• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.645-651
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• 2009

Previous studies have introduced the technique of spinous process osteotomy to decompress spinal stenosis, a procedure which aims to afford excellent visualization while minimizing destruction of tissues not directly involved in the pathologic process. However, biomechanically it has not been investigated whether the sacrifice of posterior spinous process might have potential risk of spinal instability or not, even though supra-spinous and inter-spinous ligaments are preserved. Therefore the aim of this study is to evaluate the biomechanical properties after spinous process osteotomy, using finite element analysis. The model of spinous process osteotomy exhibited no significant increase in disc stress or change in segmental range of motion. It is due to the fact that the instability of lumbar spine has been maintained by the two-types of ligaments compared with the prior surgical technique. Therefore, according to the finite element result on this study, this osotetomy was considered to be a clinically safe surgical procedure and could not cause the instability of the lumbar spine.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.7-12
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• 2007

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.91-96
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was two-fold : (1) to investigate the difference between the lifting capacities based on three different ergonomic approaches; a) the biomechanical, b) the physiological, and c) the phsychophysicalo approach, and the 1991 revised NIOSH Equation, and (2) to develop a comprehensive model for deter- mining maximum weight of lift.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.14 no.24
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• pp.71-81
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• 1991

인체의 운동은 많은 수의 자유도를 지닌 조인트(JOINT)와 링(LINK)의 복잡한 운동으로 표현될 수 있다. 이들 링크(LINK)의 회전 운동은 SINE, COSINE 자승 형태의 비선형 운동으로 이루어져있으나, 최근 PERSONAL COMPUTER의 발달로 복잡한 인체 운동의 수학적 모델에 대한 동력학적 DATA 계산이 가능해졌다. 본 연구에서는 5개의 링크(LINK)로 연결된 인체 움직임에 있어 링크(LINK)의 절대 운동(ABSOLUTE MOTION) 및 상대운동(RELATIVE MOTION)을 고려한 PLAGENHOEF의 운동 모델을 PERSONAL COMPUTER를 이용하여 인체 움직임의 동력학적 DATA를 얻을 수 있도록 BASIC 언어로 프로그램을 제기하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.82-90
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• 1993

Manual lifting, as a part of Manual Materials Handling Activities, is recognized by authorities in the field of occupational health and safety as a major hazard to industrial workers. The most important problem in applying fuzzy model of manual materials lifting is the decision of membership functions on each approaches. : Biomechanical, Physiological, Psychophysical. The primary objectives of this paper suggests to process deciding the most acceptable membership functions for establishing permissible weights on manual lifting activities using fuzzy sets.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.14 no.23
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• pp.7-18
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• 1991

인체의 운동은 많은 수의 자유도를 지닌 조인트(JOINT)와 링(LINK)의 복잡한 운동으로 표현될 수 있다. 이들 링크(LINK)의 회전 운동은 SINE, COSINE 자승 형태의 비선형 운동으로 이루어져있으나, 최근 PERSONAL COMPUTER의 발달로 복잡한 인체 운동의 수학적 모델에 대한 동력학적 DATA 계산이 가능해졌다. 본 연구에서는 5개의 링크(LINK)로 연결된 인체 움직임에 있어 링크(LINK)의 절대 운동(ABSOLUTE MOTION) 및 상대운동(RELATIVE MOTION)을 고려한 PLAGENHOEF의 운동 모델을 PERSONAL COMPUTER를 이용하여 인체 움직임의 동력학적 DATA를 얻을 수 있도록 BASIC 언어로 프로그램을 제기하였다.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1997 no.05
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• pp.374-378
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• 1997

