약자인 장애인, 노약자, 재활환자에게 많은 도움을 줄 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 일반인에게도 다양한 응용분야에서 활용될 것이다. 상용화된 생체신호계측 장비 및 인터페이스의 경우 부피가 크고 복잡하며, 고가 제품으로 실생활에 이용하기에는 많은 제약을 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 휴대가 가능한 형태의 소형 근전도 신호계측 장치를 구현하였으며, 무선 전송이 가능한 형태의 인터페이스 시스템을 통하여 근전도 신호를 통한 하드웨어 장치 제어가 가능한 제어모듈 개발에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 손목의 움직임을 통해 발생된 근전도 신호를 입력받아 불필요한 잡음을 제거하고, 신호를 증폭하는 휴대형 하드웨어 모듈을 설계 하였다. 획득된 근전도 신호를 디지털 신호로 변환과 함께 디지털 필터링을 위해 TI사의 TMS320F2808 DSP칩을 사용하여 구현하였다. 또한 획득된 근전도 신호로부터 주성분 분석 기법을 이용하여 상, 하, 좌, 우의 4 동작신호로 분류하였으며 분류된 데이터는 PC 터미널로 무선 전송하여 표시하도록 하였다. 최종적으로 4가지 동작에 대해 85%의 인식률을 얻었으며, 지금보다 높은 인식률을 얻게 된다면 근전도를 이용한 손목동작을 통하여 다양한 하드웨어 시스템을 제어하는 제어신호로 활용이 가능하리라 본다.

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Development of Management Guidelines and Procedure for Anthropometric Suitability Assessment: Control Room Design Factors in Nuclear Power Plants

  • Lee, Kyung-Sun;Lee, Yong-Hee
    • 대한인간공학회지
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    • 제34권1호
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    • pp.29-43
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    • 2015
  • Objective: The aim of this study is to develop management guidelines and a procedure for an anthropometric suitability assessment of the main control room (MCR) in nuclear power plants (NPPs). Background: The condition of the MCR should be suitable for the work crews in NPPs. The suitability of the MCR depends closely on the anthropometric dimensions and ergonomic factors of the users. In particular, the MCR workspace design in NPPs is important due to the close relationship with operating crews and their work failures. Many documents and criteria have recommended that anthropometry dimensions and their studies are one of the foremost processes of the MCR design in NPPs. If these factors are not properly considered, users can feel burdened about their work and the human errors that might occur. Method: The procedure for the anthropometric suitability assessment consists of 5 phases: 1) selection of the anthropometric suitability evaluation dimensions, 2) establishment of a measurement method according to the evaluation dimensions, 3) establishment of criteria for suitability evaluation dimensions, 4) establishment of rating scale and improvement methods according to the evaluation dimensions, and 5) assessment of the final grade for evaluation dimensions. The management guidelines for an anthropometric suitability assessment were completed using 10 factors: 1) director, 2) subject, 3) evaluation period, 4) measurement method and criteria, 5) selection of equipment, 6) measurement and evaluation, 7) suitability evaluation, 8) data sharing, 9) data storage, and 10) management according to the suitability grade. Results: We propose a set of 17 anthropometric dimensions for the size, cognition/perception action/behavior, and their relationships with human errors regarding the MCR design variables through a case study. The 17 selected dimensions are height, sitting height, eye height from floor, eye height above seat, arm length, functional reach, extended functional reach, radius reach, visual field, peripheral perception, hyperopia/myopia/astigmatism, color blindness, auditory acuity, finger dexterity, hand function, body angle, and manual muscle test. We proposed criteria on these 17 anthropometric dimensions for a suitability evaluation and suggested an improvement method according to the evaluation dimensions. Conclusion: The results of this study can improve the human performance of the crew in an MCR. These management guidelines and a procedure for an anthropometric suitability assessment will be able to prevent human errors due to inadequate anthropometric dimensions. Application: The proposed set of anthropometric dimensions can be integrated into a managerial index for the anthropometric suitability of the operating crews for more careful countermeasures to human errors in NPPs.

수중 자율작업용 로봇 플랫폼 개발 (Development of Robot Platform for Autonomous Underwater Intervention)

  • 여태경;최현택;이윤건;채준보;이영준;김성순;박상현;이태희
    • 한국해양공학회지
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.168-177
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    • 2019
  • KRISO (Korea Research Institute of Ship & Ocean Engineering) started a project to develop the core algorithms for autonomous intervention using an underwater robot in 2017. This paper introduces the development of the robot platform for the core algorithms, which is an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) type with one 7-function manipulator. Before the detailed design of the robot platform, the 7E-MINI arm of the ECA Group was selected as the manipulator. It is an electrical type, with a weight of 51 kg in air (30 kg in water) and a full reach of 1.4 m. To design a platform with a small size and light weight to fit in a water tank, the medium-size manipulator was placed on the center of platform, and the structural analysis of the body frame was conducted by ABAQUS. The robot had an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), a DVL (Doppler Velocity Log), and a depth sensor for measuring the underwater position and attitude. To control the robot motion, eight thrusters were installed, four for vertical and the rest for horizontal motion. The operation system was composed of an on-board control station and operation S/W. The former included devices such as a 300 VDC power supplier, Fiber-Optic (F/O) to Ethernet communication converter, and main control PC. The latter was developed using an ROS (Robot Operation System) based on Linux. The basic performance of the manufactured robot platform was verified through a water tank test, where the robot was manually operated using a joystick, and the robot motion and attitude variation that resulted from the manipulator movement were closely observed.

