• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2011

Objectives : These days assaults and other natural and human disasters are increasing. But oriental medical treatment researches in Korea are limited in car accident PTSD patients only. Our object is to explore an oriental medical intervention model for the evidence-based approach to PTSD after diverse trauma including disasters. Methods : Domestic papers for Korean researches are obtained from oriental medical related journals by internet searching. International materials are obtained from PubMed searching and a publication from Department of Veterans' Affairs. After assorting searched articles into RCTs and non-RCTs, we analyzed the articles according to the elapsed time from trauma. Results : We confirmed that acupuncture, CBT, and PMR were effective in acute stage after traumatic event. And EMDR, EFT, and relaxation therapy were effective in chronic stage after traumatic event. Building on the findings, we proposed a model of oriental medicine for Disaster Mental Health. Conclusions : Analyzing previous researches about oriental medicine on PTSD, several interventions were confirmed the effectiveness on specific treatment stage. We could find the possibility of Oriental Medicine as a Disaster Mental Heath and proposed a model of Oriental medicine for Disaster Mental Health.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.352-356
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• 2012

The present study was undertaken to determine whether ethanol influences on the agonist-induced vascular smooth muscle contraction and, if so, to investigate the related mechanism. The measurement of isometric contractions using a computerized data acquisition system was combined with molecular experiments. Ethanol significantly inhibited thromboxane $A_2$ mimetic-induced contraction with intact endothelial function, but there was no relaxation on thromboxane $A_2$ mimetic U-46619-induced contraction irrespective of endothelium suggesting that the pathway such as Rho-kinase activation, $Ca^{2+}$ entry or thin filament regulation was not affected. In addition, ethanol didn't decrease thromboxane $A_2$ mimetic-induced increase of phospho-myosin phosphatase targeting subunit protein 1 (pMYPT1) or pERK1/2. Interestingly, ethanol didn't inhibit significantly phorbol ester-induced contraction in denuded muscles suggesting that thin filament regulation is less important on the ethanol-induced regulation in the muscle than endothelial NO synthesis. In conclusion, this study provides the evidence and possible related mechanism concerning the effect of ethanol on the agonist-dependent contraction in rat aortic rings with regard to endothelial function.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.263-273
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• 1999

두통은 인류의 가장 흔한 호소 중의 하나로 임상에서 흔히 보는 장애이다. 두통은 뇌막염, 뇌출혈, 또는 뇌종양과 같은 다른 질환의 증상일수 있으나, 또한 편두통이나 군발두통 등과 같은 질병 자체로 표현된다. 일차적으로 두통 장애의 역학이나 국제 두통학회의 진단기준을 이해하고 흔치 않으나 심각한 이차적인 두통장애와 감별에 관심을 둬야 한다. 환자가 일차 두통장애의 기준에 맞으면 신경학적 진단검사의 보충이 없어도 치료를 시작한다. 두통 유형, 표현 양상, 동통기간과 강도 등에 따라 진통소염제나 혼합진통제, 혈관작용의 항편두통 약물 또는 신경이완제나 corticosteroid등을 선택한다. 편두통의 빈도와 강도에 따라 예방치료가 보통 4~6개월간 조절한다. 긴장형 두통은 발작성과 만성두통으로 구분되나 치료적으로는 급성완화와 예방치료로 시도된다. 많은 만성매일두통 환자들이 진통제나 ergotamine을 과용하고 있으며 그들의 의존성과 내재된 갈등조절, 수면장애, 우울등으로 과용된 약물의 제한이 쉽지 않다. 치료의 첫단계는 약물을 끊고 조심스럽게 대치요법을 시행한다.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2007

