• 한국HCI학회논문지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

최근 센싱 인터페이스의 소형화 및 경량화, 휴대형 컴퓨팅 자원의 성능 증가, 근거리 무선 통신 기술의 발전과 함께 휴대할 수 있는 생체신호 측정 인터페이스의 개발이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 기존의 생체신호 측정 장치는 다채널 센싱, 무선 통신을 지원하는 방법의 개발에 초점이 맞추어져 있었다. 본 논문에서는 미래형 홈 환경에서 일상적으로 사용자의 생체신호를 획득하기에 용이한 돌 형태의 휴대형 생체신호 측정 인터페이스를 제안하고 경험적인 평가 방법으로 분석한다. 제안한 돌 센싱 인터페이스는 센싱하는 동안 사용자에게 심미감과 편안함을 주는 동시에 센싱의 안정성 및 신뢰성을 보장하여 실용적으로 사용할 수 있도록 한다. 심미감과 센싱 편안함을 만족하기 위해 사용자 중심의 디자인 기법을 적용하여 반복적으로 사용성 테스트를 진행하고 구조를 구체화 하였다. 또한, 안정적으로 센싱을 하기 위해 실험을 통해 움직임과 잡음에 최소한의 영향을 받는 센싱 위치를 선정하고 이를 센싱 인터페이스에 적용하였다. 향후 제안된 생체신호 측정 인터페이스는 미래형 홈 환경에서 다양한 건강관리 모니터링 시스템에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2007

본 논문은 증강현실 기반 제품 디자인환경에서 전자 제품의 프로토타이핑 (prototyping)을 제작을 위한 저작 도구를 제안한다. 이 저작도구는 하드웨어에 관한 전문적인 지식이 없는 일반 저작자를 위한 것이다. 제안된 저작도구는 시/청/촉각 피드백 각각에 대한 저작을 동일 플랫폼에서 할 수 있는 환경을 제공하여 실질적인 제품 디자인이 가능하게 한다. 뿐만 아니라 모듈 각각에 대한 추상화된 속성 명시파일을 통해 사용자 인터페이스 재구성이 가능하여 특정 플랫폼에 독립적 구조가 가능하고 잦은 하드웨어 변경에 유연하게 대처할 수 있도록 한다. 마지막으로 제안된 사용자 인터페이스는 GUI 및 TUI 기반 저작 방법의 장점을 취합하여 GUI를 이용한 정밀한 조작과 TUI를 이용한 직관적인 저작이 가능하도록 한다. 제안된 저작 방법들은 전자 제품 프로토타이핑 저작뿐만 아니라 다감각 피드백을 사용할 수 있는 전시, 에듀테인먼트 콘텐츠와 같은 증강현실 응용프로그램의 저작의 경우에도 응용될 수 있다. 향후 연구로써 제안된 저작도구의 정량/정성적인 사용성 평가가 수행되어야 한다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2004

Diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children is sometimes difficult. The aim of this study is to validate a clinical scoring system and ultrasonography for the early diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis in childhood. This is a prospective study on 59 children admitted with abdominal pain at St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea from July 2002 to August 2003. We applied Madan Samuel's Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) based on preoperative history, physical examination, laboratory finding and ultrasonography. This study was designed as follows: patients with score 5 or less were observed regardless of the positive ultrasonographic finding, patients with score 6 and 7 were decided according to the ultrasonogram and patients above score 8 were operated in spite of negative ultrasonographic finding. The patients were divided into two groups, appendicitis (group A) and non-appendicitis groups (group B). Group A consisted of 36 cases and Group B, 23 cases. Mean score of group A was 8.75 and group B was 6.13 (p<0.001). Comparing the diagnostic methods in acute appendicitis by surveying sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy, PAS gave 1.0000, 0.3043, 0.6923, 1.0000, and 0.7288, and ultrasonography gave 0.7778, 0.9130, 0.9333, 0.7241, and 0.8300 while the combined test gave 1.0000, 0.8696, 0.9231, 1.0000, and 0.9490, respectively. Negative laparotomy rate was 3 %. In conclusion, the combination of PAS and ultrasonography is a more accurate diagnostic tool than either PAS or ultrasonography.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.55-76
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• 1996

