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A Review of Motion Capture Systems: Focusing on Clinical Applications and Kinematic Variables (모션 캡처 시스템에 대한 고찰: 임상적 활용 및 운동형상학적 변인 측정 중심으로)

  • Lim, Wootaek
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.87-93
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    • 2022
  • To solve the pathological problems of the musculoskeletal system based on evidence, a sophisticated analysis of human motion is required. Traditional optical motion capture systems with high validity and reliability have been utilized in clinical practice for a long time. However, expensive equipment and professional technicians are required to construct optical motion capture systems, hence they are used at a limited capacity in clinical settings despite their advantages. The development of information technology has overcome the existing limit and paved the way for constructing a motion capture system that can be operated at a low cost. Recently, with the development of computer vision-based technology and optical markerless tracking technology, webcam-based 3D human motion analysis has become possible, in which the intuitive interface increases the user-friendliness to non-specialists. In addition, unlike conventional optical motion capture, with this approach, it is possible to analyze motions of multiple people at simultaneously. In a non-optical motion capture system, an inertial measurement unit is typically used, which is not significantly different from a conventional optical motion capture system in terms of its validity and reliability. With the development of markerless technology and advent of non-optical motion capture systems, it is a great advantage that human motion analysis is no longer limited to laboratories.

A Development of Portable Early Detector of Intravenous Infiltration based on Optical Sensor (광센서 기반 휴대형 침윤 조기 감지기 개발)

  • Lee, Sungjin;Shin, Bum Joo;Jeong, IhnSook
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.705-711
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    • 2018
  • Intravenous(IV) therapy being in use for many patients may cause serious side effects such as infiltration, extravasation. To minimize such side effects, it is important to detect symptoms appearing when fluid escapes from blood vessel to tissue as soon as possible. This paper describes a device which has been developed to detect IV infiltration early using optical sensor. The device detects IV infiltration as measuring intensity of lights reflected from that lights after emitting lights in IV therapy site. The lights are consisted of 4 different waves which provide different reflection ratio depending the fluid used in IV therapy. The experimental results show that the device can be used to detect IV infiltration early.

Development of Multi-wavelength Laser Medical Therapy Apparatus (다파장 레이저치료기의 개발)

  • Cheon, Min-Woo;Kim, Seong-Hwan;Park, Yong-Pil;Lee, Ho-Sik;Kim, Tae-Gon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.736-741
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    • 2007
  • Low level laser therapy has various therapy effects, This paper performed the basic study for fabricating the low level laser therapy apparatus, and one of the goals of this paper was to make this apparatus used handily. The apparatus has been fabricated using the laser diode and microprocessor unit. The apparatus used a 660nm, 785nm and 850nm laser diode for laser medical therapy and was designed for a pulse width modulation type to increase stimulation effects. To raise the stimulus effect of the human body, the optical irradiation frequency could be set up. In result, the $1{\sim}10\;Hz$ irradiation frequency could be controlled stably.

Optical Spectroscopic Analysis of Muscle Spasticity for Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)

  • Lee, Yeon-Ui;Lee, Sang-Kwan;Youn, Jong-In
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.373-379
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    • 2011
  • Current therapeutic methods for suppressing muscle spasticity are intensive functional training, surgery, or pharmacological interventions. However, these methods have not been fully supported by confirmed efficacy due to the aggravation of the muscle spasticity in some patients. In this study, a combined system was developed to treat with a low-level laser and to monitor the region of the treatment using an optical spectroscopic probe that measures oxygen saturation and deoxygenation during low-level laser therapy (LLLT). The evaluation of the wavelength dependence for LLLT was performed using a Monte Carlo simulation and the results showed that the greatest amount of heat generation was seen in the deep tissue at ${\lambda}$ = 830 nm. In the oxy- and deoxygenation measurements during and after the treatment, oxygen-Hb concentration was significantly increased in the laser-irradiated group when compared to the control group. These findings suggest that LLLT using ${\lambda}$ = 830 nm may be of benefit in accelerating recovery of muscle spasticity. The combined system that we have developed can monitor the physiological condition of muscle spasticity during the laser treatment in real time and may also be applied to various myotonia conditions such as muscle fatigue, back-pain treatment/monitoring, and ulcer due to paralysis.

The development of laser system for cancer (암치료용 레이저 시스템 개발)

  • 이동진;김주명;김선학;임현수
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2001.08a
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    • pp.154-155
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    • 2001
  • A laser system for therapy of cancer is proposed in this paper. In order to accuracy and statistical output control we used the constant current control method and designed the power source to protect the resonator from the over -current, rush-current and electrical fault. The most important things are the radiation type for cancer therapy in laser system, we developed the radiation type of cw, pulse, and burst pulse. The experimental result show that laser beam power increase linearly from 100mW to 300mW for input current increasing and the exposure time.

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The Effects of Pulsed Ultrasound Treatment and Cold Therapy in the Process of Acute Wound Healing (흰쥐의 급성기 창상치유에 맥동초음파와 냉 적용이 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Tae-Yoon;Cho, Nam-Jung;Jeong, Hwa-Su;Kim, Mon-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2007
  • Summary of background data: At the wound from life of the human being very regarding at and a healing process the wound in the portion which is important meantime the many research is accomplished and healing process at the wound the research is small very from the physical therapy territory. Purpose: This study was performed to examine the effects of cold therapy and pulsed ultrasound treatment in the process of acute wound healing. To this end, we measured changes in the length of the wounds, and observed tissues through an optical microscope in order to evaluate the healing process of the acute wounds. Methods: We divided twenty Sprague-Dawley rats into four experimental groups of five rats each and treated them for three days after wound creation. Then we extracted tissues from the wounds on day 6th after wound creation and then took them out for hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining. We measured changes in the length of the wounds every other day. Result: We were able to detect significant statistical differences in the cold therapy and pulsed ultrasound-treated wounds compared with control wounds. We observed tissues through an optical microscope and found the tissues in cold therapy and pulsed ultrasound-treated wounds healed well. Conclusions: Overall results indicated that the use of cold therapy and pulsed ultrasound treatment were effective in the process of acute wound healing.

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