• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.87-100
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• 2010

Background : Recently a discussion about Qi including a study about the effect or the theory of acupuncture is getting prevailing in various angles. In most of studies about acupuncture stimulus, 'Filiform acupuncture'(毫鍼) is used. A study about Nine kinds of acupuncture(九鍼), except 'Filiform acupuncture'(毫鍼) has not been reported yet, and there is no study about using a special acupuncture made for controling Qi either. Objectives : 'Dong Chu Gold Chim(DCG-chim, 東樞金鍼)' can be used for patients who are scared of a pain because it is a medical Qi-gong tool and non-invasive stimulus one. To assess a effect of Qi-gong operation using DCG-chim objectively Methods : The present study was performed to elucidate the effects of DCG-chim stimulation of an acupuncture point Baihui($GV_{20}$) on the Electroencephalogram(EEG). Twenty healthy subject were treated with DCG-chim one time accompanied by the light and vertical pressure and EEG were measured during five minutes for three times (before, during and after treatment). The EEG results of DCG-chim treatment were compared with those of 'Filiform acupuncture(毫鍼)'. Results : EEG power spectra changed significantly after both kind of acupuncture stimulation. Significant increase of $\alpha$ wave and decrease of $\beta$ wave were observed but interestingly, Mid-$\beta$ and SMR of $\beta$ wave which mean the state of concentration were increased with statistically significant. According to these results, DCG-chim stimulation of Baihui($GV_{20}$) seems to lead to relaxation with antianxietic effect and improvement of concentration at the same time. Conclusions : It would be expected that the doctor can apply DCG-chim for treating anxiety, tension, symptom caused by stress and also can use it clinically for patients who have needlphopia or children as a non-invasive procedure. It is suggested that additional studies about the effect of DCG-chim on other acupuncture points and comparison study about the effect of DCG-chim with those of the finger-pressure treatment using other tool should be done in the future.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.563-575
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• 2005

The aim of present study is to evaluate the influence of adjacent tooth to the microbiology of clinically healthy implant. Control group included patients who had clinically healthy implant and tooth with healthy $periodontium(PD{\leq}3mm)$, test group was composed of patients who had clinically healthy implant and tooth with periodontal pocket(PD>3mm). The criteria of clinically health implant are no pain or discomfort, the restorative suprastructure provide satisfactory fit and function, and the tissue around the fixtures were firm and probing with standard periodontal probe with a rounded tip 0.5mm in diameter resulted in penetration of no more than 5mm when using a force of 0.5N at any location. 38 patients, partially edentulous subjects with endosseous root-form implants were selected. All subjects were medically healthy and had not taken systemic antibiotics and professional plaque control 3 months before sampling. Number of control group is 25(mean age $52{\pm}13$, 26 teeth, 34 implants) and test group is 13(mean age $60{\pm}13$, 13 teeth, 17 implants). All teeth and implants of each patient were examined probing depth(PD), bleeding on probing(BOP), and plaque index(PI), and samples of subgingival plaque were obtained at each site with sterile curet or fine paper points, then the plaque transferred to PBS. Obtained samples were examined for the presence of P. gingivalis, T. forsythensis, and T. denticola by the polymerase chain reaction(PCR). The relationship among clinical parameters and the colonizations by the 3 bacterial species from natural teeth and implants region were analyzed by student t-test. The results of this study were as follows: 1. PD was different in teeth between 2 groups(p<0.05), but the other parameters were not. 2. Statistically significant difference was not found in clinical parameters of implants between 2 groups. 3. All bacterial prevalences of teeth were higher in test group than in control group, and prevalence of T. forsythensis had statistically significant difference between 2 groups(p<0.05). 4. Prevalences of P. gingivalis and T. forsythensis are higher in test group than control group, and that of T. denticola is higher in control group than in test group. But there were no statistically significant differences between 2 groups. In conclusion, there is no statistically significant difference in prevalence of implant microbiology between 2 groups. But if the number of samples increased, it will be possible to find out statistical significance in prevalence of P. gingivalis. It seems that pocket of adjacent tooth influences prevalence of P. gingivalis. These results mean that improvement of the periodontal condition before implantation is very important.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.291-302
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• 2012

