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Immuno-Electronmicroscopic Studies on the Expression of Tenascin in the Synovial Cells of Human Knee Joint (퇴행성관절염의 사람 무릎관절 윤활막에서 Tenascin 발현에 대한 면역전자현미경적 연구)

  • Lim, Hyoung-Soo;Choi, Hee-Joon;Lee, Se-Jeong;Hwang, Douk-Ho
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2005
  • To observe the morphological changes and the expression of tenascin in synovium of human knee joint, between normal condition and degenerative arthritis, were processed by immunoelectron microscopic method. The results were summarized as follows. 1. In degenerative arthritis, the hyperplasia of synovial membrane was characterized by the increase of cell number in secretory synovial cells. 2. In normal condition, there was no marking of the immuno-gold for tenascin in synovial membrane. 3. In degenerative arthritis, the immuno-gold for tenascin were observed in endoplasmic reticulum of secretory synovial cells and extracellular matrix of synovial layer. On the basis of above findings, the hyperplasia of synovial membrane and the pathologic processes may be concerned with the increase of number of secretory synovial cells and of expression of tenascin, in degenerative arthritis.

Development of a Simulator for the biped-walking robot using the open inventor (Open Inventor를 이용한 이족보행로봇의 시뮬레이터의 개발)

  • 최형식;김영식;전대원;우정재;김명훈
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.04a
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    • pp.296-299
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    • 2001
  • We developed a motion capture system to get angle data of human joints in the walking mode. The motion capture system is a pair of leg-shape device, which is composed of three links with ankle, knee and pelvis joints. The sensors for measurement of the joint angle are potentiometers. We used an A/D converter to get digital data from joint angles, and which are used to simulate and coordinate the biped-walking robot developed in our laboratory. To simulate and analyze walking motion, animation based on three-dimension motion is performed using the open inventor software.

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Estimation of Muscle-tendon Model Parameters Based on a Numeric Optimization (최적화기법에 의한 근육-건 모델 파라미터들의 추정)

  • Nam, Yoon-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.122-130
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    • 2009
  • The analysis of human movement requires the knowledge of the Hill type muscle parameters, the muscle-tendon and moment arm length change as a function of joint angles. However, values of a subject's muscle parameters are very difficult to identify. It turns out from a sensitivity analysis that the tendon slack length and maximum muscle force are the two critical parameters among the Hill-type muscle model. Therefore, it could be claimed that the variation of the tendon slack length and maximum muscle force from the Delp's reference data will change the muscle characteristics of a subject remarkably. A numeric optimization method to search these tendon parameters specific to a subject is proposed, and the accuracy of the developed algorithm is evaluated through a numerical simulation.

A study on the Limitation presumption of Maximum Weightlifting load of Snatch three dimention motion analysis (3D 인상 동작에서 최대중량부하의 극한계치 추정에 관한 연구)

  • 이창민;서국웅;김용재
    • Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.168-176
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study is to know load for each human body's knee joint to endure load efficiently, when weight lifter pulls suitable bar in the each weight lifting level. To use the difference of load and correlation between men and women, the conclusion of this stduy is to find parameters to conduct maximum limitation of maximum load to search maximum limitation. The moment of each joint in the lower area was to have a much difference between group of the turunk in the first step. It decreased rapidly until decent and greatly pulled in the second step. Neuromusclar moment increased suddenly in the decrease phase. This phenomenon resulted from shock-absorbing function to sbsorb a load from bar.

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The Examination of Reliability of Lower Limb Joint Angles with Free Software ImageJ

  • Kim, Heung Youl
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.583-595
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    • 2015
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of lower limb joint angles computed with the software ImageJ during jumping movements. Background: Kinematics is the study of bodies in motion without regard to the forces or torques that may produce the motion. The most common method for collecting motion data uses an imaging and motion-caption system to record the 2D or 3D coordinates of markers attached to a moving object, followed by manual or automatic digitizing software. Above all, passive optical motion capture systems (e.g. Vicon system) have been regarded as the gold standards for collecting motion data. On the other hand, ImageJ is used widely for an image analysis as free software, and can collect the 2D coordinates of markers. Although much research has been carried out into the utilizations of the ImageJ software, little is known about their reliability. Method: Seven healthy female students participated as the subject in this study. Seventeen reflective markers were attached on the right and left lower limbs to measure two and three-dimensional joint angular motions. Jump performance was recorded by ten-vicon camera systems (250Hz) and one digital video camera (240Hz). The joint angles of the ankle and knee joints were calculated using 2D (ImageJ) and 3D (Vicon-MX) motion data, respectively. Results: Pearson's correlation coefficients between the two methods were calculated, and significance tests were conducted (${\alpha}=1%$). Correlation coefficients between the two were over 0.98. In Vicon-MX and ImageJ, there is no systematic error by examination of the validity using the Bland-Altman method, and all data are in the 95% limits of agreement. Conclusion: In this study, correlation coefficients are generally high, and the regression line is near the identical line. Therefore, it is considered that motion analysis using ImageJ is a useful tool for evaluation of human movements in various research areas. Application: This result can be utilized as a practical tool to analyze human performance in various fields.

