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Analysis of the angular momentum on the lower extremity by change of starting block angles (스타트 블록의 각도에 따른 하지의 각운동량 분석)

  • Shin, Sung-Hu;Kim, Tae-Wan;Kwon, Moon-Seok;Go, Suk-Gon;Park, Ki-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.165-175
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    • 2004
  • The aim of this study is to show the effect of starting block angle on the starting motion of sprinters using a crouching start. After installing starting blocks on forced platform, and having four highly comparative sprinters use the starting blocks, I analyzed the angular momentum of a crouching start. From the results of the analysis, the following conclusions could be drawn: There were differences of angular momentum both in body's X, Y, and Z axes and in the thighs' X axes, but not in the pelvis and lower legs. As to the general change of block angle, we noticed that an angular momentum for each segments was higher at an angle of 50 to 55 degrees.

Kinmatics Analysis of pelvis and lower extremity using orientation angles during a developpe a la seconde (Developpe a la seconde 동작 시 골반과 하지의 지향각(Orientation angles)의 운동학적 분석)

  • Jung, Chul-Jung;Jeung, He-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.259-270
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to analysis of pelvis and lower extremity using orientation angles during a developpe a la seconde. Data were collected by Kwon3D program. Two females professional modem dancer were participated in this experiment. Subjects performed a developpe a la seconde in meddle heights(about 90 dog.) The results were as follows. The orientation angles of pelvis were, in most cases, caused by the movement of trunk and thigh. It was restricted the movement of pelvis within narrow limits because the movement of pelvis was very important to lower extremity alignment. The orientation angle of shank against thigh showed a change of angle about $3-6^{\circ}$ in internal external rotation. The orientation angle of foot against shank showed a change of angle about $6-7^{\circ}$ in internal external rotation.

The Immediate Effects of Five-Toed Shoes on Foot Structure

  • Yi, Kyung-Ock
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.397-403
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the immediate effects of five toed shoes on foot structure. Subjects consisted of 26 college-aged women with pes planus. X-ray analysis of student feet were performed both barefooted and with five toed shoes. Dependent variables were hallux valgus angle, calcaneal inclination angle, 1st metatarsal declination angle, and intermetartarsal angle. Independent t-test was used for statistical analysis along with SAS. Overall, there were statistically significant changes of test subject's dependent variables when wearing five toed shoes. Specifically, the hallux valgus angle decreased, the calcaneal inclination angle and 1st metatarsal inclination angle increased, and intermetatasal angles both increased and decreased, shifting towards normal range. In every case the dependent variables shifted towards a more normal range while subjects wore five toed shoes. This study only examined the immediate corrective effects of five toed shoes on foot structure, but long-term studies are needed to understand the prolonged effects of five toed shoes on foot structure.

Finite Element Modeling of the Rat Cervical Spine and Adjacent Tissues from MRI Data (MRI 데이터를 이용한 쥐의 경추와 인접한 조직의 유한요소 모델화)

  • Chung, Tae-Eun
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.436-442
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    • 2012
  • Traumatic loading during car accidents or sports activities can lead to cervical spinal cord injury. Experiments in spinal cord injury research are mainly carried out on rabbit or rat. Finite element models that include the rat cervical spinal cord and adjacent soft tissues should be developed for efficient studies of mechanisms of spinal cord injury. Images of a rat were obtained from high resolution MRI scanner. Polygonal surfaces were extracted structure by structure from the MRI data using the ITK-SNAP volume segmentation software. These surfaces were converted to Non-uniform Rational B-spline surfaces by the INUS Rapidform rapid prototyping software. Rapidform was also used to generate a thin shell surface model for the dura mater which sheathes the spinal cord. Altair's Hypermesh pre-processor was used to generate finite element meshes for each structure. These processes in this study can be utilized in modeling of other biomedical tissues and can be one of examples for reverse engineering on biomechanics.