• PNF and Movement
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2020

Purpose: To explore the effects of action observation combined with modified constraint-induced movement therapy on upper-extremity function and the activities of daily living in subacute stroke patients. Methods: Twenty-four subacute stroke patients were randomly assigned to the experimental group or the control group (n = 12 each). Both groups received therapy based on motor learning concepts, including repetitive and task-specific practice. The experimental group watched video clips for 10 minutes related to tasks performed during modified constraint-induced movement therapy while the control group watched videos unrelated to upper-extremity movement. These programs were performed for 40 minutes a day five times a week for four weeks. Their scores on the Fugl-Meyer assessment of upper extremities (FMA-UE), the action research arm test (ARAT), a motor activity log (amount of use [AOU] and quality of movement [QOM]), and the modified Barthel index (MBI) were recorded. Results: In both groups, all variables were significantly different between the pre-test and post-test periods (p < 0.05). The post-test variables were significantly different within each group (p < 0.05). In the experimental group, the changes between pre-test and post-test scores in the FMA-UE (14.39 ± 4.31 versus 6.31 ± 4.63), the ARAT (16.00 ± 4.73 versus 11.46 ± 3.73), MAL-AOU (1.57 ± 0.15 versus 1.18 ± 0.28), and MBI (27.54 ± 4.65 versus 18.08 ± 8.52) were significantly higher than those of the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: These findings suggest that action observation combined with modified constraint-induced movement therapy may be a beneficial rehabilitation option to improve upper-extremity function in subacute stroke patients with moderate impairment.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.441-458
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• 2023

The poultry industry, which produces excellent sources of protein, suffers enormous economic damage from diseases. To solve this problem, research is being conducted on the early detection of infection according to the behavioral characteristics of poultry. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of a non-movement behavior observation method to detect sick chickens. Forty 1-day-old Ross 308 males were used in the experiments, and an isolator equipped with an Internet Protocol (IP) camera was fabricated for observation. The chickens were inoculated with Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum A18-GCVP-014, the causative agent of fowl typhoid (FT), at 14 days of age, which is a vulnerable period for FT infection. The chickens were continuously observed with an IP camera for 2 weeks after inoculation, chickens that did not move for more than 30 minutes were detected and marked according to the algorithm. FT infection was confirmed based on clinical symptoms, analysis of cardiac, spleen and liver lesion scores, pathogen re-isolation, and serological analysis. As a result, clinical symptoms were first observed four days after inoculation, and dead chickens were observed on day six. Eleven days after inoculation, the number of clinical symptoms gradually decreased, indicating a state of recovery. For lesion scores, dead chickens scored 3.57 and live chickens scored 2.38. Pathogens were re-isolated in 37 out of 40 chickens, and hemagglutination test was positive in seven out of 26 chickens. The IP camera applied with the algorithm detected about 83% of the chickens that died in advance through non-movement behavior observation. Therefore, observation of non-movement behavior is one of the ways to detect infected chickens in advance, and it appears to have potential for the development of remote broiler management system.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2016

소프트웨어 교육이 초중등 정규 교과목으로 편재됨에 따라 코딩 교육용 로봇을 활용한 코딩 교구 시장이 나타나고 있다. 하지만 현재 로봇용 코딩 교구 시장은 로봇의 부정확한 움직임 제어 때문에 코딩교육의 본질을 벗어나 장난감으로서의 기능에만 충실한 경우가 많다. 이 점에 착안하여 본 연구에서는 6개의 라인센서의 관찰 정보를 바탕으로 로봇의 전진 이동, 회전 이동을 보정하는 방안을 제시한다. 본 방안의 효용성을 검증하기 위해 보드 게임과 유사한 코딩 학습용 테스트베드를 구축하고 코딩을 통해 로봇을 제어할 수 있는 모바일 앱을 활용하여 로봇의 실제 움직임 정확도를 측정하였다. 측정결과에 따르면 다양한 명령어를 수행한 결과 거리측면에서는 최대 1.57cm, 각도측면에서는 2.38도의 오차를 보고하고 있다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 본 논문에서 제안한 방식을 활용하면 향후 코딩교구 시장에서의 로봇의 활용도가 더욱 커질 것으로 기대된다.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2023

