• 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2023

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether applying ultrasound after stretching the erector spinae muscle is an effective method for normal adults as a way to restore reduced back flexibility that causes back pain. Methods: The study was conducted on 60 healthy volunteers divided randomly into four groups (control group, stretching group, ultrasound group, ultrasound after stretching group). The flexibility-promoting effects were determined by assessing, each group, at the time of treatment, pre and post by modified fingertip to-floor (MFTF) and active straight leg raising (ASLR). The data were analyzed using the two-way ANOVA repeated measure with significant level α=.05. Results: Each group showed statistically significant changes in MFTF distance and ASLR degree. In the post-hoc test about this result, the length of MFTF and degree of ASLR in ultrasound after stretching group increased significantly compared to the others. Conclusion: The results suggest that using ultrasound after stretching is far more effective in increasing the flexibility of the erector spinae than using stretching or ultrasound intervention.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2013

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 6 weeks of sling exercises on female patients 20 years of age with low back pain according to flexibility, balance, muscle strength and pelvic tilt. Method : The 20 female patients who complained of back pain were divided into two groups. The experimental group exercised for 40 minutes, 3 times a week for 6 weeks. The control group did not. Both groups were measure for flexibility, balance, muscular strength, and pelvic tilt angle. Result : Curvature of the experimental flexibility, stretch, balance, muscle strength of the trunk forward, backward, left rotation, right rotation for the sling exercise group had significant differences. However, pelvic tilt did not show a significant difference. Control of the stretch of the flexibility, balance, and muscle strength of the trunk posterior showed significant differences for the sling exercise group. Conclusion : Although significant differences were found in flexibility, balance, muscular strength, there was no difference in pelvic tilt. When selecting subjects, we believe patients with regular patterns of pain will be more effective for statistical analysis of the changes in pelvic tilt.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.62-72
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• 2008

Purpose: There has been a need to integrating the self-help program for arthritis with the Tai Chi for arthritis(SHTCA). The purpose of this study was to develop and to examine the effect of SHTCA for arthritis applying the nine movement Tai Chi. Method: This study was designed the pre-post test, quasi-experimental design. A total 47 participants were recruited in W-city in Korea, an experimental group(26) and a control group(21) at pre-test, but after the eight weeks the composition of the groups were changed to 22 experimental group and 15 control group. The experimental group participated in the SHTCA once a week for eight weeks. SHTCA program consisted of understanding of the arthritis, contracting of the promise, exercise for muscle strength and joint flexibility and the nine movements of Tai Chi exercise. The measures used to examine the effect of the SHTCA were shoulder flexibility, back flexibility, grasping power, balance, abdominal obesity rates, perception of health status, and EQ-5D standardized five dimensions, mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Results: At The completion of the eight weeks of SHTCA applying the nine movement Tai Chi, the experimental group reported a significance in a number of variables compared to those of the control group: the right shoulder flexibility(p=.018), left shoulder flexibility(p=.031), right grasping power(p=.014), left grasping power(p=.024), the perception of health status(p=.005) and abdominal obesity rates(p=.027). Conclusion: This SHTCA applying the nine movement Tai Chi would be helpful on right shoulder flexibility, left shoulder flexibility, right grasping power, left grasping power, abdominal obesity rates and the perception of health status for arthritis patients.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2021

본 연구목적은 대학 행정직원들의 지각된 스트레스와 우울간의 관계에서 심리적 유연성의 조절효과를 검증하는 것이다. 대상자 186명에게 설문지를 시행했다. 자료는 SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 활용하여 통계 분석했다. 분석결과, 지각된 스트레스, 긍정적 지각, 심리적 유연성이 우울에 영향을 미치는 반면, 부정적 지각은 우울에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 지각된 스트레스와 우울 간의 관계에서 심리적 유연성의 조절효과가 검증되었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 대학 행정직원의 스트레스가 통제 상실과 같은 부정적 지각보다는 긍정적 기능 감소와 같은 긍정적 지각과 더 밀접한 관계를 가진 것으로 논의했다. 또한, 심리적 유연성이 스트레스가 우울에 미치는 영향력을 감소시키고 우울을 예방할 수 있음을 논의했다. 대학 행정직원들의 스트레스와 우울 문제에 대한 개입 방안으로서 심리적 유연성을 향상시키는 수용전념치료를 제안했다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.423-442
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• 2001

This paper presents a method of elastic-plastic analysis for planar steel frames that provides the accuracy of distributed plasticity methods with the computational efficiency that is greater than that of distributed plasticity methods but less than that of plastic-hinge based methods. This method accounts for the effect of spread of plasticity accurately without discretization through the cross-section of a beam-column element, which is achieved by the following procedures. First, nonlinear equations describing the relationships between generalized stresses and strains of the cross-section are derived analytically. Next, nonlinear force-deformation relationships for the beam-column element are obtained through lengthwise integration of the generalized strains. Elastic-plastic flexibility coefficients are then calculated by differentiating the above element force-deformation relationships. Finally, an elastic-plastic stiffness matrix is obtained by making use of the flexibility-stiffness transformation. Adding the conventional geometric stiffness matrix to the elastic-plastic stiffness matrix results in the tangent stiffness matrix, which can readily be used to evaluate the load carrying capacity of steel frames following standard nonlinear analysis procedures. The accuracy of the proposed method is verified by several examples that are sensitive to the effect of spread of plasticity.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권6호
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• pp.555-574
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• 2023

