• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to ascertain the effect of Micro-current on a pain, balance, of knee joint in the patients with degenerative arthritis. Method: The 30 subjects who had micro-current in this research and randomly assigned into two group, an experiment group and a control group. micro-current was applied to 15 subject in the experiment group after general physical therapy. experiment group was applies general therapies and micro-current stimulation. The measurement were analyzed by using SPSS(V.20). In order to compare the post to the amount of pre-changes and post-changes of each group, the paired t-test was used. The difference between the experiment group and the control group was analyzed by using the analysis of convariance. Results: The results of this study were as follows; 1) In VAS measures, the pain point was significantly decreased in both the experimental and the control group. 2) Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire(MPQ), the pain point was significantly decreased in both the experimental and the control group. 3) TUG measures, the second was significantly decreased in both the experimental and the control group. 4) Weight distribution measures, the authority was significantly decreased in both the experimental and the control group. Conclusion: The micro-current is considered a degenerative knee arthritis that can be presented as an effective physical therapy intervention.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2004

Objective: This study was designed to compared the effect of general acupuncture on degenerative arthritis of knee joint with 8 constitution acupuncture by Visual Analogue Scale(VAS). Methods: VAS was used for this research, with the pain indicator of 10 and 0 which represents a pain of first visit and a status of no pain respectively. Two groups, consisting of 40 patients, was randomly allocated for this research. SPSS(Statistic Program for Social Science) 10.0 for window was used for a statistical analysis. Independent T-test and Mann Whitney U test was performed to evaluate the improvement of each group by the treatment number and to compare that of two groups. Results: As a result of the comparison analysis between two groups after 20th treatment, the improvement of subjective symptoms in 8 constitution acupuncture group was shown more effective than that in general acupuncture group, while, After 10th treatment, there was no significant difference between two groups in VAS. Conclusion: It is suggested that the effect of 8 constitution acupuncture should be significantly different from that of general acupuncture on degenerative arthritis of knee joint. Further study is needed to confirm the effectiveness of 8 constitution acupuncture.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2009

Objective : This study was designed to the effect of moxibustion therapy on the pain decrease and joint recovery with degenerative knee arthritis Methods : The research was administered from January to March 2008. The study subjects are menopause female 20 person and over 50 years old with degenerative knee arthritis patients, The Research were conducted with 10 moxibustion group and to 10 hot pack group during 4 Weeks. Results : 1. There is no significant difference of LSS of pre-treatment between hot pack group and moxibustion group(p<0.05). 2. There is no significant difference of LSS of post-treatment between hot pack group and moxibustion group(p<0.05). 3. There is no significant difference of LSS between pretreatment and post-treatment in hot pack group and moxibustion group(p<0.05). 4. There is no significant difference of VAS of pre-treatment between hot pack group and moxibustion group(p<0.05). Conclusion : This study suggests that hot pack used usually in physical therapy can decrease pain but the there is no significantly different between these two methods.

• 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2008

Purpose: We defined osteoarthritis of the knee as knee pain and crepitus in over 40 years old. The usual clinical manifestation include pain, stiffness, crepitus and loss of function. Methods: We studied 40 cases of the degenerative arthritis of knee clinically. The body mass index(BMI, weight(kg)/height($m^2$) was used as a measure of obesity. Pain self assessment scale by Million Index in according to age, occupation, BMI. Results: Gender by pain self assessment scale was 6.5 in male and 6.6 in female(P<0.05). The prevalence rates obese was 40%. Occupation by pain self assessment scale was 7.0 in Sitting and 5.7 in Standing(P<0.05). Prevalence was increased with age by pain self assessment scale in aged 40-69 years. Conclusion: It has been known that the obesity is one of the predispsing factors of the primary degenerative arthritis of knee. A flexion weight bearing view of the knee obtained at $30^{\circ}$ to $40^{\circ}$ of the joint flexion may be more sensitive in assessing damages to hyaline cartilage because the knee flexion is an important component of the stance phase.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of quadriceps femoris flexibility exercise which would improve the degree of knee flexion range of motion, extension torque, and the activities of daily living (ADL) in elderly subjects with degenerative knee arthritis. Fourteen elderly patients (two men and twelve women) with degenerative knee arthritis participated and had a quadriceps femoris flexibility exercise intervention program in this study. The mean age of the patients was 70.00 years for men and 71.16 years for women. This study carried out the experimental study of one group pretest-posttest design, which evaluated the degree of knee flexion range of motion, extension torque, the ADL ability of the patients before and after applying the exercise intervention for five weeks. The results of this study are as follow: 1. The knee flexion ranges of motion of the patients were measured before and after the intervention and the ranges increased significantly both in the left and right knee flexion range of motion (p < 0.05). 2. The peak torque of the knee muscle, the peak torque/body weight, and average power of the patients showed significant increases in both in the left and right knee after applying the intervention (p < 0.05). 3. The intervention produced a significant reduction in pain of the patients (p < 0.05). Their functional activities of ADL improved significantly compared with before the intervention (p < 0.05). It has been shown that the quadriceps femoris flexibility exercise intervention program increased significantly the knee flexion range of motion, and extension torque, as well as an increase in performance of functional activities of ADL of the patients. Thus, the quadriceps femoris flexibility exercise should be considered as one of the therapeutic exercises for the elderly patients with degenerative knee arthritis applied.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.7-13
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• 2001