Operative procedures such as core drilling with and without fibular bone grafting have been recognized as the treatment methods for osteonecrosis of femoral head(ONFH) by delaying or preventing the collapse of the femoral head. In addition, core drilling with cementation using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) has been proposed recently as another surgical method. However, no definite treatment modality has been found yet while operative procedures remain controversial to many clinicians In this study, a finite element method(FEM) was employed to analyze and compare various surgical procedures of ONFH to provide a biomechanical insight. This study was based upon biomechanical findings which suggest stress concentration within the femoral head may facilitate the progression of the necrosis and eventual collapse. For this purpose, five anatomically relevant hip models were constructed in three dimensions : they were (1) intact(Type I), (2) necrotic(Type II), (3) core drilled only(Type III), (4) core drilled with fibular bone graft(Type IV), and (5) core drilled with cementation(Type V). Physiologically relevant loading were simulated. Resulting stresses were calculated. Our results showed that the volumetric percentage subjected to high stress in the necrotic cancellous region was greatest in the core drilled only model(Type III), followed by the necrotic(Type II), the bone graft (Type IV), and the cemented(Type V) models. Von Mises stresses at the tip of the graft(Type IV) was found to be twice more than those of cemented core(Type V) indicating the likelihood of the implant failure. In addition, stresses within the cemented core(Type V) were more evenly distributed and relatively lower than within the fibular bone graft(Type IV). In conclusion, our biomechanical analyses have demonstrated that the bone graft method(Type IV) and the cementation method(Type V) are both superior to the core decompression method(Type III) by reducing the high stress regions within the necrotic cancellous bone. Also it was found that the core region filled with PMMA(Type V) provides far smoother transfer of physiological load without causing the concentration of malignant stresses which may lead to the failure than with the fibular bone graft(Type IV). Therefore, considering the above results along with the degree of difficulties and risk of infection involved with preparation of the fibular bone graft, the cementation method appears to be a promising surgical treatment for the early stage of osteonecrosis of the femoral head.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.65-79
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• 1994

A biomechanical model of lower extremity in seated postures was developed to assess muscular activities of lower extremity involved in a variety of foot pedal operations. The model incorporated four rigid body segments with the twenty-four muscles to represent lower extremity. This study deals with quasi-static movement to investigate dymanic movement effect in seated foot operation. It is found that optimization method which has been used for modeling the articulated body segments does not predict the forces generated from biarticular muscles and antagonistic muscles reasonably. So, the revised nonlinear optimization scheme was employed to consider the synergistic effects of biarticular muscles and the antagonistic muscle effects from the stabilization of the joint. For the model validation, three male subjects performen the experiments in which EMG activities of the nine lower extremity muscles were measured. Predicted muscle forces were compared with the corresponding EMG amplitudes and it showed no statistical difference. For the selection of optimal seated posture, a physiological meaningful criterion for muscular load sharing developed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.1059-1061
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• 2002

A FE model is to develop a personalized biomechanical model of the scoliotic spine that will allow the design of clinical test providing optimal estimation of the post-operation results. A flexible multi-body model of the spine including rib cage, clavicle, and scapular was developed to simulate several mobility simulations. Vertebrae, clavicle and scapular were represented using rigid bodies and ribs and sternum were modeled as flexible bodies. Kinematical Joints and spring elements were used to represent the intervertebral disc and ligaments respectively. Postero-anterior and lateral radiographics of a scoliotic spine were used to represent a 3D reconstruction. CT data for same patient were also used to verify vertebrae rotation driven from postero-anterior and lateral radiographic images. Simulated results showed good reducibility almost uniformly distributed along the spinal segments. It was also found that boundary and loading conditions, required to mimic the operation procedures, were proven to be very sensitive parameters to its results rather than its mechanical properties

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.233-241
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• 1996

The mechanical properties of biological materials depend on numerous factors. The majority of these relationships are still unknown today, especially with regard to their quantitative characteristics. The reason is that biological materials constitute biomechanical systems of very complex construction, whose behavior cannot be characterized by simple physical constants, as for example can that of engineering materials. The objectives of this investigation were to determine the compression creep and recovery properties of rice stalks at various levels of applied load The compression creep and recovery behavior of the rice stalk could be predicted precisely by rheological model which approached closely to the measured values. But the coefficients of the Burgers recovery model were different from those of the creep model. The Steady state creep behavior occurred at the higher level of force and the logarithmic creep behavior occurred at the lower level of force. The mechanical model being expected the creep behavior in relation with the level of applied load, which was well explained that the rice stalk might be visco-elastic material.