Purpose: It is to survey old men's utilization status of dental clinic and temporary-binding dentures and then to provide basic data to make a program for manufacturing old men's dentures and their teeth health education. Methods: Random selection was made on old men living in Daejeon and Chungnam, and a survey was conducted from April 15 to May 20, 2011. 500 questionnaires were distributed and 420 questionnaires were collected. Using spss 18.0 program, final analysis was made on 363 questionnaires except for 57 questionnaires which had missing value or showed some doubts about the unreliability. Results: 1. With respect to number of natural teeth as per the age, the upper/lower jaws had meaningful differences (P<.001), which means that the older the person is, the smaller number of natural teeth is. In the meantime, there was no meaningful difference according to sex. 2. With respect to kind of prosthetics installed in a mouth as per the age, there was meaningful difference in the upper jaws (P<.05) but there was no meaningful difference in the lower jaws. It was found out that the older the persons are, the more they use removable dentures while the younger the persons are, the more they use fixed partial dentures. 3. With respect to mouth health condition recognized by oneself, it showed bad (44.4%) and good (10.3%),which means recognition as bad is greater, and the age when prosthetics were first used is dispersed variously from below 40 to over 70. 4. Dental care institutions which they mainly used are hospital and clinics (91.5%), and 66.4% of them visited dental clinics lately. Preferential treatment if they go to dentists is as follows in the order of prosthetics (33.9%), gum treatment (24.2%) and pain treatment (14.9%). 5. 68.4% of them revisited dentists after installation of dentures and the reason for revisit is as follows in the order of poorly fitted dentures (35.1%), painful gum 25.9%, regular check-up 25.4% and difficult chewing 9.6%. Conclusion: As our country enters into an aging society, mouth health problem of old men has come to a serious issue, and therefore, a survey was conducted on some old men with respect to their utilization status of dental clinic and removable dentures in order to provide basic data for improvement of quality of their life, maintenance and enhancement of their mouth health. The study result shows that the older they are, the higher the loss rate of teeth as well as needs for prosthetics are, and thus it is thought the study will help to develop mouth health education program which may improve quality of old men's life by recovery of mouth functions declined due to loss of teeth and by regular check-up, education for mouth health control and following-up control of dentures.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2009

목적: 광범위 회전근 개 파열에 대해 개방적 완전 봉합이 가능하였던 환자들을 대상으로 수술 전, 후의 방사선학적 소견의 변화와 진행 정도를 회전근 개 재파열 정도 및 임상적 결과와 함께 비교 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 광범위 회전근 개 파열에 대해 개방적 완전 봉합술을 시행 받고 24개월 이상 추시가 가능하였던 33예를 대상으로 하였다. 임상적 평가는 American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons(ASES)의 견관절 기능 평가법을 기준으로 하였으며, 광범위 회전근 개 파열과 관련한 관절염의 정도는 Hamada의 분류법을 기준으로 하였다. 결과: ASES 점수는 수술 전 평균 37.6점에서 85.6점으로 호전되었다. 수술 전 acromiohumeral interval (AHI)은 평균 6.5 mm였으며, 수술 직후 평균 9.3 mm로 증가하였으나, 최종 추시에서 평균 6.5 mm로 다시 감소되는 소견을 보였다. Hamada 분류법에 따른 관절염의 방사선학적 단계는 수술 전과 수술 후 모두 그 단계가 낮을수록 보다 좋은 임상적 결과를 보였다. 결론: 광범위 회전근 개 파열에 대한 수술적 치료로서 개방적 완전 봉합술은 비록 수술 후 재파열이 발생하더라도 임상적으로는 통증 경감과 견관절 기능 향상 면에서 상당히 만족할만한 결과를 보였다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.441-451
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• 2011

