• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2010

Objective : Ssangwha-tang is a traditional medicine formula widely prescribed for a decrease of fatigue after an illness in Korea. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Ssangwha-tang fermented by Lactobacillus fermentum (SF) on osteoclast differentiation in vitro and on bone metabolism of an ovariectomized rat in vivo. Methods : Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity and staining were applied to evaluate the formation of osteoclasts. Ovariectomized rats were orally administrated with SF (30 ml/kg/day) for 12 weeks. Serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglyceride, phosphate, calcium levels were determined. Effect of SF on bone loss were studied by histological analysis and the measurement of bone mineral density. Results : SF significantly inhibited tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity and formation of osteoclasts in RAW264.7 cells stimulated by receptor activator for nuclear factor ${\kappa}B$ (NF-${\kappa}B$) ligand (RANKL). In addition, SF significantly decreased the level of triglyceride and increased the level of low-density lipoprotein. Moreover, the decrease of trabeculae of the femur was partially prevented in ovariectomized rats administrated with SF. Conclusions : SF treatment could prevent ovariectomy induced bone loss and its effects could be medicated by the inhibition of osteoclastogenesis.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2005

This study was performed to determine the effect of isoflavone on bone mineral density and bone mineral content in growing male rats. Twenty male, Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to groups, that underwent 9 weeks of experi-ental treatment. Animals were assigned to one of two diet groups (casein group or casein supplemented with isoflavones). During 9 week of the study, food consumption was determined every other day through the measurement of total food given subtracting the food uneaten from original amount given. Rats in two experimental groups had similar initial body weights. At the end of experiment, however, the casein group had significantly greater body weights compared to casein supplemented with isoflavones group. It was also observed that the casein group had greater food intake comared to casein supplemented with isoflavones group. The difference in the final body weights of the groups was therefore due to difference in amount of food ingested, but could be due to the effect of isoflavones. Total BMD, spine BMD, and spine BMC per weight and femoral BMD per weight were significantly greater in casein supplemented with isolaones group than casein group. ALP and osteocalcin were significantly greater in the casein-fed group. Crosslink value was significantly lower in the casein supplemented with isoflavones group, All other variables were statistically similar between two groups. Overall, it can be concluded that casein supplemented with isoflavones beneficial for acquisition of bone mineral density and content on growing male rats.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 2002년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집 제21권 1호
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• pp.373-376
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• 2002

Most previous studies using ultrasound for osteoporosis diagnosis have employed ultrasound in a frequency range of 0.2-1 MHz. In this study, acoustic properties of the 12 defatted bovine cancellous bone specimens were investigated in vitro. Speed of sound (SOS) and broadband ultrasonic attenuation (BUA) were measured using three matched pairs of transducers with the center frequencies of 1, 2.25, and 3.5 MHz, respectively, in order to cover a broad frequency range of 0.5-2 MHz. The relative orientation between ultrasonic beam and bone specimens was the mediolateral (ML) direction of the bovine tibia. SOS showed significant linear positive correlations with apparent density for all three pairs of transducers of 1 MHz, 2.25 MHz, and 3.5 MHz, respectively. BUA showed relatively weak correlations with apparent density for the pairs of transducers of 1 MHz and 2.25 MHz. Furthermore, in the measurement with the pair of 3.5 MHz transducers, BUA was independent of apparent density. SOS and BUA were only weakly correlated with each other. The linear combination of SOS and BUA showed significant correlations with apparent density. These results suggest that the frequency range up to 1.5 MHz may be also useful in the osteoporosis diagnosis.

