• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2006

Background and Objectives : Voice onset time(VOT) is defined as the time interval from oral release of a stop consonant to the onset of glottal pulsing in the following vowel. VOT is a temporal characteristics of stop consonants that reflects the complex timing of glottal articulation relative to supraglottal articulation. Stop consonants are characterized by creation of a pressure difference across a complete occlusion in the vocal tract, followed by a sudden release 'burst' due to opening that occlusion. The objects of this study is to evaluate a usefulness of voice onset time in the assessment of voice disorderd patients. Subjects : Subjects were 20 adults with normal voice and with benign laryngeal disorders. Subjects with voice disorders represented the following vocal pathologies : vocal polyp, vocal nodule, Reinke's edema and unilateral vocal fold paralysis(UVFP). Control subjects were matched for age (21-40 yews old) and sex(male) with the voice disorders subjects and had normal vocal qualities with no history of voice disorders. Methods : Each voice-disordered and matched control subject read the test passages containing three types of Korean bilabial consonants. VOT measures were made for the initial $/p/p^h/\;and\;/p'/$. VOT was measured using acoustic waveform or wide band spectrogram. Results : For each voiceless stop consonants, there was a significant difference in VOT between the voice disordered and normal subjects. The mean VOTs of the lax stops in UVFP was significantly shorter than those of control subjects in the UVFP. The mean VOTs of the aspirated stops in the vocal polyp and nodule were longer than those of control subjects, but not significant. The mean VOTs of the glottalized in voice disordered groups were longer than those of control subjects, and significant statistically in the UVFP. Conclusions : VOT may be a clinically useful acoustic parameter in the assessment of voice disordered patients, especially in the unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.323-333
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• 2015

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of gait patterns and muscle activations with increased loads during stair walking. Also, it can be used as descriptive data about continuous stair walking in a real life setting. Method : Twelve sedentary young male adults(Age: $27.0{\pm}1.8yrs$, Weight: $65.8{\pm}9.9kg$) without any lower extremity injuries participated in this study. Participants performed stair walking up 7 floors and their ascending and descending motion on each floor was analyzed. A wireless electromyography(EMG) were attached on the Rectus Femoris(RF), Biceps Femoris(BF), Gastrocnemius(GN), Tibialis Anterior(TA) muscle to calculate integrated EMG(iEMG), median frequency(MDF) and co-contraction index(CI). Chest and left heel accelerometer signal were recorded by wireless accelerometer and those were used to calculate approximate entropy(ApEn) for analyzing gait pattern. All analyses were performed with SPSS 21.0 and for repeated measured ANOVA and Post-hoc was LSD. Results : During ascending stairs, there were a statistically significant difference in Walking time between 1-2nd and other floors(p=.000), GN iEMG between 2-3th and 6-7th(p=.043) floor, TA MDF between 1-2nd and 5-6th(p=.030), 6-7th(p=.015) floor and TA/GN CI between 2-3th and 6-7th(p=.038) floor and ApEn between 1-2nd and 6-7th(x: p=.003, y: p=.005, z: p=.006) floor. During descending stairs, there were a statistically significant difference in TA iEMG between the 6-5th and 3-2nd(p=.026) floor, and for the ApEn between the 1-2nd and 6-7th(x: p=.037, y: p=.000, z: p=.000) floor. Conclusion : Subjects showed more regular pattern and muscle activation response caused by regularity during ascending stairs. Regularity during the first part of stair-descending could be a sign of adaptation; however, complexity during the second part could be a strategy to decrease the impact.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.78-85
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• 2017