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the eating behavior of patients in a bid to facilitate the improvement of their eating behavior, as eating behavior seemed to affect oral health and dietary habits. Methods : The subjects in this study were 235 patients who visited the dental hygiene practice lab at C college in South Jeonla Province. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed with the statistical package SPSS 12.0. Results : 1. When their self-awareness of dietary habits and oral health was checked in consideration of eating behavior, those who thought they had very good dietary habits and were in good oral health had meals three times a day. Their eating time was very irregular, and they took 15 to 20 minutes to eat. Their overeating frequency was three or four times a week, and their frequency of eating between meals was once or twice a week. 2. On the contrary, the daily eating frequency of the patients who found themselves to have very bad dietary habits and to be in bad oral health was not fixed, and their eating time was neither regular nor irregular. They spent less than 10 minutes having a meal, and their overeating frequency was once or twice a week. Their frequency of having a snack was three or four times a week, and as for food preference, they had a liking for meat. 3. The patients considered themselves to be in better health when they had balanced meals and good eating behavior, namely good dietary habits. And they rated their own dietary habits higher when they were in a good oral state, had no experiences to feel pain in the mouth and didn't receive any dental treatment, namely when they were in good oral health. Conclusions : This study attempted to investigate the influence of eating behavior on oral health awareness. Another limitation of this study is that the geographic scope was just confined to an urban community in South Jeonla Province without checking any possible regional gaps. However, it's quite evident that eating behavior exerts an influence on oral health awareness, and it seems worth doing to examine a larger number of subjects by utilizing objective oral health guidelines.

• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2004

목적: 불안정성 무지수근중수관절의 손상을 가진 환자에서 전방사상 인대의 재건술을 권장하고 있다. 전방사상 인대손상을 요측수근굴근건을 이용해 치료받은 2명의 환자들의 기능적 결과를 후향적 연구하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 전방사상인대 파열로 대능형중수관절의 불안정성을 지닌 2명의 환자가 요측수근굴건이식을 통해 재건술을 시행받았고 이환자들을 2년간 추시 분석하였다. 결과: 2년후의 추시 결과는 이들 모두 상당한 통증과 증상의 완화를 보였다. 건측에 비해 악력은 90$\%$로 회복되었다. 환자들은 주관적인 호전을 보였으며 "만약 이처럼 다친다면 다시 이러한 수술을 받을 것이다."라고 말했다. 결론: 이러한 손상에 대한 향상된 지식 을 통해 조기 진단과 정확한 진단이 가능해 환자가 적절히 처치될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.519-522
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• 2014

2년령 2 kg 말티즈가 진행성 사지마비와 목의 통증으로 내원하였다. 개는 알 수 없는 외상 이후 지난 2주간 스테로이드로 처치되었으나 점진적으로 상태가 악화되었고, 사지마비 상태가 되었다. 내원 시 개는 보행이 불가능한 사지마비 상태를 보였다. 방사선 사진과 CT 결과, C2의 가로골절과, 환추관절과 C2-C3의 불완전 탈구가 발견되었다. 추가적으로, MRI 상에서 뇌수종이 관찰되었다. Screw, Wire 와 PMMA를 사용한 C1-C3의 안정화가 시행되었다. 수술 후 4주에 임상 증상이 개선되었고, 개는 수술 6주 후에 이전과 마찬가지로 보행이 가능하였다. 본 증례의 Screw, Wire 와 PMMA를 안정화로 경추 골절을 효과적으로 치료하였다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1678-1727
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• 2006