통증은 주관적인 증상이며 이전의 경험에 의해 많이 영향을 받지만, 환자가 없는 증상을 만들어내는 것이 아니라 실재하는 것이다. 객관적인 병리가 뒷받침되는 통증은 쉽게 설명되고 치료할 수 있지만 그렇지 않은 통증은 많은 혼란과 좌절을 초래한다. 통증의 종류는 1) 해부학적인 특징과 객관적인 소견이 있는 경우 2) 해부학적인 특징이 있고 객관적인 소견이 없는 경우 3) 해부학적인 특징이 없고 스트레스, 신체화 증상과 연관된 경우 4) 해부학적인 특징이 없고 신체적인 손상과 연관이 있는 경우로 나눌 수 있다. 만성 통증의 경우 감정적, 신체적 또는 성적인 학대를 당한 병력이 있는 경우가 많다. 심리적으로 신체화 증상은 고통스런 기억을 억압하고 관심을 구하는 과정에서 나타난다. 또한 학대의 병력이 생리학적인 변화를 유발하거나 발달과정 중에서 통증에 대한 감수성을 높이고 유기적인 변화를 일으키는 것으로 생각된다. 스트레스와 연관된 통증의 치료에는 운동, 명상, 인지치료, 약물치료, 바이오피드백 치료 등의 다각적인 방법이 필요하다. 인지치료는 통증에 대한 환자의 인식과 대처방식을 바꿈으로써 통증을 경감시키는 방법으로 스트레스로 인해 발생하는 통증치료에 효과적이다. 약물치료로는 주로 항우울제 계열의 약물이 효과적인데, 항우울제는 기분증상의 호전과 무관하게 통증을 경감시키는 효과를 갖고 있다. 긴장이완 훈련과 병행하는 바이오피드백 치료 역시 통증치료에 효과적일 수 있으며, 그밖에 적절한 운동과 명상요법 같은 방법 역시 통증치료에 도움이 될 수 있다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.271-281
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• 2021

Purpose : This study aimed to apply muscle relaxation exercise and ultrasound therapy as an effective treatment method for tension headache patients by comparatively analyzing the muscle mechanical properties, neck disorder index, and headache impact test. Method : The subjects were classified into three groups based on the intervention received: the therapeutic ultrasound (n=15, group I), placebo therapeutic ultrasound combined with the suboccipital release (n=15, group II), and therapeutic ultrasound combined with suboccipital release (n=15, group III) groups. The intragroup and intergroup differences in muscle mechanical properties, neck disability index, and headache impact test were compared and analyzed. Result : The comparison and analyses of the changes in muscle tone and post hoc analysis revealed statistically significant intragroup decreases in the suboccipitalis and upper trapezius in groups I and III. Furthermore, statistically significant intergroup differences in the upper trapezius with a greater change in group III than in group II and suboccipitalis with greater changes in group III than in groups I and II were observed. The comparison and analyses of the changes in muscle stiffness and post hoc analysis revealed statistically significant intragroup decreases in the upper trapezius in group I and suboccipitalis in group III. Moreover, statistically significant intergroup differences in both muscles with greater changes in group III than in group II for both cases were observed. The comparison and analyses of the changes in the neck disability index and post hoc analysis revealed statistically significant intragroup decreases in all three groups and statistically significant intergroup differences with greater changes in group III than in groups I and II. The comparison and analyses of the changes in the headache impact test and post hoc analysis revealed statistically significant intragroup decreases in all three groups and a statistically significant intergroup difference with greater changes in group III than in groups I and II. Conclusion : The therapeutic ultrasound and suboccipital muscle release exercise effectively increased the flexibility of the muscles around the cervical vertebrae and reduced muscle tension and stiffness in tension-type headache patients.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.664-673
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• 2022

Objective: To evaluate the performance of baseline clinical characteristics and pretherapeutic histogram parameters derived from T2 mapping of the extraocular muscles (EOMs) in the prediction of treatment response to intravenous glucocorticoid (IVGC) therapy for active and moderate-to-severe thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) and to investigate the effect of fat-suppression (FS) in T2 mapping in this prediction. Materials and Methods: A total of 79 patients clinically diagnosed with active, moderate-to-severe TAO (47 female, 32 male; mean age ± standard deviation, 46.1 ± 10 years), including 43 patients with a total of 86 orbits in the responsive group and 36 patients with a total of 72 orbits in the unresponsive group, were enrolled. Baseline clinical characteristics and pretherapeutic histogram parameters derived from T2 mapping with FS (i.e., FS T2 mapping) or without FS (i.e., conventional T2 mapping) of EOMs were compared between the two groups. Independent predictors of treatment response to IVGC were identified using multivariable analysis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate the predictive performance of the prediction models. Differences between the models were examined using the DeLong test. Results: Compared to the unresponsive group, the responsive group had a shorter disease duration, lower kurtosis (FS-kurtosis), lower standard deviation, larger 75th, 90th, and 95th (FS-95th) T2 relaxation times in FS mapping and lower kurtosis in conventional T2 mapping. Multivariable analysis revealed that disease duration, FS-95th percentile, and FS-kurtosis were independent predictors of treatment response. The combined model, integrating all identified predictors, had an optimized area under the ROC curve of 0.797, 88.4% sensitivity, and 62.5% specificity, which were significantly superior to those of the imaging model (p = 0.013). Conclusion: An integrated combination of disease duration, FS-95th percentile, and FS-kurtosis was a potential predictor of treatment response to IVGC in patients with active and moderate-to-severe TAO. FS T2 mapping was superior to conventional T2 mapping in terms of prediction.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2003