Arthritis may be broadly classified as degenerative - related to defects in cartilage and other joint constituents, often age-associated - or inflammatory disease. Inflammatory arthritis called as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory arthropathy and characterized by a destructive arthritis. RA encompasses infectious arthritis, arthritis caused by intra-articular deposits of crystalline material (gout), syndromes associated with genetic defects (familial Mediterranean fever), and the immune-mediated inflammatory arthropathy. Degenerative arthritis called as osteoarthritis (OA), which is most frequently occurring, causes degenerative figures of knee, waist and knuckle, and accompanies severe pain around the cartilage. Also, it may cause morning stiffness, gelling effect, tenderness, bone swelling, crepitus, and motion disorders.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2005

사람 무릎관절의 윤활막을 대상으로 정상과 퇴행성관절염 시의 윤활막의 변화와 tenascin의 발현을 면역전자현미경적 방법으로 비교, 관찰한 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 1. 정상의 윤활막과 비교하여 퇴행성관절염 시에 윤활막이 두터워지는 것은 주로 윤활분비세포의 수적인 증가에 의한 것임을 알 수 있었다. 2. Tenascin에 대한 면역금의 관찰 결과 정상의 윤활막을 구성하는 세포에서는 면역금의 표지가 관찰되지 않았다. 3. 퇴행성관절염 시 윤활막의 윤활분비세포 과립세포질 세망에서 면역금의 표지가 관찰되어 tenascin의 분비세포가 윤활분비세포임을 확인할 수 있으며, 윤활세포 사이의 바탕질의 아교섬유에서도 tenascin의 표지가 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 보면, 퇴행성관절염 시에 윤활막이 두터워지는 것과 병변의 진행과정에, 윤활분비세포의 수가 증가와 tenascin의 발현 증가가 관련성이 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.975-983
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• 2006

Degenerative arthritis is characterized by progressive degenerative change, particularly change occurring to the joint due to the burden of body weight. Arthritis means inflammation occurring to the joint: it causes pain and limits exercise involving movement of the joint. Edema is not a disease but a condition which is accompanied by progression of a certain disease. Degenerative arthritis patients also have various diseases and mostly brings edema. Even though the cause is known to be abrasion of the joints, there are many cases in which walking difficulties are caused by pressure and pain due to edema. We found patients with walking difficulties caused by pain and increase of pressure in the joints walk better after treatment of both the pain and edema.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2007

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of kinesiotaping on the muscle activities in patients with degenerative arthritis. To evaluate the effects of taping therapy, we calculated activation of vastus medialis and vastus lateralis. Methods: 40 female patients with degenerative arthritis of knee joint were participated in this study. Muscle activation were assessed by using a surface EMG. This procedure was performed with and without taping. Results: The activation of vastus lateralis was significantly increased in comparison between pre and post test. And vastus medialis was significantly increased in comparison between pre and post test. Conclusion: We thought that kinesio taping have effectiveness on the muscle activation of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis in patients with degenerative arthritis.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2023

Degenerative arthritis is a common joint disease that affects many elderly people and is typically diagnosed through radiography. However, the need for remote diagnosis is increasing because knee pain and walking disorders caused by degenerative arthritis make face-to-face treatment difficult. This study collects three-dimensional joint coordinates in real time using Azure Kinect DK and calculates 6 gait features through visualization and one-way ANOVA verification. The random forest classifier, trained with these characteristics, classified degenerative arthritis with an accuracy of 97.52%, and the model's basis for classification was identified through classification algorithm by features. Overall, this study not only compensated for the shortcomings of existing diagnostic methods, but also constructed a high-accuracy prediction model using statistically verified gait features and provided detailed prediction results.