• 제목/요약/키워드: Transmission of pain

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Participation of NMDA and non-NMDA glutamate receptors in the formalin-induced inflammatory temporomandibular joint nociception

  • Yang, Gwi-Y.;Lee, Ju-H.;Ahn, Dong-K.
    • International Journal of Oral Biology
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    • 제32권2호
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2007
  • It has been well known that excitatory amino acids, primarily glutamate, are involved in the transmission of nociception in pathological and physiological conditions in the spinal and brainstem level. Recently, peripheral glutamate also play a critical role in the peripheral nociceptive transmissions. The present study investigated the role of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) or non-NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptors in formalin-induced TMJ pain. Experiments were carried out on male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 220-280 g. Intra-articular injection was performed under halothane anesthesia. Under anesthesia, AP-7 (10, $100\;{\mu}M$, $1\;mM/20\;{\mu}L$), a NMDA receptor antagonist, or CNQX disodium salt (0.5, 5, 50, $500\;{\mu}M/20\;{\mu}L$), a non-NMDA receptor antagonist, were administered intra-articularly 10 min prior to the application of 5% formalin. For each animal, the number of behavioral responses, such as rubbing and/or scratching the TMJ region, was recorded for nine successive 5-min intervals. Intra-articular pretreatment with 1 mM of AP-7 or $50\;{\mu}M$ CNQX significantly decreased the formalin-induced scratching behavioral responses during the second phase. Intra-articular pretreatment with $500\;{\mu}M$ of CNQX significantly decreased the formalin-induced scratching behavior during both the first and the second phase. These results indicate that the intra-articular administration of NMDA or non-NMDA receptor antagonists inhibit formalin-induced TMJ nociception, and peripheral ionotropic glutamate receptors may play an important role in the TMJ nociception.

WALANT: A Discussion of Indications, Impact, and Educational Requirements

  • Shahid, Shahab;Saghir, Noman;Saghir, Reyan;Young-Sing, Quillan;Miranda, Benjamin H.
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • 제49권4호
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    • pp.531-537
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    • 2022
  • Wide-awake, local anesthesia, no tourniquet (WALANT) is a technique that removes the requirement for operations to be performed with a tourniquet, general/regional anesthesia, sedation or an anesthetist. We reviewed the WALANT literature with respect to the diverse indications and impact of WALANT to discuss the importance of future surgical curriculum integration. With appropriate patient selection, WALANT may be used effectively in upper and lower limb surgery; it is also a useful option for patients who are unsuitable for general/regional anesthesia. There is a growing body of evidence supporting the use of WALANT in more complex operations in both upper and lower limb surgery. WALANT is a safe, effective, and simple technique associated with equivalent or superior patient pain scores among other numerous clinical and cost benefits. Cost benefits derive from reduced requirements for theater/anesthetic personnel, space, equipment, time, and inpatient stay. The lack of a requirement for general anesthesia reduces aerosol generating procedures, for example, intubation/high-flow oxygen, hence patients and staff also benefit from the reduced potential for infection transmission. WALANT provides a relatively, but not entirely, bloodless surgical field. Training requirements include the surgical indications, volume calculations, infiltration technique, appropriate perioperative patient/team member communication, and specifics of each operation that need to be considered, for example, checking of active tendon glide versus venting of flexor tendon pulleys. WALANT offers significant clinical, economic, and operative safety advantages when compared with general/regional anesthesia. Key challenges include careful patient selection and the comprehensive training of future surgeons to perform the technique safely.

캡슐 내시경의 기술적 특징과 동향 (Technical Characteristics and Trends of Capsule Endoscope)

  • 김기윤;원경훈;최형진
    • 한국통신학회논문지
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    • 제37권4C호
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    • pp.329-337
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    • 2012
  • 캡슐 내시경은 인체 내부의 소화기관 병변을 조사할 수 있는 캡슐 모양의 전자장치로서 인체 내에 케이블을 삽입하는 기존 푸시 타입(push-type)내시경과는 달리 환자에게 공포와 고통을 주지 않는 시술로 인식되고 있어, 최근 환자와 의사 모두에게 큰 관심을 끌고 있다. 이 기술은 바이오 기술(BT), 정보통신 기술(IT), 나노 기술(NT) 등의 성숙과 융합으로 2000년에 들어와 처음으로 가능하게 되었으며, LED를 포함한 광학계와 이미지 센서, 통신 모듈, 파워 모듈 등으로 구성되어 있다. 캡슐 내시경은 첨단 기술의 총체로 유비쿼터스 시대에 다양한 기술 분야의 핵심 기술을 필요로 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 캡슐 내시경의 구성에 관해 소개하고, 현재 데이터 전송을 위해 사용되고 있는 대표적인 RF 무선 통신 방식 및 인체 통신 시스템 방식에 대해 비교하였다. 아울러 현재 상용된 캡슐 내시경의 사양을 비교 분석하고, 미래의 캡슐 내시경의 진화 방향과 기술적 도전 과제를 제시하였다.