It is now generally accepted that acupuncture is effective in diarrhea caused by bacterial infection. However, its effect on the intestinal smooth muscle dysfunction is not clear. Therefore, we investigated the effect of acupuncture therapy at Jiao-chao (GV-1) on the intestinal muscle dysfunction in weaning piglets orally infected by Escherichia coli. The animals are divided into four groups; 1) E. coli + no-treatment, 2) E. coli + antibiotic, 3) E. coli + acupuncture, 4) normal group. In the three E. coli infected groups, low frequency electrical field stimulation (EFS, 1 Hz) provoked triphasic responses composed of initial relaxation followed by on-contraction and off-contraction. While in the normal group, EFS (1Hz) induced biphasic responses composed of relaxation during the stimulation and off-contraction. At the high frequency (16Hz) EFS, both on-contraction and off-contraction of the E. coli + antibiotic, E. coli + acupuncture and the normal group were larger than those of the E. coli + no-treatment group. In the non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) condition, only biphasic responses occurred to EFS in all experimental groups and the off-contraction of E. coli + antibiotic, E. coli + acupuncture and the normal group were larger than those of the E. coli + no-treatment group. The response to carbachol of those three groups was also significantly greater than that of the E. coli + no-treatment group. These results suggest that acupuncture is as effective as antibiotic in the dysfunction of colonic circular muscle caused by E. coli infection. The maintenance of contractile neuromuscular transmission seems to be involved in the mechanism of the acupuncture effects on diarrhea.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권7호
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• pp.772-778
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• 2005

목 적 : 가와사키병은 면역 조절 인자의 이상을 동반하는 전신적 혈관염으로 관상동맥질환을 초래한다. NO는 혈관내 평활근의 granulocyte cyclase의 기전에 영향을 미쳐 혈관의 이완을 유발하는 역할을 하며 과다하게 분비될 경우 혈관의 변성을 초래하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 저자들은 가와사키병에서 NO와 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 혈중 농도를 측정하여 관상동맥질환 발생과 연관이 있는지 알아보기 위해 본 연구를 실시하였다. 방 법 : 가와사키병 환아 24명을 관상동맥 확장이 없는 군(1군)과 관상동맥 확장이 있는 군(2군)으로 분류하여 각 군의 임상 양상과 면역글로불린 투여 전과 후, 회복기에서의 NO, $TNF-{\alpha}$의 혈중 농도를 면역효소법(ELISA)으로 측정하여 비교하였다. 대조군으로는 같은 시기에 내원한 열이 없는 정상 대조군(3군) 13명과 열이 있는 대조군(4군) 10명으로 하였다. 결 과 : 면역글로불린 투여 전의 혈중 NO는 1군($13.2{\pm}5.7{\mu}mol/L$), 2군($20.4{\pm}10.7{\mu}mol/L$)과 4군($12.4{\pm}8.9{\mu}mol/L$)이 3군($3.1{\pm}1.4{\mu}mol/L$)보다 높았고 2군이 1군과 4군에 비해 유의하게 높았다(P<0.05). $TNF-{\alpha}$는 2군($858.4{\pm}934.0pg/mL$)에서 3군($8.7{\pm}2.3pg/mL$)과 4군($226.7{\pm}647.2pg/mL$)에 비해 유의하게 높았으며 1군($522.4{\pm}859.6pg/mL$)도 3군에 비해 높았다(P<0.05). 면역글로불린 투여 후 NO는 1군, 2군과 4군이 3군에 비해 유의하게 높았으며 $TNF-{\alpha}$는 각 군별로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 가와사키병 관상동맥 확장군과 비확장군 모두에 있어 NO와 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 혈중 농도가 면역글로불린 투여 전에 가장 높았고 면역글로불린 투여 후와 회복기로 갈수록 감소하였다. 또한 관상동맥 확장군에서 백혈구 수치와 혈청 NO는 유의한 양의 상관관계가 있었다(r=0.430). 결 론 : 가와사키병 환자에 있어 NO, $TNF-{\alpha}$의 혈중 농도가 유의하게 높았으며 NO의 농도가 관상동맥이 확장된 환자에서 비 확장군보다 의미있게 높은 것으로 보아 NO가 관상동맥질환에 관여할 것으로 생각한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.569-581
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• 2016

