• 대한의료기공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.221-235
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• 2009

This study is made for the survey of the effectiveness of the auricular reflexology, now accepted as a part of alternative medicine, applied to the patients of musculoskeltal disease patients, and data about its cognition and the success rate of the therapy. 106 patient was employed in this study who works in various part in a company in Jun-ju in Junrabukdo. From them, data such as, musculoskeletal symptoms by questionnaire examination, and data from ear inspections and interviews were collected and used for the basal data. Auricular reflexology therapies were applied to them at the areas that reflect the musculoskeletal system, for five times, each time with intervals of three or four days. The data about the effectiveness were collected by questionnaire examination, including descriptive answers. The results are as follows; cognition to the auricular reflexology was 62.3%, and acceptance rate of this method was 81.1%. From this results, I think that this therapy can be easily acceptable. The success rates of this therapy were 32.1% after 1 time application, and 84.9% after 5 times applications. This result shows that auricular reflexology therapy has therapeutic effect in musculoskeletal diseases, and the success rates increase according to the application times. Between sex, its success rate were 80% in male patients, and 88.5% in female patients, so this therapy is rather more effective in female patients. According to the body weight, the success rate were 85.8% in normal weight patients, and 71.5% in over- weight patients, so this therapy is more effective in normal weight patients. Comparisons according to other factors, such as age, marriage state etc. shows no definite differences. Conclusively, I think that auricular reflex therapy is easy and useful preventative and treatment method in our usual life. With more investigation, we can apply this method to other musculoskeletal diseases and to the diseases of other systems in the body, I hope so.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.2812-2818
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• 2013

한의학과 대체의학은 그 뛰어난 진단 기술 및 처방과 치료 효과에도 불구하고 선호도에 있어 서양의학에 많이 떨어지고 있는 것이 현 실정이다. 마찬가지로 한의학과 밀접히 연계되어 있는 대체의학도 그 효과에 대한 입증이 과학적으로 규명이 되지 못하고 있는 것이 가장 큰 단점으로 여겨진다. 본 논문에서는 대체의학에서 흔히 사용하는 이침 요법이 실제 인체 장기 기능 강화에 도움이 되는 행위인지를 생체신호를 분석하는 방법 중 얼굴의 피부색 변화를 살펴보는 망진 이론을 적용하여 이를 규명하는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해 폐 이혈 반사점을 자극한 후의 우측뺨 색상을 측정하여 자극 전과의 비교, 분석 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 검증과 규명을 위해 우선적으로 인체가 폐에 미치는 영향의 분석에 필요한 영상 분석 요소를 파악하였다. 실험 결과, 폐 이혈 반사점 자극에 의해 우측뺨의 a값과 b값이 증가하는 결과가 도출되었다.