사무 자동화에 따른 사무직 근로자의 건강과 연관된 자각 증상에 대한 조사연구 (An Investigation on the self-consciousness Symptoms of the Clerical Workers attendant upon Office Automation)

  • 정미화
    • 한국직업건강간호학회지
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    • 제3권호
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    • pp.54-70
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    • 1993
  • According as the automation of clerical work(OA ; Office Automation) develops, the use of VDT(Visual or Video Display Terminal) is increasing suddenly. But, in proportion to the spread of office automation(OA tendency), the self-conciousness syptom attendant upon the work is appearing also (Kim, Jung Tae, Lee, Young Ook, 1990). The apparatuses of office enable the clerical workers to be convenient and perform mass businesses. But, they are increasing the opportunity to be exposed to VDT syndrom, techno stress, computer terminal disease, pain by muscle strain(RSI), bradycausia of noise nature, and electromagnetic waves, etc. which are referred to as the new type of occupational diseases to the workers. It is the real situation that the workers to use VDT is complaining of the physical inconvenience sense in the recent newspaper and literature, it is the point of time that the sydrome to come from VDT use and computer terminal disease, etc. must be classified into the occupational disease(Lee, Kwang Young 1990, Lee, Kyoo Hak 1990, Lee, Won Ho 1991, Lee, Si Young 1991, Lee, Joon 1991, Choi, Young Tae 1991, Heo, Seung Ho 1989). In addition, it is the real situation that the scientifitic study result about the scope that electromagnetic waves has influence on the human body has not been suggested yet, and criticism on the stable exposure permission standard about electromagnetic waves to be emitted from VDT and on the problem in the health about electromagnetic waves is continuing. (IEEE Spectrum, 1990). In addition according to the experience of nursery business of industry field, it is the real situation that the patients who consult complaining of physical and mental inconvenience sence, among the users of apparatus of office automation, are reaching 10% of the patients coming to doctor's room. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complain of multilaterally with the actual state examination about the use of the apparatuses of offices automaton. Thus, this study was tried as th basic data for the cosultation and education for the maintenance and furtherance of the health of workers as the nurse of industry field, by confirming the contents of self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of the apparatus for office outomation making the financial institution in which the spparatus for office automation in most frequently used as the subject, and by examining whether there is the difference according to the subject of study, the data were collected, by using the questionnaire method, making 200 workers who consented to the study participation as the subject, among the persons who have spent over 3 months since they used the apparatuses for office automation and didn't receive the treatment in hospital due to the clerical disease for recent 3 years. The period of data collection was from Oct. 9, 1991 to Oct. 12. As for the measurement instrument about the complaint if self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of apparatuses fo office automation, the question item on the complaint symptom of health problem attendant upon the treatment of VDT that Kim(1991) developed and on CMI health problem and the question items on the fatigue degree due to industry were used by previous examination to 25 persons. Collected data were analyzed with the statistical method such as percentage, arithmetic mean, Person correlation coeffient, Kai square verfication, t-test, ANOVA, etc. by using SPSS/PC+ program, and the result is as follows : 1. The self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complained of most frequetly appeared high in 'My eyes are tired'(99.4%), 'I feel fatigue and weariness'(99.4%), 'I feel that my head is heavy5(90.0%), 'eyesight fell'(88.8%), 'I have a stiff neck'(88.8%), 'I fell pain in the shoulder'(85.0%), 'I feel cold and painful in the eyes'(76.9%), 'I feel the dry sense of eyeball'(76.2%), 'My nerves are edgy, and I an fretful, (75.6%), 'I feel pain in the waist'(73.2%) and 'I fell pain in the back'(72.8%). It emerged that the subject use the apparatuses for office automation complained of self-consciousness symptoms related to visual symptoms and musculoskeletal symptoms. 