The objective of this study was to identify the immediate effects of the short leg brace on the weight bearing distribution and gait patterns of hemiplegic patients. The subjects of this study were 18 hemiplegic patients who had been hospitalized or visited out-patient department of Rehabilitation Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, from January 5, 1996 through March 23, 1996. PLS(Posterior Leaf Spring) on and off changes in gait patterns were measured using ink foot print as well as by recording weight bearing distribution using a limb load monitor. The data were analyzed by the correlation and paired t-test. The findings were as follows: 1. Eighteen subjects were more weighted on the affected leg when PLS was put off(42.74%) than on(40.08%). 2. The defference in gait patterns between PLS on and off was statistically significant, with an increase in step length by 1.7cm on the involved side; a decrease in foot angle by 4.41 degree on the involved side; and a narrowing of base of support by 1.46cm when PLS were off. In conclusion, this study showed that PLS did not affect the weight bearing distribution and gait patterns of hemiplegic patients. Since, the evaluation method used in this study has limitations in regard to temporal distance gait values. Further studies are required to numerous experiments for subject and extensive study.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.442-449
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• 2013

This study was to compare a domestic comfort shoes to the popular import(SAS$^{(R)}$) to gain a better understanding in biomechanical characteristics for shoe design for the elderly. For each shoe type, morphologic dimensions, shock absorption, and flexibility were assessed. From subjects(n = 20, $72.4{\pm}5.5$ years, $67.7{\pm}7.9$ kg), mean peak pressure(MPP) and contact area(CA) at the plantar surface were analyzed. The domestic shoes reflecting anatomic contour of the plantar surfaces of Asians resulted in wider CA(by 30.4 $cm^2$), higher shock absorption(by 2.4%) and stiffness(by 0.5 N/mm) than the import. With the domestic shoes, significantly less MPPs were found at the forefoot(by 42~49%) regions(p < .05) and higher CA was noted additionally at hallux and lessor toes(by 26~63%). More anatomically-contoured insole and favorable mechanical characteristics may help reduce the plantar pressures more effectively and more evenly, especially across the central forefoot and midfoot regions of the plantar surface, especially for the design of the comfort shoes for the elderly.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of different chair type (with backrest chair and without backrest chair) and pelvic position (anterior pelvic tilting and posterior pelvic tilting) on three abdominal muscles (upper rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique) and back extensor activation during lower extremity exercise. The four different conditions during bilateral knee extension exercise were: (1) leaning on backrest chair with anterior pelvic tilting, (2) leaning on backrest chair with posterior pelvic tilting, (3) anterior pelvic tilting without backrest chair, and (4) posterior pelvic tilting without backrest chair. Fifteen healthy male subjects with no history of neuromusculoskeletal disease voluntarily participated in this study. Electromyography (EMG) was used to collect muscle activation data, and muscle activation data was expressed as a percentage of maximal voluntary isometric contraction (%MVIC). One-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistical significance, and Bonferroni comparison was used as a post hoc test. The results of this study were the following: (1) Erector spinae activation was significantly lower in posterior pelvic tilting without backrest compared with that in leaning on backrest chair with anterior pelvic tilting. (2) Upper rectus abdominis activation was significantly lower than erector spinae in all four different chair type and pelvic tilting conditions.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 1994