• 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.5-28
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• 2001

본 연구는 2000년 7월 20일부터 2001년 1월 12일까지 대구광역시에 소재한 가톨릭병원 건강검진센타에서 골다공증 검사를 시행한 여성 50명을 대상으로 실시하였다. 연령은 50~59세가 66.0%로 가장 많았고, 평균연령은 56세이고, 49세 이하는 정상군이 18.7%, 50~59세는 골감소군 83.4%, 60세 이상은 골다공증군이 36.4%로 각각 가장 많았으며, 요추부의 평균골밀도는 연령의 증가에 따라 감소되었지만 유의하지 않았다. 요통유무는 요통이 있다가 76.0%로 많았고, 요통이 있다는 골다공증군 90.9%, 요통이 없다는 정상군이 43.7%로 각각 유의하게 많았으며 (p<0.05), 골밀도는 요통이 있다가 1.00g/$cm^2$로 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.05). 좋아하는 식품은 채소류가 62.0%로 많았고, 생선류는 요통군과 비요통군에서 정상군이 각각 33.3%, 57.1%, 채소류는 요통군과 비요통군에서 골다공증군이 각각 85.0%, 100.0%로 각각 가장 많았고, 골밀도는 요통군에서 채소류가 0.71g/$cm^2$로 각각 유의하게 낮았으며 (p<0.05), 비요통군에서도 채소류가 0.82g/$cm^2$로 낮았지만 유의하지 않았다. 혈액형은 B형은 요통군과 비요통군에서 골다공증군이 각각 50.0%, O형은 요통군과 비요통군에서 정상군이 각각 44.4%, 42.9%로 요통군이 많았고, 골밀도는 요통군과 비요통군에서 O형이 각각 가장 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 골밀도(BMD)는 평균골밀도(BMD)는 0.79g/$cm^2$, 요통군에서 0.90~0.99g/$cm^2$는 정상군이 77.8%, 0.60~0.69g/$cm^2$는 골다공증군이 50.0%로 각각 가장 많았고, 골밀도는 요통군과 비요통군에서 골밀도 수치가 증가할수록 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05) 다중회귀분석을 이용한 요추골밀도의 관련성 있는 요인은 연령, 결혼상태, 운동시간, 좋아하는 식품, 칼슘(Calcium), 골밀도의 표준편차인 T값이다(P<0.05). 요통과 골밀도의 관련변수별 상관관계에서 연령과 요통유무, 알카리포스파타제(Alkaline phosphatase), 몸무게와 체질량지수는 유의한 상관관계를 나타냈고 (p<0.01), 몸무게와 신장, 알카리포스파타제(Alkaline phosphatase)와 칼슘(Calcium), 골밀도와 폐경유무는 유의한 상관관계를 나타냈으며(p<0.05), 연령과 폐경유무, 골밀도, 골밀도의 표준편차인 T값, 골밀도와 좋아하는 식품, 알카리포스파타제(Alkaline phosphatase)는 유의한 역상관관계를 나타냈다(p<0.01). 이상의 결과를 요약하면, 요추골밀도의 관련성있는 요인은 연령, 운동시간, 좋아하는 식품, 칼슘(Calcium), 골밀도의 표준편차인 T값이고, 본 연구의 연구대상자의 50대가 66.0%로 가장 많아 폐경유무에서 폐경이다는 골감소군이 83.3%로 가장 많았으므로 폐경 후 기간이 길수록 요추골밀도가 낮아지는 현상을 본 연구에서는 의미 있는 설명 변량이 되지 못했다. 요통과 골밀도의 관련변수별 상관관계에서 연령, 요통유무, 폐경유무, 칼슘(Calcium), 인(Phosphorus), 알카리포스파타제(Alkaline phosphatase)가 중요한 요인으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.171-183
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• 2006