본 연구는 독거노인을 대상으로 뉴로피드백 훈련과 뇌체조 그리고 한방차를 병행한 통합요법을 적용하여 독거노인의 뇌기능 향상 및 삶의 질에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위한 단일군 전후 설계인 실험 연구이다. 2014년 12월 22일부터 2015년 2월 28일까지 8주 동안, Y군에 거주하는 65세~90세의 독거노인 23명(남 10명, 여 13명)을 대상으로 뉴로피드백 훈련은 2 Channel Neurofeedback System을 이용하여 이완 집중 기억력을 중심으로, 뇌체조는 한국정신과학연구소에서 개발한 뇌체조 프로그램을 이용하여 각각 1회 30분, 주 2회, 8주간, 16회를 하였다. 그리고 한방차는 동의보감과 여러 선행연구를 토대로 개발하여 조제한 한방차를 8주간, 매일, 하루 3잔 음용하도록 하였다. 그 결과 통합요법이 뇌기능지수 중 긴장도와 항스트레스 지수가 유의하게 변화하여 뇌기능 향상에 긍정적인 효과가 나타났다. 또한 삶의 질에서는 혈압과 혈당이 낮아지고, 삶의 질, 일상생활, 우울증상 등에서 유의미한 결과가 나왔다. 결론적으로 통합요법이 독거노인의 뇌기능 및 삶의 질을 의미 있게 향상 시킬 수 있음을 보여주었다. 그러므로 뉴로피드백 훈련, 뇌체조 및 한방차를 병행한 통합요법이 독거노인들의 삶의 질을 높이는데 반드시 필요한 중재요법이며, 보다 실질적이고 체계적으로 심신을 치유하여 삶의 질을 향상시키게 할 것이다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.81-91
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• 1993

Arthrosis of the temporomandibular joint is defined as a disease of a joint with chief complaint of pain, clicking, limited jaw movements. Generally, most patients with the temporomandibular arthrosis can be treated conservatively with muscle relaxation therapy combined with mandibular repositioning prostheses, followed by occlusal equilibration, restorative dentistry and/or orthodontics, and many other forms of treatment. In case prior nonsurgical treatment proved to be ineffective or the disease is chronic and severe, surgical operation is recommended. For patients with arthrosis of the temporomandibular joint, only discectomy as therapeutic method of the surgical treatment should not be applied and the removed articular disc of the temporomandibular joint should be replaced. Allograft such as Proplast-Teflon, Silastic, etc have been used as replacements of removed articular disc. However, these allograft materials have caused complications such as inflammatory changes, foreign body reactions. As a result, a replacement material which is autogenous, space occupying, easy to harvest and less inflammatory change has been developed. Auricular cartilage with perichondrium satisfies many of these requirements. The apparent advantages of autogenous auricular cartilage as an interpositional graft after a discectomy are as follows, (1) the form of the external ear corresponds to joint morphology, (2) a graft of adequate size can be harvested, (3) the form of the external ear remains unchanged after surgery, (4) the graft can be obtained adjacent to the surgical site, (5) biologically acceptable material is used, (6) the additional expense of allogenic graft is avoided. Because we considered autogenous auricular cartilage as a good replacement material, removed articular disc has been replaced with fresh autogenous auricular cartilage in the case of three patients. The result of the treatment is favorable, and the cases being presented here.