2. As for the general feature of examination subjects, the result to see the distribution by classifying into sex, age, school career, use career of apparatuses for office automation, skillfulness degree of the use of apparatus for office automation, use hours of the apparatuses for office automation per 1 day, type of business of the apparatus for office automation, rest hours during the use of apparatus for office automation, satifaction degree of business of office automation, and work circumstance, etc. emerged as follows : As for the sex of subjects, the distribution showed that men were 58.8% and women were 41.3%, Age was average 26.9. As the distribution of school career, the distribution showed that4below the graduation of high school' was 58.8%, 'graduation from junior college-university' was 35.0%, and 'over graduate school' was 6.3%. In the question to ask the existence or non-existence of experience of health consultation in connection with the work of office automation, the response that I had the consultation exprience and I feel the necessity emergerd as 90.1% And, the case that the subject who didn't wear the glasses or lens before using the OA apparatus wear glasses or lens after using OA apparatus emerged as 28.3% of whole. As for the existence or non-existence of use career of OA apparatus, the case under 3 years was highest as 52. 7%. As for the skillfulnness degree about the use of apparatus for office automation, most of them are skillful with the fact that 'common' was 44.4%, 'skill' was 42.5%, and 'unskillful' was 13.1% As for the use average hours of the apparatus for office automation per 1 day, the distribution showed that the case under 3-6 hours was 33.1%, the case under 6-9 hours was 28.1%, the case under 3 hours was 30.6%, and the case over 9 hours was 8.1% Main OA business and the use hours for 1 day showed in the order of keeping and retrieval, business of information transmission(162min), business of information transmission(79.3 min), business of document framing(55.5 min), and business of duplication and printing(25.4min). as for the rest during the use of apparatus for affice automation, that I take rest occasion demands the major portion, but that I take after completing the work emerged as 33.8%. Though the subiness gets to be convenient by the use of the apparatus for of office automation, respondents who showed the dissatisfaction about the present OA business emergd high as 78.1%. The work circumstances of each office was good with the fact that the temperature of office was 21.8, noise was average 42.7db, and the illumination was average 364.4 lx, in the light of ANSi/HFS 100 Standard. 3. Sight syptom, musculoskeletal symptom, skin and other symptoms showed the significant difference according to the extent of skillfulness of the apparatus for office automation. All the symptoms exept skin symptom showed the difference according to the use hours of the apparatus for office automation. All the question items exept the sytoms of digestive organs and the rest hours during the apparatus for office automation showed the signicant difference. The question item which showed the signicant difference from the satisfaction degree of present OA business showed the significant difference from all the question item classified into 6 groups. But, age and school career didn't significant difference from the complaint of any self-consciousness symptoms.