Joint moments and muscle forces during walking with sided load as one of activities of daily living (편향하중 조건 보행시 인체의 적응 작용에 대한 분석)

  • Kim, Hyun-Dong;Son, Jong-Sang;Kim, Han-Sung;Kim, Young-Ho;Lim, Do-Hyung
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.1709-1712
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    • 2008
  • The trunk is inclined to the loaded side when carrying an object as one of activities of daily living. As the reaction to this behavior the human body may be inclined to his/her trunk to unloaded side. The present study investigated the biomechanical effects of weight variation for sided load carriage during walking upon joint moments and muscle torques, through the tracker agent and joint driving dynamic analysis. To perform the experiment one male was selected as subject for the study. Gait analysis was performed by using a 3D motion analysis system. Thirty nine 14mm reflective markers, according to the plug-in marker set, were attached to the subject. We used BRG.LifeMOD(Biomechanics Research Group, Inc., USA), for skeletal modeling and inverse and joint driving dynamic simulation during one gait cycle. In walking with a sided load carriage, the subject modeled held the carriage with the right hand, which weighed 0, 5, 10, 15kg, 20kg respectively. The result of this simulation showed that knee and hip in the coronal plane were inclined to the loaded side and loaded side had larger moments as the sided load carriage was increased. On the other hand thoracic and lumbar in the coronal plane had larger negative values as the sided loaded carriage was increased. The thoracic and lumbar in the transverse plane also had larger values as the sided load was increased. And the several muscles of loaded side were increased as increasing sided load. It could be concluded that human body is adopted to side loaded circumstances by showing more biologic force. These results could be very useful in analysis for delivery motion of daily life.

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Relative Position Estimation using Kalman Filter Based on Inertial Sensor Signals Considering Soft Tissue Artifacts of Human Body Segments (신체 분절의 연조직 변형을 고려한 관성센서신호 기반의 상대위치 추정 칼만필터)

  • Lee, Chang June;Lee, Jung Keun
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.237-242
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    • 2020
  • This paper deals with relative position estimation using a Kalman filter (KF) based on inertial sensors that have been widely used in various biomechanics-related outdoor applications. In previous studies, the relative position is determined using relative orientation and predetermined segment-to-joint (S2J) vectors, which are assumed to be constant. However, because body segments are influenced by soft tissue artifacts (STAs), including the deformation and sliding of the skin over the underlying bone structures, they are not constant, resulting in significant errors during relative position estimation. In this study, relative position estimation was performed using a KF, where the S2J vectors were adopted as time-varying states. The joint constraint and the variations of the S2J vectors were used to develop a measurement model of the proposed KF. Accordingly, the covariance matrix corresponding to the variations of the S2J vectors continuously changed within the ranges of the STA-causing flexion angles. The experimental results of the knee flexion tests showed that the proposed KF decreased the estimation errors in the longitudinal and lateral directions by 8.86 and 17.89 mm, respectively, compared with a conventional approach based on the application of constant S2J vectors.

Generation of Motor Velocity Profile for Walking-Assistance System Using Humanoid Robot Model (휴머노이드 로봇 모델을 이용한 보행재활 훈련장치의 견인모터 속도 파형 생성)

  • Choi, Young-Lim;Choi, Nak-Yoon;Park, Sang-Il;Kim, Jong-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.631-638
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    • 2012
  • This work proposes a new method to generate velocity profile of a traction motor equipped in a rehabilitation system for knee joint patients through humanoid robot simulation. To this end, a three-dimensional full-body humanoid robot model is newly constructed, and natural human gait is simulated by applying to it reference joint angle trajectories already published. Linear velocity is derived from distance data calculated between the positions of a thigh band and its traction motor at every sampling instance, which is a novel idea of this paper. The projection rule is employed to kinematically describe the humanoid robot because of its high efficiency and accuracy, and measured joint trajectories are used in simulating human natural gait referring to Winter's book. The attained motor velocity profile for a certain position in human body will be applied to our walking-assistance system which is implemented with a treadmill system.