This study was perfromed to develop the assessment guideline and endpoints for clinical trial with anticancer herbal medicine. The botanical products used to humans for long time may be applied to phase 3 clinical trial after submitting the evidences for safety and efficacy of them or completion of basic requirement of phase 1 and phase 2 for safety confirmation and dose determination. Syndrome improvement was chiefly evaluated by Zubrod and karnofsky(%) methods. We suggest the general clinical trial assessment with botanical products, by following assessment points, that is, tumor size for 50 points, survival fate for 10 points, major syndromes for 40 points. It is recommendable that the each symptom of Qi deficiency syndrome, blood deficiency syndrome and Qi stagnation syndrome was allocated by assessment points, Similarly, the each symptom was given the assessment points according to the severity of symptom, for example, slight for 3 points, moderate for 2 points and severe for 1 point in hepatocelluar carcinoma and lung cancer. Then, the efficacy of botanical products was evaluated by the difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment. Asking the neoplastic patients of questionnaire on physical, emotional, cognitive, social and role subjects availability, three more syndromes (Fatigue, Pain and Nausea/Vomit), quality of life(QOL) will be evaluated by GLM statistics. In addition, in case of lung cancer, 13 questions will be asked by the EORTC QLQ-C13 forms. As the assessment of endpoints for efficacy to reduce side effects induced by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the data of image scanning and hemato-urinalysis can be usefully applied on immune response, weight loss, indigestion, hemopoietic damage and injury of liver and kidney, while the changes of syndromes of side effect can be evaluated by differentiation methods of Qi and blood and five viscera. However, it is still necessary to determine the ratio between scientific analytical method and Oriental differentiation method as well as confirm the Oriental assessment endpoints by clinical trial. In addition, we suggest the continuous development of assessment endpoints on other carcinomas except of hepatocelluar carcinoma and lung cancer in future.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.212-219
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• 2009

내측으로 퇴축된 대범위 이상의 회전근 개 파열은 대범위 파열과 광범위 파열, 봉합이 불가능한 파열을 포함한다. 봉합 이 가능한 경우 일반적으로 사용되는 관절경 하 봉합술이나 개방적 봉합술을 시행할 수 있다. 그러나 관절경 감시하의 봉 합법은 무척 인내를 요하며 장기간의 긴 학습곡선을 필요로 한다. 봉합이 불가능할 경우에는 관절경 하에서 변연절제술(debridement)이나 부분 봉합술(partial repair)을 시행할 수 있고, 때로 광배근 이전술이나 역형 인공관절술을 시행할 수 도 있다. 관절경 하에서 변연절제술(debridement)은 국소 마취제의 견봉하 주사후에 통증의 완화와 운동범위의 향상을 경험한 환자들에게 일시적인 호전을 얻을 수 있다. 역시 봉합이 불가능 할 경우에 관절경하에서의 부분 봉합술(partial repair)을 시행하여 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 상견갑 신경의 신연에 의한 생리적 신경차단(suprascapular nerve traction neurapraxia)이 있는 경우에 특히 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 건 이식은 수평까지 어깨를 들어 올릴 수 있을 정도의 경도에 서 중등도 근력 약화의 경우에 장기적인 치료로 사용될 수 있다. 전상방 회전근 개 파열에 대하여 대흉근(Pectoralis major sternal head)의 근 이전술이 사용될 수 있으며, 후상방 회전근 개 파열의 경우에는 광배근(Latissimus dorsi) 근 이전술이 사용되고 있다. 역 견관절 치환술(Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis)은 어깨 관절의 근력이 극도로 약화된 가성 마비 (pseudoparalysis)에서 유용한 치료로 사용될 수 있다. 저자들은 내측으로 퇴축된 대범위 이상의 회전근 개 파열에서 관절경하 봉합법의 시행에 대하여 고찰하고자 하였으며, 봉합이 불가능한 파열의 경우에 변연절제술, 부분 봉합 및 건 이전술과 역 견관절 치환술의 이용에 대하여 고찰하고자 하였다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2021

This study's purpose is to report the effectiveness of Korean medicine treatment to posterior cruciate ligament tear patients due to traffic accident. 2 patients were treated with Korean medicine by acupuncture, pharmacopuncture and herbal medication. We assessed the knee pain and functional improvement by using numeric rating scale (NRS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities arthritis (WOMAC) index and EuroQol-5 dimension (EQ-5D) index. After treatment, NRS decreased from 6 to 2 in case 1 and from 5 to 3 in case 2. EQ-5D index chaged from 0.465 to 0.72 in case 1 and from 0.719 to -0.171 in case 2. WOMAC index decreased from 82 to 13 in case 1 and from 55 to 54 in case 2. NRS improved in both cases, but WOMAC index and EQ-5D index improved in only one case. Korean medicine treatment could be helpful for posterior cruciate ligament tear traffic accident patients. However, further clinical studies are needed to clarify the effectiveness to the patients with old age, degeneration and accompanying injury.