    . In conclusion, the self-consciousness symptoms of the subjects to use OA apparatus appeared differently, according to sex distiction, skillfull degree of OA apparatus, use hours of OA apparatus, the rest hours during th use of OA apparatus, and the satiafaction degree of persent business. Therefore, it is necessary that the nurse in the inuctry field must recognize to receive the education about the human technological physical condition which is most proper for te use of OA apparatus and about the proper rest method until they get accustomed to the use of OA apparatus. In addition, the simple exercise relax the tention of muscle due to the repetitive simple movement, and the education for the protection of eyesight are necessary.

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  • 연령증가에 따른 흰쥐 삼차신경척수핵 중간부분에서의 신경연접구조의 변화에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Changes of the Synaptic Structures in the Interpolar Part of Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus of Rat during Aging)

    • 김명국;김철위;백기석;임범순
      • Applied Microscopy
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      • 제28권3호
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      • pp.255-262
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      • 1998
    • This study was performed to observe the morphological changes of the synaptic structures in the interpolar part of the spinal trigeminal nucleus of rat during aging. Transmission electron microscopy has been used to determine the r)umber of synapses, length of postsynaptic densities, number and area of axon terminals. Sprague-Dawley rat 3, 12, 24 and 36 months of age were used in this study. 1. The number of synapses was 51.7, 43.1, 28.4 and 16.8 in the 3, 12, 24 and 36 months of age respectively. Therefore, the number of synapses decreased gradually with age, but decreased significantly in the 24 and 36 months. 2. The length of postsynaptic densities was $30.2{\mu}m,\;23.6{\mu}m,\;10.4{\mu}m\;and\;4.9{\mu}m$ in the 3, 12, 24 and 36 months of age respectively. Therefore, the length of postsynaptic densities decreased gradually with age, but decreased significantly in the 24 and 36months. 3. The number of axon terminals was 84.3, 73.7, 51.4 and 26.6 in the 3, 12, 24 and 36 months of age respectively. Therefore, the number of axon terminals decreased gradually with age, but decreased significantly in the 24 and 36months. 4. The area of axon terminals was $76.1{\mu}m^2,\;64.1{\mu}m^2,\;29.9{\mu}m^2\;and\;13.8{\mu}m^2$ in the 3, 12, 24 and 36 months of age respectively. Therefore, the area of axon terminals decreased gradilally with age, but decreased significantly in the 24 and 36 months. The results suggest that there are the changes of the synaptic structures in the interpolar part of spinal trigeminal nucleus of rat during aging. These changes nay be concerned to the decreased function of mediating pain and temperature sensation in the face and oral cavity during aging.

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    쥐 척수후각세포의 유해자극 반응에 대한 칼슘이온통로 차단제의 억제작용 (Calcium Channel Blockers Suppress the Responses of Rat Dorsal Horn Cell to Nociceptive Input)

    • 강석한;김기순;신홍기
      • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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      • 제1권6호
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      • pp.625-637
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      • 1997
    • Calcium ions are implicated in a variety of physiological functions, including enzyme activity, membrane excitability, neurotransmitter release, and synaptic transmission, etc. Calcium antagonists have been known to be effective for the treatment of exertional angina and essential hypertension. Selective and nonselective voltage-dependent calcium channel blockers also have inhibitory action on the acute and tonic pain behaviors resulting from thermal stimulation, subcutaneous formalin injection and nerve injury. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of iontophoretically applied $Ca^{++}$ and its antagonists on the responses of WDR (wide dynamic range) cells to sensory inputs. The responses of WDR cells to graded electrical stimulation of the afferent nerve and also to thermal stimulation of the receptive field were recorded before and after iontophoretical application of $Ca^{++}$, EGTA, $Mn^{++}$, verapamil, ${\omega}-conotoxin$ GVIA, ${\omega}-conotoxin$ MVIIC and ${\omega}-agatoxin$ IVA. Also studied were the effects of a few calcium antagonists on the C-fiber responses of WDR cells sensitized by subcutaneous injection of mustard oil (10%). Calcium ions and calcium channel antagonists ($Mn^{++}$, verapamil, ${\omega}-conotoxin$ GVIA & ${\omega}-agatoxin$ IVA) current-dependently suppressed the C-fiber responses of WDR cells without any significant effects on the A-fiber responses. But ${\omega}-conotoxin$ MVIIC did not have any inhibitory actions on the responses of WDR cell to A-fiber, C-fiber and thermal stimulation. Iontophoretically applied EGTA augmented the WDR cell responses to C-fiber and thermal stimulations while spinal application of EGTA for about $20{\sim}30\;min$ strongly inhibited the C-fiber responses. The augmenting and the inhibitory actions of EGTA were blocked by calcium ions. The WDR cell responses to thermal stimulation of the receptive field were reduced by iontophoretical application of $Ca^{++}$, verapamil, ${\omega}-agatoxin$ IVA, and ${\omega}-conotoxin$ GVIA but not by ${\omega}-conotoxin$ MVIIC. The responses of WDR cells to C-fiber stimulation were augmented after subcutaneous injection of mustard oil (10%, 0.15 ml) into the receptive field and these sensitized C-fiber responses were strongly suppressed by iontophoretically applied $Ca^{++}$, verapamil, ${\omega}-conotoxin$ GVIA and ${\omega}-agatoxin$ IVA. These experimental findings suggest that in the rat spinal cord, L-, N-, and P-type, but not Q-type, voltage-sensitive calcium channels are implicated in the calcium antagonist-induced inhibition of the normal and the sensitized responses of WDR cells to C-fiber and thermal stimulation, and that the suppressive effect of calcium and augmenting action of EGTA on WDR cell responses are due to changes in excitability of the cell.