An efficient optimization algorithm and damage-sensitive objective function are two main components in optimization-based Finite Element Model Updating (FEMU). A suitable combination of these components can considerably affect damage detection accuracy. In this study, a new hybrid damage-sensitive objective function is proposed based on combining two different objection functions to detect the location and extent of damage in structures. The first one is based on Generalized Pseudo Modal Strain Energy (GPMSE), and the second is based on the element's Generalized Flexibility Matrix (GFM). Four well-known population-based metaheuristic algorithms are used to solve the problem and report the optimal solution as damage detection results. These algorithms consist of Cuckoo Search (CS), Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO), Moth Flame Optimization (MFO), and Jaya. Three numerical examples and one experimental study are studied to illustrate the capability of the proposed method. The performance of the considered metaheuristics is also compared with each other to choose the most suitable optimizer in structural damage detection. The numerical examinations on truss and frame structures with considering the effects of measurement noise and availability of only the first few vibrating modes reveal the good performance of the proposed technique in identifying damage locations and their severities. Experimental examinations on a six-story shear building structure tested on a shake table also indicate that this method can be considered as a suitable technique for damage assessment of shear building structures.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1383-1390
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• 2015

By according to the development of the mobile devices, a touch screen provides the variety of inputting character and the flexibility of user interface. Currently, the physically simple touch method is widely used for English input but this simple touch is not increasing the variety of inputs and flexibility of the user interfaces. In this paper, we propose a new method to input English characters continuously by recognizing gestures instead of the simple touches. The proposed method places the rotational pickers on the screen for changing the alphabetical sequence instead of the keys and inputs English characters through the flick gestures and the touches. Simulation results show that the proposed keypad method has better performance than the keypad of the conventional methods.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 특별세미나 특별세션
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• pp.229-238
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• 2006

In general, the Maglev vehicle is run over an elevated guideway consisting of steel or concrete structure. Since the running behavior of the vehicle is affected by the flexibility of the guideway, the consideration of the flexibility of guideway is needed for evaluating the dynamics of both the vehicle and guideway. A new method based on flexible multibody dynamics is proposed to model the Maglew vehicle. This method combines the levitation controller, vehicle, and guideway into a coupled model To verify the method, an urban transit is analyzed using the method and discussions are carried out.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.69-87
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• 2014

A new output only modal analysis method is developed in this paper. This method uses continuous wavelet transform to modify a popular blind source separation algorithm, second order blind identification (SOBI). The wavelet modified SOBI (WMSOBI) method replaces original time domain signal with selected time-frequency domain wavelet coefficients, which overcomes the shortcomings of SOBI. Both numerical and experimental studies on bridge models are carried out when there are limited number of sensors. Identified modal properties from WMSOBI are analyzed and compared with fast Fourier transform (FFT), SOBI and eigensystem realization algorithm (ERA). The comparison shows WMSOBI can identify as many results as FFT and ERA. Further case study of structural health monitoring (SHM) on an arch bridge verifies the capability to detect damages by combining WMSOBI with incomplete flexibility difference method.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2011

단층 래티스 돔과 같은 스페이스 프레임 구조물은 대공간을 확보하기 위하여 강접합으로 설계함으로써 경제성과 심미성 등의 장점을 확보할 수 있다. 그러나 실제 구조물의 접합상태는 완전한 강접합도, 완전한 핀접합도 아닌 접합부 상세에 따라 중간적인 특성을 나타내는 반강접합이 일반적이다. 본 연구에서는 저자 등에 의해 제안된 Step-Up Erection 공법을 적용하여 단층 라멜라 돔의 접합부 강성에 따른 시공 중의 좌굴 특성을 해석적으로 규명하였다. 얻어진 결과는 시공 Step이 증가할수록 그리고 접합부 휨강성이 핀접합에 가까울수록 좌굴내력은 감소하였으며, 좌굴모드는 시공 Step이 증가할수록, 접합부 휨강성이 강접합에 가까울수록 돔의 정점 부근에서 뜀좌굴 현상에 의한 절점좌굴이 발생하였다. 또한, 시공 Step이 낮을 경우 저면 경계부의 원주방향 부재에서 큰 인장응력 분포를 나타내었으며, 시공 Step이 증가할수록 정점 중앙부에서 큰 압축응력 분포를 보였다. 완성돔을 제외한 시공 중 Step에서는 Step이 증가할수록, 접합부 휨강성이 핀접합에 가까울수록 저면부 경선방향 부재에서 큰 인장응력 분포를 나타내었다.