소량 기록물의 효율적 보존을 위한 보존챔버 설계에 관한 연구 (A Study on Chamber Design for the Efficient Preservation of a Small Amount of Archives)

  • 봉춘근;박성진;이정주;신현창
    • 한국기록관리학회지
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.35-58
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    • 2013
  • 기록물 보존챔버란 소량의 중요기록물을 안정성 높은 보존환경에서 영구보존하는 데 적합한 장비이다. 이 장비는 소량의 기록물을 영구보존하기 위한 공공기관이나 민간단체에서 기록물을 경제적이면서 안전하게 장기보존하기에 적합한 장비이다. 본 연구는 지방기록관의 기록물 보존현황 조사를 통해 보존챔버의 필요성을 분석한 후 보존챔버의 핵심부분을 설계함으로 기록물을 안정적이면서 경제적으로 보존할 수 있는 방안을 모색하였다. 기록물 보존챔버는 크게 기록물을 보존하는 보존공간, 보존환경 유지를 위한 공기정화장치부, 보존환경을 모니터링하기 위한 환경측정장치부로 구성된다. 기록물 보존공간은 외부 공기의 출입을 막고 내부공기가 순환함으로 항온항습 유지 및 유해가스 제거가 가능하도록 하였다. 이렇게 설계된 보존챔버는 소량의 기록물을 서고에서 보존할 때보다 더 경제적으로 보존할 수 있는 것으로 산출되었다.

냉증에 대한 산소챔버의 임상 효능 및 안전성 연구 (Effect and Safety of Oxygen Chamber Therapy on Cold Hypersensitivity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial)

  • 하헌용;윤달환;고호연;한용대;김남식;남은영;김형준
    • 대한한방부인과학회지
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.123-139
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: Cold hypersensitivity is regarded to be associated with blood circulation. This study is aims to evaluate the effects and safety of oxygen chamber therapy on cold hypersensitivity by comparing the temperature and Visual Analogue Scale. Methods: 42 outpatients who visited ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ University Oriental Hospital from July 11th, 2013 to August 28th, 2013 were analyzed. Patients were subjected to thermometer, and those with thermal difference greater than $0.3^{\circ}C$ between upper arm and palm and also with more than VAS 4 of cold hypersensitivity were diagnosed with cold hypersensitivity. 42 outpatients diagnosed with cold hypersensitivity are divided into two groups, one is the experimental group consisted of 21 patients and other was control group consisted of 21 patients. The experimental group had oxygen chamber therapy 10 times for 4 weeks. Thereafter the effects of oxygen chamber therapy on cold hypersensitivity was analyzed with t-text using SPSS for Windows version 21. Results: After the oxygen chamber therapy, experimental group had considerable improvement on cold hypersensitivity, in consequence of decreasing rate of thermal difference and VAS of cold hypersensitivity. Ear deafness and hand numbness were reported as an adverse effects in experimental group, but there was no serious adverse effects. Conclusions: This clinical trial showed oxygen chamber therapy could be effective and safe to reduce cold hypersensitivity.

열린사슬운동 및 닫힌사슬운동에서 위팔굽힘 각도에 따른 앞톱니근의 근활성도 비교 (A Comparison of the Serratus Anterior Muscle Activity according to the Shoulder Flexion Angles in a Closed Kinetic Chain Exercise and an Open Kinetic Chain Exercise)

  • 문성종;김택훈;노정석
    • 대한물리의학회지
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.369-378
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    • 2013
  • PURPOSE: The purpose of present study was to ascertain how the activity of the serratus anterior muscle, the upper trapezius muscle and the pectoral major muscle was affected while the upper arm was being flexed at 70, 90 and 110 degrees respectively in a closed kinetic chain exercise (wall push up plus) and an open kinetic chain exercise (static hug). METHODS: Sixteen healthy young men subjects participated in the study. Surface electromyography (EMG) data were collected from the dominant-side muscles during a closed kinetic chain exercise and an open kinetic chain exercise. The activity of each muscle was measured quantitatively, and by the use of the two-way repeated ANOVA, the data were compared with each other according to exercises and shoulder flexion angles. RESULTS: Results indicated that the closed kinetic chain exercise did not interact with the open kinetic chain exercise (p>.05). In both the closed kinetic chain exercise and the open kinetic chain exercise, the activity of the serratus anterior muscle became different significantly according to angles (p<.05). Its activity increased in order of 70, 90 and 110 degrees (p<.05). In both exercises and all angles, muscle activity was significantly higher in the serratus anterior muscle than in the upper trapezius muscle and the pectoral major muscle (p<.05). CONCLUSION: The above results show that there is a need to selectively control the exercise stress of the serratus anterior muscle in the case of the patients with the shoulder impingement syndrome characterized by the winged scapula, insufficient scapular protraction and upward rotation.