목적 : 본 연구는 국내 감각통합치료의 임상 관찰 평가 사용실태와 세부 항목별 결과 측정의 어려움 및 중요도를 알아보고 이를 통해 임상 관찰 측정에 있어 AI 측정 기술의 적용 유용성과 세부 항목별 적용 필요도를 확인하고자 하였다. 연구 방법 : 연구 과정은 국내 작업치료사 31명에서 온라인 설문지 배포를 통해 조사 연구를 실시하였다. 설문지는 일반적 정보, 감각통합 평가 도구 사용 실태, 임상 관찰의 세부 항목별 측정의 어려움, AI 측정 기술의 유용성, 세부 항목별 평가의 중요성 및 AI 측정 기술 개발의 필요성을 조사하는 내용으로 구성되었다. 조사의 결과를 빈도분석과 기술통계를 사용하여 분석하였다. 결과 : 조사에 참여한 작업치료사들은 Sensory Profile(96.8%)을 가장 많이 사용하였고 그다음으로 임상 관찰(90.3%)을 많이 사용하였다. 임상 관찰 시 측정이 어려운 세부 항목은 Finger-to-nose Test와 Postural Control(on the 이었으며, 다음으로 Eye Movement와 Protective Extension Test(67.7%)였다. 임상 관찰 시 AI 측정 기술 적용은 83.9%의 연구 대상자들이 모두 유용할 것으로 응답하였다. AI 측정 기술 적용이 필요하다고 응답한 가장 높은 항목은 Postural Control(on the ball)(90.3%)이었고, 다음으로 Eye Movement(83.9%), Prone Extension과 Protective Extension Test(77.4%) 순으로 나타났다. 결론 : 본 연구의 결과는 국내 아동 작업치료 현장에서 임상 관찰이 중요한 평가도구이며 임상 관찰 평가의 측정 정확성을 향상하기 위해서 AI 기술 적용이 필요하다는 작업치료사들의 인식을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.234-239
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 비디오 영상내 사물의 움직임의 방향과 크기의 변화를 이용한 새로운 서술자를 정의하고 이를 기반으로 하여 실시간으로 폭력 영상을 검출하는 방법을 제안한다. 새로 정의된 서술자는 폭력 행위의 움직임의 크기 및 방향 변화량이 일반적인 움직임에 비해 매우 크다는 관찰에 착안한 것이다. 일정한 프레임 동안의 서술자 값으로 이루어진 서술자 특징 벡터를 얻었고, 이것은 SVM(Support Vector Machine)으로 학습된 분류기를 통하여 폭력행위와 비폭력행위를 구별하는 데에 사용되었다. 제안하는 방법의 성능을 검증하기 위해 ViF(Violent Flow) 알고리즘과 세 종류의 데이터셋을 이용하여 비교 실험을 수행하였고, 모든 경우에서 더 우수한 성능을 보임을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.155-170
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• 2003

Lumbar segmental instability is considered to represent a significant sub-group within the chronic low back pain population. This condition has a unique clinical presentation that displays its symptoms and movement dysfunction within the neutral zone of the motion segment. The loosening of the motion segment secondary to injury and associated dysfunction of the local muscle system renders it biomechanically vulnerable in the neutral zone. There in evidence of muscle dysfunction related to the control of the movement system. There is a clear link between reduced proprioceptive input, altered slow motor unit recruitment and the development of chronic pain states. Dysfunction in the global and local muscle systems in presented to support the development of a system of classification of muscle function and development of dysfunction related to musculoskeletal pain. The global muscles control range of movement and alignment, and evidence of dysfunction is presented in terms of imbalance in recruitment and length between the global stability muscles and the global mobility muscles. The local stability muscles demonstrate evidence of failure of aeequate segmental control in terms of allowing excessive uncontrolled translation or specific loss of cross-sectional area at the site of pathology Motor recruitment deficits present as altered timing and patterns of recruitment. The evidence of local and global dysfunction allows the development of an integrated model of movement dysfunction. The clinical diagnosis of this chronic low back pain condition is based on the report of pain and the observation of movement dysfunction within the neutral zone and the associated finding of excessive intervertebral motion at the symptomatic level. Four different clinical patterns are described based on the directional nature of the injury and the manifestation of the patient's symptoms and motor dysfunction. A specific stabilizing exercise intervention based on a motor learning model in proposed and evidence for the efficacy of the approach provided.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2015