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    Quercetin Inhibits the 5-Hydroxytryptamine Type 3 Receptor-mediated Ion Current by Interacting with Pre-Transmembrane Domain I

    • Lee, Byung-Hwan;Jung, Sang-Min;Lee, Jun-Ho;Kim, Jong-Hoon;Yoon, In-Soo;Lee, Joon-Hee;Choi, Sun-Hye;Lee, Sang-Mok;Chang, Choon-Gon;Kim, Hyung-Chun;Han, YeSun;Paik, Hyun-Dong;Kim, Yangmee;Nah, Seung-Yeol
      • Molecules and Cells
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      • 제20권1호
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      • pp.69-73
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      • 2005
    • The flavonoid, quercetin, is a low molecular weight substance found in apple, tomato and other fruit. Besides its antioxidative effect, quercetin, like other flavonoids, has a wide range of neuropharmacological actions including analgesia, and motility, sleep, anticonvulsant, sedative and anxiolytic effects. In the present study, we investigated its effect on mouse 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 ($5-HT_{3A}$) receptor channel activity, which is involved in pain transmission, analgesia, vomiting, and mood disorders. The $5-HT_{3A}$ receptor was expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and the current was measured with the two-electrode voltage clamp technique. In oocytes injected with $5-HT_{3A}$ receptor cRNA, quercetin inhibited the 5-HT-induced inward peak current ($I_{5-HT}$) with an $IC_{50}$ of $64.7{\pm}2.2{\mu}M$. Inhibition was competitive and voltage-independent. Point mutations of pre-transmembrane domain 1 (pre-TM1) such as R222T and R222A, but not R222D, R222E and R222K, abolished inhibition, indicating that quercetin interacts with the pre-TM1 of the $5-HT_{3A}$ receptor.

    관절 가동운동이 관절 감수기에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Joint Mobilization Techniques on the Joint Receptors)

    • 김선엽
      • 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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      • 제2권1호
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      • pp.9-19
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      • 1996
    • 지금까지의 내용을 요약하면 먼저, 인체의 각 관절 주위에는 관절의 움직임과 위치를 파악하는 감지기 역할을 하는 기계적 감수기가 있다. 이러한 감수기는 크게 네가지로 구분되어지는데 대개 I 형 감수기, II 형 감수기 등의 용어를 사용한다. 각각의 감수기의 특성(표 2.)을 알아보면, 루피니(Ruffini)감각기와 유사한 모양을 하고 있는 I 형 관절감수기는 주로 운동의 속도(speed)와 방향(direction)을 감지(detection)하며, 파시니안(Pacinian)감각기와 유사한 형태를 하고 있는 II 형 관절감수기는 매우 작은 움직임에 대한 감지를 하는데, 예를 들어 속도가 가속(acceleration)되는 것과 같은 움직임 등을 알아낸다. 이외에 골지건과 비슷한 모습을 하고 있는 II 형 관절감수기는 운동의 자세(position)와 방향에 대한 정보를 전달하게 된다. 관절의 자세 유지 혹은 안정성 즉, 정적(static) 운동에 주로 관여하는 I 형 관절감수기와, 역동적(dynamic)인 운동에 감지를 주로하는 II 형 관절감수기는 진동(oscillation)자극에 잘 촉진된다. 이러한 자극은 동통이 심하게 발생된 관절에 나타나는 근육의 과긴장(hypertonicity)과 동통을 경감시킬 수 있다. III 형 관절감수기는 억제(inhibitory)감수기라 할수 있는데, 골지건(Golgi tendon organ)의 기능과 매우 관련이 깊다. 이 감수기는 관절의 가동범위를 기계적인 자극으로 증가시키기 위해 관절의 가동 끝범위에서 강한 신장(strong stretch)이나 thrust 기술로 감수기를 촉진할 수 있다. 이러한 자극은 결국 근육에 이완을 얻게 할 수 있다. 위에서 언급한 관절 주위의 조직에 분포한 특별한 기계적 감지를 환자들의 임상 중상에 따라 선택적으로 자극하는 치료를 적용할 수 있다면, 현재 물리치료사들이 적용하고 있는 관절 가동운동을 좀 더 전문적인 수준으로 수행할 수 있을 것이다.