Background: Closure of a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is possible through surgical intervention or device placement. During surgical intervention, concomitant pathologies are corrected. The present study was conducted to investigate the outcomes of surgical ASD closure, to determine the risk factors of mortality, and establish the effects of concomitant disease correction. Methods: Between October 1989 and October 2009, 693 adults underwent surgery for secundum ASD. Their mean age was $40.9{\pm}13.1years$, and 199 (28.7%) were male. Preoperatively, atrial fibrillation was noted in 39 patients (5.6%) and significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in 137 patients (19.8%). The mean follow-up duration was $12.4{\pm}4.7years$. Results: There was no 30-day mortality. The 1-, 5-, 10-, and 20-year survival rates were 99.4%, 96.8%, 94.5%, and 81.6%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, significant preoperative TR (hazard ratio [HR], 1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09 to 3.16; p=0.023) and preoperative age (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.06; p=0.001) were independent risk factors for late mortality. The TR grade significantly decreased after ASD closure with tricuspid repair. However, in patients with more than mild TR, repair was not associated with improved long-term survival (p=0.518). Conclusion: Surgical ASD closure is safe. Significant preoperative TR and age showed a strong negative correlation with survival. Our data showed that tricuspid valve repair improved the TR grade effectively. However, no effect on long-term survival was found. Therefore, early surgery before the development of significant TR mat be beneficial for improving postoperative survival.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.53-67
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• 2004

This simulation study investigated the characteristics of normal gait, $30^{\circ}$ crouch gait, $30^{\circ}$ crouch/equinus gait, $45^{\circ}$ crouch gait, $45^{\circ}$ crouch/equinus gait. The knee flexion angles were restricted using a specially designed orthosis. This study was carried out in a motion analysis laboratory of the National Rehabilitation Center. Fifteen healthy male subjects were recruited for the study. The purposes of this study were (1) to compare spatiotemporal parameters, kinematics, and kinetic variables in the sagittal plane among the different gait, (2) to investigate the secondary compensatory strategy, and (3) to suggest biomechanical physical therapy treatment methods. The pattern and magnitude observed in each condition were similar to those of normal gait, except the peak knee extension moment of the unrestricted ankle motion-crouch gait. However, the speed of the $45^{\circ}$ crouch gait was half that of a normal gait. The ankle joint moment in the crouch/equinus gait showed the double-bump pattern commonly observed in children with spastic cerebral palsy, and there was no significant difference in gait speed as compared with normal gait. The peak ankle plantar-flexor moment and ankle power generated during the terminal stance in the crouch/equinus conditions were reduced as compared with normal and $45^{\circ}$ crouch gaits (p<.05). The crouch/equinus gait at the ankle joint was an effective compensatory mechanism. Since ankle plantarflexion contracture can be exacerbated secondary to the ankle compensatory strategy in the crouch/equinus gait, it is necessary to increase the range of ankle dorsiflexion and the strength of plantarflexion simultaneously to decrease the abnormal biomechanical advantages of the ankle joint.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.571-587
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라 19세 이상 성인남녀를 대상으로 연령별 이상지질혈증 위험요인을 비교 분석하기 위함이다. 제 6기(2013년~2015년) 국민건강영양조사를 활용하여 만 19세 이상의 성인 12,506명을 최종 분석 대상자로 하였다. SPSS 21.0 프로그램으로 복합표본분석을 실시하였고 빈도, 백분율, t-test, chi-squared test, 그리고 로지스틱 회귀분석을 이용하여 결과를 산출하였다. 이상지질혈증 위험요인에 대한 연구 결과는 다음과 같았다. 남성에서 19~59세 그룹은 결혼상태, 비만도, 복부비만, 흡연, 신체활동, 고혈압, 당뇨병 및 주관적 건강상태였으며, 60세 이상 그룹은 비만도, 복부비만, 음주, 고혈압과 당뇨병이었다. 여성에서는 19~59세 그룹은 교육수준, 결혼상태, 비만도, 복부비만, 흡연, 신체활동, 고혈압, 당뇨병 및 주관적 건강상태이었으며, 60세 이상 그룹에서는 복부비만, 고혈압과 당뇨병이었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 추후 이상지질혈증을 예방하기 위해서는 성별과 연령을 고려한 건강증진 전략이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• 대한수사과학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2006

