• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.73-79
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• 1998

In practical fields, the sway of crane systems leads to extra stress to the crane structure during the transporting operation and it is in close connection with its life. Usually, when we operate the cranes with high speed and manual control, the sway motion is irreducible. In this paper, a new type of crane system is proposed to avoid the irreducible sway of the crane systems. The proposed system is composed of mechanical arm with function of anti-sway based on conventional line system. By the anti-sway arm, we can realize to prevent the sway of the container box but cannot avoid the oscillation for the overall body of the crane. So, a controller design method to solve the above stated problem must be considered. The problem is solved by adopting the velocity pattern control methods of trapezoidal and curve types and its effectiveness is proved through experimental results.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 1988

An instrumentation system for the automatic measurement of body sway has been developed. The system consists of a force platform, amplifiers, and data acquisition and display software, operating on a computer. We used only the force platform and electronic amplifying unit in Kistler Biomechanics System to obtain precise measurements, and developed the data acquisition and analysis software using an IBM PC With 12 bit A/D converter. The system can be used in various specialized disciplines, such as ergonomics, rehabilitation, neuromuscular control, as well as sprots biomechanics.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.70-74
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• 2013

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the application of whole body vibration training (WBV) on the balance ability of patients with an American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) type C or D spinal cord injury. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: Twelve patients with spinal cord injury were enrolled in this study. The participants were randomized to an experimental group (n=6) or control group (n=6). The subjects in the experimental group received WBV exercise and the control group received the sham exercise without vibration. The vibrations were adjusted vertically to the patient at a 30 Hz frequency and 3 mm amplitude. The whole body vibration lasted for 16 minutes in total including 5-minutes warm-up and cool-down at the beginning and end of the program, respectively. The static sitting balance ability was assessed by measuring the postural sway while sitting on the force plate with the eyes opened or closed. Postural sway length was measured for 30 seconds with a self-selected comfortable position. Results: In the static balance test, the anterio-posterior, medio-lateral, and total postural sway length with the eyes open and closed was improved significantly before and after the intervention in the experimental group (p<0.05). The experimental group showed significantly more improvement than the control group (p<0.05). Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that WBV training has a positive effect on improving static sitting balance and enhanced control of postural sway in patients with an ASIA-C or D type spinal cord injury.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2009

The present study analyzed the association between postural control and electrical stimulation by measuring body sway when use the electrical stimulations were applied to different stimulation zones in lower limbs. The subjects were 14 young adults and were, tested for two different visual condition: eyes open and eyes closed. The experiments were also performed in two different stance case: one legged stance and two legged stance while electrical stimulations were applied concurrently or individually to tibialis anterior and triceps surae. Postural responses were assessed by analyzing COP sway path, sum of COP sway measured by a forceplate. The results showed that the direction of the COP shift changed in accordance with the direction of stimulation and showed sensory adaptation as the experiment progressed for two legged stance case. For one legged stance case, concurrent electrical stimulation both sides of muscles was found to be effective for enhancement of postural balance control.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.615-624
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• 2016

본 연구는 해상에서 근접하여 계류된 직사각형 박스 형상의 두 바지선을 대상으로 유체역학적 상호작용으로 인한 선체운동 응답특성을 분석하기 위하여 수치시뮬레이션을 실시하였다. 이 수치시뮬레이션 실험에서는 DNV-GL의 SESAM 수치해석솔루션을 사용하여 결합된 강성 메트릭스항(coupled stiffness matrix terms)을 다중물체 모드(multiple body modes)의 surge 방향에 추가하였고, 실험에 적용한 바지선 모델의 1차 방사 및 산란 영향을 계산하기 위하여 퍼텐셜 이론을 적용하였다. 실험 결과, 두 바지선의 횡간격 20 m, 횡파 실험조건 경우에 1.3 rad/s에서 실험선의 피난효과(sheltering effect)가 나타나지 않았다. 실험 모델 상호간 횡간격의 영향은 종파와 천수역 실험 조건에서 분명하게 나타났지만, sway force는 횡파일 경우에 두 실험 모델선과의 접근거리 간격에 영향을 받았다. 실험모델의 횡간격이 좁아지면 종파와 사파의 경우에 sway, heave 운동과 sway force의 피크는 높은 주파수대로 이동하였다. 수심이 10 m일 때 풍하측 바지선의 sway 운동은 횡파와 사파의 경우에 0.2-0.8 rad/s 주파수대에서 큰 차이를 보였으며, 입사파의 방향이 달라져도 sway force의 피크는 보다 낮은 주파수대에서 나타났다.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2006