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    성공적인 전방십자인대 재건술을 위한 적절한 이식건의 선택 (Graft Considerations for Successful Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction)

    • 경희수
      • 대한정형외과학회지
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      • 제56권1호
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      • pp.14-25
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      • 2021
    • 성공적인 전방십자인대 재건술을 얻기 위해 수술 전 계획, 수술수기, 수술 후 재활 등 여러 가지 요소가 관여한다. 그리고 좋은 결과를 얻기 위해서 수술 중 이식건의 선택, 고정, 처리 방법, 성숙, 본체골에 병합, 장력 등을 고려해야 한다. 이식건을 선택할 때 이식건의 강도, 이식건의 고정방법, 고정부위 치유, 공유 부위 이환, 이식건의 표면적 크기 등을 고려해야 한다. 이식건에는 자가건과 동종건의 두 가지가 있다. 자가 슬개건, 슬괵건, 대퇴사두건 등 사용할 수 있는 자가건은 여러 가지가 있으며 각각의 장·단점을 가지고 있다. 최근 국내에서 동종건의 사용빈도가 높아지고 있는데 공여부의 이환이 없고, 수술 시간이 짧고, 수술 후 통증이 적고, 재료가 다양한 장점이 있다. 하지만 동종건이 자가건보다 장기간 추적 결과가 더 좋다는 보고는 없다. 동종건은 골과의 합병이 오래 걸리고, 불완전하며, 인대 재형성이 늦고, 생역학적으로 자가건보다 강도가 낮으며, 면역반응의 위험성이 높고, 질병 전파의 가능성 등 원초적인 제한점을 가지고 있다. 그래서 장기간 결과에서 실패율이 높고 이식건의 성숙도가 자가건보다 좋지 않다. 그러므로 동종건은 자가건의 대용이 될 수 있지만 자가건을 사용할 수 없을 때, 여러 가지 인대 재건술이 필요한 경우를 제외하고 자가건을 사용하도록 하는 것이 좋다. 만약 적절한 크기와 굵기의 자가건을 얻을 수 있다면 자가건을 사용한 적절한 고정방법을 선택하고 수술 후 재활을 하면 동종건을 사용한 결과보다 우수한 결과를 얻을 것으로 생각된다.

    관절 가동운동(mobilization)이 관절 감수기(joint receptors)에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Joint Mobilization Techniques on the Joint Receptors)

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      • 한국전문물리치료학회지
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      • 1996
    • 지금까지의 내용을 요약하면 먼저, 인체의 각 관절 주위에는 관절의 움직임과 위치를 파악하는 감지기 역할을 하는 기계적 감수기가 있다. 이러한 감수기는 크게 네가지로 구분되어지는데 대개 I형 감수기, II형 감수기 등의 용어를 사용한다. 각각의 감수기의 특성(표 2.)을 알아보면, 루피니(Ruffini)감각기와 유사한 모양을 하고 있는 I형 관절감수기는 주로 운동의 속도(speed)와 방향(direction)을 감지(detection) 하며, 파시니안(Pacinian)감각기와 유사한 형태를 하고 있는 II형 관절감수기는 매우 작은 움직임에 대한 감지를 하는데, 예를 들어 속도가 가속(acceleration)되는 것과 같은 움직임 등을 알아낸다. 이외에 골지건과 비슷한 모습을 하고 있는 III형 관절감수기는 운동의 자세(position)와 방향에 대한 정보를 전달하게 된다 (Carpanter, 1990). 관절의 자세 유지 혹은 안정성 즉, 정적(static) 운동에 주로 관여하는 I형 관절감수기와, 역동적(dynamic)인 운동에 감지를 주로 하는 II형 관절감수기는 진동(oscillation)자극에 잘 촉진된다. 이러한 자극은 동통이 심하게 발생된 관절에 나타나는 근육의 과긴장(hypertonicity)과 동통을 경감시킬 수 있다. III형 관절감수기는 억제 (inhibitory)감수기라 할 수 있는데, 골지건(golgi tendon organ)의 기능과 매우 관련이 깊다. 이 감수기는 관절의 가동범위를 기계적인 자극으로 증가시키기 위해 관절의 가동 끝범위에서 강한 신장(strong strectch)이나 thrust 기술로 감수기를 촉진할 수 있다. 이러한 자극은 결국 근육에 이완을 얻게 할 수 있다. 위에서 언급한 관절 주위의 조직에 분포한 특별한 기계적 감지를 환자들의 임상 증상에 따라 선택적으로 자극하는 치료를 적용할 수 있다면, 현재 물리치료사들이 적용하고 있는 관절 가동운동을 좀더 전문적인 수준으로 수행할 수 있을 것이다.

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