최근 살인사건의 실태를 보면 칼을 이용한 살인사건이 가장 많다. 살인을 음모하고 예견된 살인도 있지만, 순간적인 분노로 인한 우발적으로 저질러지기도 한다. 우발적인 범행에서 주변 가까이에 있는 가정용 칼을 범행에 사용하는 경우가 많지만 일상생활에서 칼의 위험성을 인식하는 경우가 드물다. 이에 전국에서 발생하는 살인사건의 범행방법 중 칼에 의한 범행에서 동기 분석과 함께 살해에 사용한 칼의 종류를 분석하였다. 그리고 칼에 대한 인식을 알아보고자 성인 남녀 500명을 대상으로 가정용 칼에 대한 21항목의 설문조사를 실시하였다. 그 결과를 일반 가정에서 사용하는 칼의 대부분이 칼끝이 날카로워 사실상 범행에 사용하기가 용이하였다. 그렇기 때문에 범인들이 칼을 휴대하기보다는 범행 장소에서 칼을 쉽게 구하여 범행에 사용하는 경우가 많다. 그리고 우발적인 살인의 경우에도 주방이나 식탁 또는 거실에서 칼을 쉽게 구할 수 있기 때문에 살인 사건이 더욱 빈발할 수 있다. 일반인의 칼에 대한 인식에서 칼의 위험도를 낮추기 위하여 칼끝을 둥글게 하자는 여론은 매우 높은 결과로 나타나지만 실제로 칼의 위험성에 대한 인식이 낮았다. 따라서 가정이나 가까운 사이에서 우발적 충동적인 살인을 예방하기 위하여 생활도구로 사용하는 칼도 위험한 물건으로 분류하여 인식전환과 함께 칼의 제작과 판매에 있어서 적절한 규제가 필요하다고 생각한다. 칼에 대한 인식을 새롭게 하여 가정에서 칼의 보관과 잠금장치의 필요성에 대한 홍보가 절실하다고 생각한다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.337-347
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• 2014

세계보건협회에서 인간후천성면역결핍환자 (human immunodeficiency virus; HIV)의 삶의 질을 측정하기 위해 개발한 WHOQOL-HIV BREF (World Health Organization's quality of life - human immunodeficiency virus, brief scale)를 한국판으로 번역 개발하였다. 설문 문항은 전반적 삶의 질과 건강상태를 묻는 두 문항과 6개의 도메인을 포함한 29문항을 합하여 총 31문항으로 구성되어 있다. 자료수집은 국내 14개 병원에 내원한 220명의 인간면역결핍바이러스 양성환자를 대상으로 전문조사원이 무기명 자가 기입식으로 조사하였다. 대상자 중 남성이 202명 (91.8%), 평균 나이는 40.6세, 평균 CD4+ T 세포수는 1ml당 414.9개였다. 삶의 질은 평균 53.2점이었고 도구의 크론바흐 ${\alpha}$ 신뢰계수는 0.942였다. 동일 도구로 측정한 포르투칼의 경우 54.8점으로 유사하였으며 전반적인 삶의 질과 건강상태와의 상관관계는 각각 0.747 (p <0.01)과 0.651 (p <0.01)이었다. 한국판 도구의 내적신뢰도와 구성타당도도 만족스러웠다. 후천성면역결핍증후군과 인간면역결핍바이러스 환자의 지속적인 관찰은 필요하며 이러한 도구의 개발은 이들의 삶 삶의 질 향상에 기여할 뿐만 아니라 다른 나라 환자들과의 비교를 가능하게 해 줄 것이다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.128-162
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• 1996