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare EEG topographical maps in patients with chronic stroke after action observation physical training. Methods: Ten subjects were recruited from a medical hospital. Participants observed the action of transferring a small block from one box to another for 6 sessions of 1 minute each, and then performed the observed action for 3 minutes, 6 times. An EEG-based brain mapping system with 32 scalp sites was used to determine cortical reorganization in the regions of interest (ROIs) during observation of movement. The EEG-based brain mapping was comparison in within-group before and after training. ROIs included the primary sensorimotor cortex, premotor cortex, superior parietal lobule, inferior parietal lobule, superior temporal lobe, and visual cortex. EEG data were analyzed with an average log ratio in order to control the variability of the absolute mu power. The mu power log ratio was in within-group comparison with paired t-tests. Results: Participants showed activation prior to the intervention in all of the cerebral cortex, whereas the inferior frontal gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, precentral gyrus, and inferior parietal cortex were selectively activated after the training. There were no differences in mu power between each session. Conclusion: These findings suggest that action observation physical training contributes to attaining brain reorganization and improving brain functionality, as part of rehabilitation and intervention programs.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1106-1110
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• 2004

A human sign language is generally composed of both static and dynamic gestures. Each gesture is represented by a hand shape, its position, and hand movement (for a dynamic gesture). One of the problems found in automated sign language translation is on segmenting a hand movement that is part of a transitional movement from one hand gesture to another. This transitional gesture conveys no meaning, but serves as a connecting period between two consecutive gestures. Based on the observation that many dynamic gestures as appeared in Thai sign language dictionary are of quasi-periodic nature, a method was developed to differentiate between a (meaningful) dynamic gesture and a transitional movement. However, there are some meaningful dynamic gestures that are of non-periodic nature. Those gestures cannot be distinguished from a transitional movement by using the signal quasi-periodicity. This paper proposes a hybrid method using a combination of the periodicity-based gesture segmentation method with a HMM-based gesture classifier. The HMM classifier is used here to detect dynamic signs of non-periodic nature. Combined with the periodic-based gesture segmentation method, this hybrid scheme can be used to identify segments of a transitional movement. In addition, due to the use of quasi-periodic nature of many dynamic sign gestures, dimensionality of the HMM part of the proposed method is significantly reduced, resulting in computational saving as compared with a standard HMM-based method. Through experiment with real measurement, the proposed method's recognition performance is reported.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권8호
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• pp.1080-1088
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• 2018

General methods of controlling a drone are divided into manual control and automatic control, which means a drone moves along the route. In case of manual control, a man should be able to figure out the location and status of a drone and have a controller to control it remotely. When people control a drone, they collect information about the location and position of a drone with the eyes and have its internal information such as the battery voltage and atmospheric pressure delivered through telemetry. They make a decision about the movement of a drone based on the gathered information and control it with a radio device. The automatic control method of a drone finding its route itself is not much different from manual control by man. The information about the position of a drone is collected with the gyro and accelerator sensor, and the internal information is delivered to the CPU digitally. The location information of a drone is collected with GPS, atmospheric pressure sensors, camera sensors, and ultrasound sensors. This paper presents an investigation into drone control by a remote computer. Instead of using the automatic control function of a drone, this approach involves a computer observing a drone, determining its movement based on the observation results, and controlling it with a radio device. The computer with a Depth camera collects information, makes a decision, and controls a drone in a similar way to human beings, which makes it applicable to various fields. Its usability is enhanced further since it can control common commercial drones instead of specially manufactured drones for swarm flight. It can also be used to prevent drones clashing each other, control access to a drone, and control drones with no permit.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2006

In this paper, we present a comprehensive study for the development of quadruped walking robot. To understand the walking posture of a tetrapod animal, we begin with a careful observation on the skeletal system of tertapod animals. From taking a side view of their skeletal system, it is noted that their fore limbs and hind limbs perform characteristic roles during walking. Moreover, the widths of footprints and energy efficiency in walking have a close relationship through taking a front view of their walking posture. According to these observations, we present a control method where the kinematical solutions are not necessary because we develop a new rhythmic gait pattern for the quadruped walking robot. Though the proposed control method and rhythmic pattern are simple, they can provide the suitable motion planning for the robot since the resultant movement is based on the animal's movements. The validity of the proposed idea is demonstrated through dynamic simulations.