This study was conducted to examine dietary factors affecting bone status in the rural aged men. Quantitative ultrasound measurements (QUS) of bone, that may reflect certain architectural aspects of bone, have been shown to be associated with bone mineral density and fracture. Information of diet and anthropometry was collected in 164 aged men. Dietary intake data were obtained by 24-hour recall method. Measurements of the speed of sound (SOS, m/s), at distal radius, mid-tibia, phalanx, were performed using Omnisense 7000S analyzer (Sunlight Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel). T-scores for bone SOS measurements at distal radius, mid-tibia and phalanx were 0.60, 0.03 and -0.42 respectively. The prevalence of osteopenia by use of the WHO criteria was 17.7% at the mid-tibia and 25.3% of the subjects at the distal radius. Age were negative association with bone SOS at three sites. Osteopenia group of radius were significantly lower in total foods and vegetable intakes than normal group. After adjusted for age, vegetable intakes were significantly and positively related to bone SOS at the radius. The bone SOS of the tibia were significantly and positively related to vegetable protein, iron, folate and vegetable intakes, but negatively related to fat intakes. Multiple regression analysis showed that bone SOS of tibia was positively associated with folate intakes. Vegetable intakes were positively associated with the bone SOS at three sites. These results indicate that the consumption of vegetables, sources of folate, may have a effect on bone status of men.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.250-257
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• 2010

본 연구는 골밀도측정기 Norland와 Osteocore, Lunar 세 기종을 이용하여 각각 100명씩 총 300명을 대상으로 신체특징 중 연령, 신장, 체중으로 구분하여 측정오차를 비교분석하였으며, 요추부와 대퇴경부를 각각 정상(T-score$\geqq$-1.0), 골감소증(-1.0>T-score>-2.5), 골다공증(T-score>-2.5)으로 분류하여 각각의 그룹에서 측정오차를 비교분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 연령과 신장에서 Norland측정기가 측정오차의 변화가 가장 적었으며, 체중에서는 Lunar측정기가 측정오차의 변화가 가장 적은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 요추부를 기준으로 골밀도 측정오차를 비교한 결과 Lunar, Norland, Osteocore 세 기종 모두 골감소증에서 측정오차의 변화가 가장 적은 것으로 나타났고, 대퇴경부를 기준으로 골밀도 측정오차를 비교한 결과 Lunar, Norland, Osteocore 세 기종 모두 골다공증에서 측정 오차의 변화가 가장 적은 것으로 나타났다. 각 변수에 있어서 기종 마다 측정오차가 다르게 나타났으며, 이를 해결하기 위해서는 표준화된 공통 Phantom을 사용하여 각 회사의 측정치를 환산 비교하고, 소프트웨어의 교체에 따른 상호보정이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.778-787
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• 1996

The purpose of present study was to assess the change of bone mineral density(BMD) and the influences of anthroopometric indices and body composition on BMD in Korean women in Taegu. Subjects were 242 healthy female in the range of 7-67 years old, were divided into 4 age groups in order to assess the influence o factors on BMD according to age. Body composition and BMD measurements of lumbar spine, femur(neck, ward's triangle, trochanter) and total body were performed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. The analysis indicated that BMD of most region was positively related to body weight, BMI in all groups 4(50-67years), and closely related to femurs than lumbar spine. This study found correlations between BMD and both total fat body mass and total lean body mass in group 1, 2, 3, and correlations between BMD and only total fat body mass and in group 4. But on regression models the most significant prediction of BMD throughout the skeleton was total lean body mass in group 1(7-16years)and 2(17-34years, and total fat body mass in group 3 and 4. It is concluded that the our data can be used to screen early women of low bone mass. This study confirms that one of the most effective way to prevent osteoporosis and the fractures is to maximize peak bone mass in early life and to minimize bone loss through maintaining adequate weight.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2023

Osteoporosis is a disease in which the risk of bone fractures increases due to a decrease in bone density caused by aging. Osteoporosis is diagnosed by measuring bone density in the total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine. To accurately measure bone density in the lumbar spine, the vertebral region must be segmented from the lumbar X-ray image. Deep learning-based automatic spinal segmentation methods can provide fast and precise information about the vertebral region. In this study, we used 695 lumbar spine images as training and test datasets for a deep learning segmentation model. We proposed a lumbar automatic segmentation model, CM-Net, which combines the center point of the spine and the modified U-Net network. As a result, the average Dice Similarity Coefficient(DSC) was 0.974, precision was 0.916, recall was 0.906, accuracy was 0.998, and Area under the Precision-Recall Curve (AUPRC) was 0.912. This study demonstrates a high-performance automatic segmentation model for lumbar X-ray images, which overcomes noise such as spinal fractures and implants. Furthermore, we can perform accurate measurement of bone density on lumbar X-ray images using an automatic segmentation methodology for the spine, which can prevent the risk of compression fractures at an early stage and improve the accuracy and efficiency of osteoporosis diagnosis.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.137-150
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• 2007