Using Random Sampling, the authors measured the body heights and weights of 31,151 persons - 17,102 in males and 14,049 in females from metropolitan, urban and rural areas between 6 to over 80 year old - for the purpose of investigating the type and the actual condition of the Korean's growth and development. At first, on the basis of the results, the authors measured the growth and development, various kinds of physiques, nutritional index of the 6 to 20s age group. Second, the authors presented the standard body weight of males and females by their body height, who were in the end of their growth (20-29 age group). Third, the authors calculated and presented the normal adapted body weight of the age group who were over 30 age after the growth had been completed. Forth, the author presented the obesity rate of the adults over 20 years old by body mass index. Finally, the authors compared chronological change of the Koreans' body heights and body weights with the results of other researchers. 1. Body Measurement Rapid growth, in terms of body height, which is described by a straight line on a growth curve has been observed among males in the ages 6-13 and among females 6-14. That growth curve turned out to be slower among the people of higher ages by both sexes. The cross-over occurred in both sexes at 11-14. The highest growth rate for a year is at 13-16 for males and 11-13 for females. This indicates that females enter a rapidly growing stage 2 years earlier than males. 2. Various Physiques and Nutritional Index Rapid growth, in terms of Relative Body Weight Index, which is described by a straight line, has been observed among males in the ages 6-16 and females in the ages 6-14. The cross-over occurred in both sexes 12.5-14.5 age in the adolescencent period. Whereupon females outgrow males. The Roher Index displayed more good value in case of females than male and in the adolescent period, the level of fullness is lower than after the completion of development. The Kaup Indices of both sexes increase with age. The index is less than 2.0 for males in 6-14 age group and for females in 6-13 age group and with this, it appeared that development of horizontal axis to long axis is poor. The index is more than 2.0 after 15 age group in males and 14 age group in females and developmental state4 age group and for females in 6-13 age group and with this, it appeared that development of horizontal axis to long axis is poor. The index is more than 2.0 after 15 age group in males and 14 age group in females and developmental state Body Mass Index is less than 20 for males 6-14 age group and for females in 6-13 age group. In the case of the higher age group, that index maintains a normal state.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.71-75
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• 2012

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most frequent urological malignant tumor in adults and it occurs mostly between the fifth and the sixth decades of life. The male-female ratio is 3:1 and it is more common in smokers. It accounts for approximately 3% of adult malignancies; 90~95% of neoplasms of the kidney. The classic triad of presenting symptoms of RCC is hematuria, back pain and a mass in the flank. More than 50% of RCCs show metastasis to breast, lung and regional lymph nodes, and 15% present in the orofacialmaxillary region. This case is about a 66 year-old man who was treated for painless swelling in the left masseteric area. The mass was surgically excised and sent for biopsy. It was diagnosed as RCC and two weeks later nephronectomy of the left kidney was performed. Metastasis to other organs was detected and the patient received radiation therapy. In this case we were able to find the primary lesion by the metastatic lesion.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.473-480
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 한국인 정상교합자의 치아 크기와 치열궁 척도를 재평가하고자 하였다. 본 연구를 위하여 296명(남자 179명, 여자 117명)의 정상교합자 모형을 분석하였는데, 이 정상교합자 표본은 1999년부터 2002년까지 시행된 대규모의 구강 검진 사업에 대상이 되었던 15,836명의 성인 중에서 선발되었다. 0.01mm정밀성을 보이는 슬라이딩 디지털 캘리퍼스를 이용하여 치아의 근원심 폭경과 치열궁 폭경, 치열궁 기저부 폭경 및 치열궁 장경을 측정하였으며, 구치부 폭경 비율과 Bolton의 지수를 도출하였다. 계측의 신뢰성 증진을 위한 방안들을 면밀히 고려하였으며, 측정시의 실험자내 및 실험자간의 신뢰성 지수를 산출하였다. 그 결과 자료의 신뢰성은 매우 우수하였으며, 측정된 자료에서는 명백한 성차가 다시금 확인되었다. 20년전의 자료와 비교한 결과 의미있는 차이는 발견되지 않았다. 각종의 선형 계측치의 경우 명백한 성차 및 인종간의 차이가 인정되지만 각종 비율 척도의 경우 성별 및 인종에 상관없이 같은 값을 보였다. 본 연구의 결과물은 임상적으로 부정교합 환자에게 적용 가능할 것으로 생각되었다.