This study investigated therapeutic effects of pelvic tilt exercise (PTE) on weight bearing and body sway during sit-to-stand (STS) on 18 hemiplegic patients who had visited the Hanyang University Seoul Hospital and Injae University Sanggyebek Hospital physiotherapy rooms. The study compared the patients with 18 normal adults. The subjects were sampled out from those who could get up independently, maintain a standing posture more than 10 seconds, understand the movements of this study and have no difficulty in performing the tasks. By executing STS in a natural way with habitual movements before and after PTE, the weight bearing was measured by using Mediance II. In order to compare the difference of weight distribution, weight bearing and body sway on affected and nonaffected sides during STS before and after PTE, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used. The statistical significance level was based on p<.05. The results revealed that the difference of weight distribution in the hemiplegic group was significantly decreased (p<.05), whereas there was no significant difference in the healthy group (p>.05). Weight bearing loaded on the affected side was $42.53{\pm}7.65%$ and $44.20{\pm}6.32%$, respectively, in the hemiplegic group during STS before and after PTE. Weight bearing during STS after PTE is increased significantly, as compared with weight bearing before PTE (p<.05). Body sway in the hemiplegic group was significantly decreased (p<.05). As mentioned, PTE proved to be effective for improvement in weight bearing on the affected side during STS of hemiplegic patients.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.800-812
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• 2018

본 논문은 최신 가상현실 미디어 기술동향과 다양한 분야에서 시도해 온 VR 멀미저감 방안을 리뷰하여, 가상현실 사용자의 인지적 수용성을 높이는 방안에 대해 논의하였다. 이를 통해 최신 미디어 기술의 사용자 가치제안 방식을 분석하고 Social VR 플랫폼의 인지적 수용성을 개선하는 효율적 방안을 제안하였다. 생체신호 모니터링, VR 콘텐츠 적합도 분석, 멀미 메커니즘 조절, 신체동요측정 기반 멀미예측 등 다양한 멀미저감 방식 중 개발 비용과 사용자 수용성 측면에서 가장 효율적인 신체동요측정 기반 멀미예측 기술의 테스트 결과를 기술하고 적용 방안을 구체화하였다. 가상현실 체험 전 미세한 신체동요가 많은 사용자일수록 VR 멀미 민감도가 크게 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 개인의 멀미 민감도를 반영하는 본 측정 결과를 다양한 가상현실 환경에서 테스트하고 개인특성에 따른 VR 멀미 데이터베이스를 구축한다면 AI 기반의 멀미 예측기술을 구현하는데 크게 기여할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.165-179
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• 2019

This study used 3D body scan data to classify body shapes according to the torso shape of adult males aged 20-75 years. This data will be provided so that the apparel industry can make apparel products corresponding to body characteristics by age. The study used 1,796 adult males between the ages of 20 and 75 and the 3D body shape data of the '5th Research on National Standard Anthropometry'. For data analysis, the program SPSSWIN Ver. 17.0 was used to calculate the mean and frequency allowing for a factor analysis, cluster analysis, analysis of variance, and Duncan test. To classify body shape according to the torso shape of adult males, this study considered nine factors: 'horizontal size of torso,' 'vertical size of body,' 'curve of torso and waist-abdomen flatness ratio,' 'length of torso,' 'shape of neck area,' 'degree of lateral curve,' 'difference between front and back interscye length,' 'shoulder armscye shape,' and 'chest flatness ratio.' Based on the results of the factor analysis, the torso shapes of adult males were classified into five types. Type 1 is "upright body with flat, curvy shape", Type 2 is "curve sway back body type", Type 3 is "flat, abdominally obese body", Type 4 is "obese, crooked body" and Type 5 is "thick sway front body type." named.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2010

We investigated the effects of trunk twist on postural stability during manually handling flat ties. Ten male subjects participated in this study. While handling 5kgf and 10kgf bundles of flat ties respectively, their centers of pressure (COPs) were measured under two levels of body position (twisted and fixed), two levels of direction (left and right), and three levels of object position ($30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$, and $60^{\circ}$). Subjects' postural stability was quantified by calculating the sway length. Results showed that the effect of different object position was significant on postural sway length in subject's medio-lateral axis. Post-hoc multiple comparions revealed that, under the 5kgf load condition, the sway length was increased significantly as the object position increased to $45^{\circ}$. Under the 10kgf load condition, however, the sway length was increased significantly at the object position of $60^{\circ}$. Actual or potential applications of this research include guidelines for the design of working posture evaluation techniques.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2006

Loss of postural balance can possibly lead to increased risk of slips and falls in work places. Present study was performed to investigate the effects of noisy environments on postural stability during standing. It is known that a sound is characterized by the frequency and pressure level of the sound. Therefore, effects of the frequency and pressure level on postural stability were of primary concern. Ten male subjects participated in the experiment. Subject's center of pressure(COP) position was collected on a force plate while they were exposed to different frequency and pressure levels of the sound. Measured COP was then converted into the length of postural sway path in both anterior-posterior(AP) and medio-lateral(ML) axis. Results showed that the length of sway path in AP axis was significantly affected by the frequency of sound. The length of sway path was lowest at frequency level of 2000Hz and increased below and above this frequency range. The sound pressure level, however, did not significantly affect the postural sway length in both AP and ML axis. The results imply that industrial workers in noisy environments should be aware that their abilities of postural balance can be disturbed significantly.