CADIA(Computer-assisted densitometric image analysis) method is used to analyze bone density changes around the implants. The usefullness and reproducibility of the method was assessed. We tried to find out if there is any possibility to quantitiate and qualitify peri-implant bone density change as time passes. And we concluded that this newly developed linear analysis is efficient for analyzing peri-implant bone density change non-Invasively. In this study, 2152 machined $Br{\aa}nemark$ fixtures installed from 1994 to 2002 in the department of Periodontics, Dental hospital of College of Dentistry, Yonsei University were included. Of these fixtures 22 radiographically analyzable failed fixtures were used as experimental group, and 22 successful implants placed in the same patient were used as control group. 1. 57 out of 1635 machined $Br{\aa}nemark$ standard and Mk II implants system failed, the survival rate was 96.5%. And 11 out of 517 machined $Br{\aa}nemark$ Mk III and Mk IV implants system failed, the survival rate was 97.9%. Total survival rate was 96.8%. 2. 22 failed implants were used for the analysis, 10 of which failed before prosthetic treatment due to infection and overheating. 12 failed due to overload after prosthetic treatment, 63.6% of which failed during the early phase of functional loading, i, e. before 1 year of loading. 3. Bone density change values around coronal region of the failed implants were $-6.54{\pm}6.35$, middle region were $-3.53{\pm}5.78$, apical region were $-0.75{\pm}10.33$, resulting in average of $-3.71{\pm}8.03$. 4. Bone density change values around coronal region of the successful implants were $4.25{\pm}4.66$, middle region were $6.33{\pm}5.02$, apical region were $9.89{\pm}4.67$, resulting in average of $6.27{\pm}5.29$. 5. There was a statistically significant difference between two groups (p<0.01). In conclusion, the linear analysis method using computer-assisted densitometric image analysis could be a useful method for the analysis of implants, and could be used for future implant researchs.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.429-444
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between bone density and dietary intake for college women in their twenties. This study was performed on 160 female college students residing in Gangwon-do. It was conducted using ultrasound measurement of calcaneus bone density, anthropometric checkup and food-frequency questionnaires (FFQ) comprising 94 kinds of commonly consumed foods. Subjects were divided into two groups according to the T-score of bone density: a normal group (n = 113 persons, T-score ${\geq}1$) and a risk group (n = 47, T-score < 1.0). The average age of the subjects was 20.17 years and there was no significant difference between the two groups. Body weight and body fat percentage of the normal group were significantly higher than those of the risk group. The mean daily energy intake of the normal group was significantly higher than that of the risk group. Also, protein, fat, vitamin A, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, iron and zinc intake for the normal group were significantly higher than for the risk group. For the intake of the commonly consumed foods (or dishes) listed in FFQ, the mean daily intake amount of loaf bread, rice cake, potatoes, spicy beef soup, cucumber, seasoned spinach perilla leaves, crown daisy, stir-fried mushroom, sea mustard, beef rib, ham, chicken, mackerel, common squid, drink type curd yogurt, oriental melon and chocolate in the normal group was significantly higher than in the risk group. While, the mean daily intake of ramyun (instant noodle) and carbonated beverage by the normal group was significantly lower than that of the risk group. In conclusion, 20 something female college students showed a higher rate (26.9%) of the bone mineral density risk group (osteopenia or osteoporosis). For the risk group, the levels of nutrient and food intake were lower than in the normal group. Therefore, the bone density risk group needs to increase their nutrient intake and diet quality by increasing the intake of various foods. In addition, they should decrease the intake of foods, which are negative for skeletal health such as instant noodles and carbonated beverages.