한국산 2조 및 6조 겉보리 10품종들의 품종적 변이가 ${\beta}-glucan$의 함량과 맥아제조시 맥아의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 2조 보리는 용적중, 천립중 및 풍만도에 있어서 6조 보리에 비해 월등히 높았으며 이는 맥아 추출물의 함량을 높이는 인자가 되었다. ${\beta}-Glucan$의 함량은 6조 보리가 2조 보리에 비해 높았다. 보리 품종들은 맥아의 품질 특성 및 맥아의 변형정도(degree of malt modification)에 있어서 차이를 보였으며 특히 6조 보리는 제맥과정중 ${\beta}-glucan$의 함량 감소가 2조 보리에 비해 낮았다. 보리의 최초 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량은 맥즙의 점도에 영향을 미칠 수 있고 제맥후의 맥아 ${\beta}-glucan$ 함량이 맥즙의 점도와 직접적인 상관관계를 보여주었다. 전반적으로 2조 보리가 6조 보리보다 맥아 품질이 우수한 것으로 나타나 6조 보리의 맥주용으로서의 이용이 어려울 것으로 생각되나 제맥조건을 조절함으로써 일부 6조 보리의 맥아제조 적성을 재 검토할 필요가 있다고 사료되었다.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ) in assessing Korean patients with low back pain. We performed translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the questionnaire and enrolled 52 patients (18 males and 34 females) with low back pain. The subjects completed a standardized self-administered questionnaire that included the FABQ assessment along with evaluations for the visual analogue scale (VAS), Oswestry disability index (ODI), self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), and Beck depression inventory-Korean version (K-BDI). The reliability of the obtained data was determined by evaluating the internal consistency on the basis of the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Cronbach's alpha values, while the validity of the data was examined by correlating the FABQ scores to the VAS, ODI, SAS, and K-BDI scores. The translated versions of the FABQ showed good test-retest reliability: ICC (3, 1)=.90 (FABQ for physical activity) and .97 (FABQ for work) these values were statistically significant (p<.01). The Cronbach's alpha value for FABQ was .90 (p<.01). FABQ moderately correlated with pain, disability, anxiety, and depression (p<.01). The results of this study indicate that the Korean version of the FABQ is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring fear-avoidance beliefs in Korean patients with low back pain.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of donning of a hard insole in patients with hallux valgus. Fourteen subjects were selected from patient with foot pain at Lee Chang-Heon Foot Clinic from August 4, 2000 to September 15, 2000. The hallux valgus angle and the first-second intermetatarsal angle were radiographically measured before and after donning the hard insole. Based on these two kinds of angles, a mild hallux valgus deformity group was characterized by the hallux valgus angle of less than 20 degrees, and a moderate hallux valgus deformity group was characterized by the hallux valgus angle of 20 to 40 degrees. After three weeks with the hard insole donned, the foot angles of the patients with hallux valgus were measured again. The data were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed ranks test, and the following results were obtained: 1) After the trial, both mild hallux valgus deformity group and moderate hallux valgus deformity group demonstrated that the hallux valgus angles were significantly decreased. 2) After the trial, mild hallux valgus deformity group demonstrated that the first-second intermetatarsal angle was significantly decreased. 3) After the trial, moderate hallux valgus deformity group demonstrated that the first-second intermetatarsal angle was not significantly decreased. The above findings revealed that according to donning hard insole, the hallux valgus angles of mild and moderate hallux valgus deformity groups and the first-second intermetatarsal angle of mild hallux valgus deformity group were significantly decreased. The results of this study have some limitation for generalization due to the limited number of subjects. Further studies are needed to evaluate the effect of hard insole on hallux valgus with more precise laboratory equipments and measurements in patients with hallux valgus.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.73-85
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the standing balance could be influenced by the different foot positions. Seventeen patients with hemiplegia were tested for the static and dynamic balance under the different foot positions. In the balance test, subject stood by bearing weight on one foot, and the other foot was positioned in three different positions (symmetric, $45^{\circ}$ anterolateral, and anterior position). This study used the Kinesthetic ability trainer (KAT2000) to measure the standing balance. The results were as follows: 1) There were significant differences in the static standing balance in different foot positions with both weight-bearing on the paretic limb and on the nonparetic limb (p<.05). 2) There were also significant differences in the dynamic standing balance in different foot positions with both weight-bearing on the paretic limb and on the nonparetic limb (p<.05). 3) There was a significant difference when the paretic weight-bearing and the nonparetic weight-bearing were compared (p<.01). 4) when the paretic weight-bearing and the nonparetic weight-bearing were compared, anterior foot position showed a significant difference in the dynamic standing balance (p<.05), but $45^{\circ}$ anterolateral foot position did not show a significant difference (p>.05). In this study, the standing balance showed a significant difference according to different foot positions in hemiparetic patients, and standing balance was better when they stood by bearing weight on the nonparetic limb. These results indicate that it is a necessary to consider both weight-bearing limb and foot position not only in the rehabilitation program but also in achieving the stability in the independent life.