The effect of whole body vibration on lower joints in vertical jump (전신진동운동이 수직점프 시 하지관절에 미치는 영향)

  • Yi, Jae-Hoon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.513-518
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    • 2016
  • The Mechanisms of whole body vibration on the human body is not clearly presented despite of the research result and there is not enough research that shows the effects of vibration on the kinetic changes of the lower joint. Therefore, this study focuses on finding out which lower joint is related with kinetic vertical jump ability. Five male and five female who didn't have orthopedic history were selected as the subjects. The subjects carried out three squat jumps before and after 5minutes of 30Hz whole body vibration. We have utilized a 3D motion analysis system to analyze the kinetic changes of the lower joint in the vertical jump. The height of subjects squat jump was improved after whole body vibration treatment. Also, the lower joint moment and power increased. However, there were no statistically significant changes in GRF, hip joint moment and power after the whole body vibration proved to have positive effect on the ankle and knee joints but showed negative effect on the hip joint.

The Kinematical Analysis of Straddle Jump to Push up Motion on Sports Aerobics (스포츠 에어로빅스 Straddle Jump to Push up 동작의 운동학적 분석)

  • Kim, Cha-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.77-90
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    • 2002
  • This study serves the purpose of understanding about correct jump and landing motion through Kinematical Analysis of Straddle Jump to Push up Motion at target by four elite sports aerobics athletes have more than four years career. And further more that make good assistance for coaches effective guidance through an offer basic data and correct diagnosis, evaluate of motions. It was picture-taked by two-video camera for Straddle Jump to Push up Motions. Camera speeds are 60 frame/sec. There are Kinematical Variation elements for analysis, the displacement of COG, each angle displacement left/right of shoulder-joint, each angle displacement left/right of knee-joint and each speed left/right of tip of the toes. Every each person accomplished severaly 3 times and we have acquired this conclusion. The conclusions were as follows; 1. Each situation for displacement of COG showed low height of COG by phase 1, 4, 5(79.05${\pm}9.07,\;46.41{\pm}3.65,\;18.66{\pm}0.54cm$) and It showed high height of COG by phase 2, 3($120.80{\pm}6.13,\;148.12{\pm}9.19cm$). 2. Each displacement left, right of shoulder-joint flexion by phase 1($91.07{\pm}8.30,\;90.77{\pm}5.72$deg/sec)and It showed maximal extension angles by phase 2($102.48{\pm}10.00,\;102.39{\pm}10.51$deg/sec). in part of phase 3, left of shoulder-joint angle($94.43{\pm}4.12$deg/sec) showed flexion phase 1, the other right shoulder-joint angle(88.38${\pm}$4.98deg/sec) showed more a little lower than phase 1, in last phase that showed most low by phase 4($70.58{\pm}13.72,\;54.24{\pm}11.58$deg/sec). 3. Each displacement left, right of hip joint showed maximal extent conditions by phase 2, 3($160.35{\pm}22.68,\;1534.77{\pm}5.40$deg/sec, $150.04{\pm}12.79,\;145.54{\pm}13.00$deg/sec) beside, ankle-joint showed minimal angle by phase 1, 4($93.59{\pm}18.92,\;85.37{\pm}13.23$deg/sec, $66.60{\pm}15.77,\;80.60{\pm}16.57$deg/sec). 4. Each displacement left, right of hip joint showed maximal extent conditions by phase 2($157.15{\pm}9.13,\;163.52{\pm}8.18$deg/sec), and right of hip joint showed minimal angle by phase 3($110.87{\pm}13.81,\;77.53{\pm}8.95$deg/sec) It showed alike condition of low angle by phase 1, 4($91.04{\pm}2.31,\;96.26{\pm}2.20$deg/sec). 5. Each displacement left, right of knee-joint showed maximal extent conditions by phase 1, 3, 4($173.46{\pm}2.95,\;171.51{\pm}5.44$deg/sec, $172.24{\pm}4.49,\;171.26{\pm}0.65$deg/sec, $162.78{\pm}2.13,\;164.10{\pm}5.97$deg/sec) but It showed flexion only left of knee-joint by phase 2($164.45{\pm}7.51,\;159.38{\pm}3.48$deg/sec). 6. Each speed left, right of the tip of the toes showed most fastest when someone jumped with lift up leges by phase 1, 2($321.32{\pm}67.91,\;316.90{\pm}41.97$cm/sec, $410.06{\pm}153.06,\;399.77{\pm}189.34$cm/sec), It showed more less speed than phase 1,2 by phase 3($169.74{\pm}67.17,\;150.00{\pm}63.80$cm/sec) and It showed most slow speed than phase 1,2,3 by phase 4($87.22{\pm}34.90,\;85.72{\pm}52.23$cm/sec).