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EFECTS OF LATERAL GUIDANCE AND CHEWING PATTERN ON MASTICATORY MUSCLE ACTIVITY AND OCCLUSAL CONTACT (측방유도형태 및 저작습관이 저작근 활성도 및 교합접촉에 미치는 영향)

  • Koh, Joon-Won;Jung, Young-Wan;Cho, Hye-Won;Jin, Tae-Ho
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.598-614
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    • 1998
  • This study was performed to investigate the influence of lateral guidance pattern and chewing pattern on masticatory muscle activity and occlusal contact pattern. Twenty-five patients with temporomandibular disorders and thirty students without temporomandibular disorders were selected for this study. Electromyographic examination and occlusal contact examination were performed simultaneously with Bio-Pak System (Bioresearch Inc.,U.S.A.) and T-Scan System(Tekscan Co., USA). The obtained results were as follows : 1. The EMG activity of masseter and anterior temporal muscle in patient group with canine guidance was higher than with non-canine guidance. but there was no significant difference (p>0.05). 2. The EMG activity of anterior temporal muscle in normal group with non-canine guidance was higher at preferred chewing side than at opposite side (p<0.05). 3. The EMG activity of masseter muscle was higher in normal group than in patient group (p<0.05). 4. The number of occlusal contact in patient group with canine guidance was higher than with non-canine guidance, but there was no significant difference (p>0.05). 5. The occlusal contact force at preferred chewing side was higher in patient group than in normal group(p<0.05).

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The Effect of a Hospital Life Guidance Movie for Elderly In-patients (노인을 대상으로 한 입원생활 안내 동영상의 효과)

  • Jeong, Hyeon-Cheol;Seong, Kea-Mi;Jeong, Mi-Yang
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.142-148
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: This study was done to determine how a hospital life guidance movie enhanced the understanding of hospital life by elderly in-patients. Method: A non-equivalent control group post-test design was used for the study. The experimental group watched a movie on guidance for hospital life while an in-patient control group read corresponding guidance booklets. The understanding and satisfaction from the respective programs for the two groups were surveyed with a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS. Results: The group which watched the movie had a better understanding of hospital life than the group which read the booklets. The patients who watched the movie also expressed more satisfaction with their guide program than the patients who only read the booklets. Understanding of hospital life had relevance to satisfaction with the given program. Conclusion: The results of this study suggests that a movie on hospital life provides better guidance which helps the prospective patients understand and adapt better to their hospital life. Therefore, this type of movie is considered to be an effective medium to provide guidance to elderly in-patients.

A Study on Developing Navigation for a Moving Destination Target

  • Jang, Eun-Gyeom;Lee, Won Joo
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2016
  • Vehicle and marine navigation which are currently being commercialized provide route guidance service by specifying a fixed position as a destination. In the route guidance service of existing navigation, if the destination has to be changed in the middle, a new destination must be designated again to obtain the navigation service. However, if the destination can't be designated, it is difficult to clearly use it. In this paper, in order to overcome the difficulties of directions in the existing navigation, a new navigation specifying moving targets as the destination has been developed to get the directions. A proposed system is that a group is made and a group manager is appointed as a destination and then a user can get the route guidance based on location of the group manager. In the service way, relationship between the group manager and user is one-to-many and relationship between the user and group manager is one-to-one. The proposed technology is able to provide services that the user can easily find the moving targets such as the positioning surrogate drivers, tracking routes and location among travelers and finding children.

Robotic-assisted gait training applied with guidance force for balance and gait performance in persons with subacute hemiparetic stroke

  • Son, Dong-Wook;Hwang, Sujin
    • Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.106-112
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    • 2017
  • Objective: Robot assisted gait training is implemented as part of therapy for the recovery of gait patterns in recent clinical fields, and the scope of implications are continuously increasing. However clear therapy protocols of robot assisted gait training are insufficent. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of robot-assisted gait training applied with guidance force on balance and gait performance in persons with hemiparetic stroke. Design: Two group pre-test post-test design. Methods: Nineteen persons were diagnosed with hemiparesis following stroke participated in this study. The participants were randomly assigned to the unilateral guidance group or bilateral guidance group to conduct robot-assisted gait training. All participants underwent robot-assisted gait training for twelve sessions (30 min/d, 3 d/wk for 4 weeks). They were assessed with gait parameters (gait velocity, cadence, step length, stance phase, and swing phase) using Optogait. This study also measured the dynamic gait index (DGI), the Berg balance scale (BBS) score, and timed up and go (TUG). Results: After training, BBS scores were was significantly increased in the bilateral training group than in the unilateral guidance group (p<0.05). Spatiotemporal parameters were significantly changed in the bilateral training group (gait speed, swing phase ratio, and stance phase ratio) compared to the unilateral training group (p<0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that robot-assisted gait training show feasibility in facilitating improvements in balance and gait performance for subacute hemiparetic stroke patients.

The effects of group guidance program using positive psychology for national security related university entrants' psychological wellbeing (긍정심리학을 활용한 집단지도 프로그램이 대학생의 심리적 안녕감에 미치는 영향 -국가안보관련학과 신입생을 중심으로-)

  • Jung, Joo-Sub
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.48
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    • pp.235-258
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to find out the effectiveness of the group guidance program using positive psychology for national security related university entrants' psychological wellbeing. This study is to investigate the influence of group guidance program on the increase of psychological well-being of university entrants through active and deliberate program based on the positive psychology. To achieve this purpose, thirty nine students (male 19, female 20) among national security related university entrants were selected and allocated to experimental and comparative groups. Experimental group was nineteen students (male 10, female 9), and comparative group was twenty students (male 9, female 11). Experimental group was divided into two teams (male and female team), and guided by each leader. The group guidance was participated in total ten-week sessions, fifty mins per week. The results were as follows; First, the group guidance program using positive psychology for national security related university entrants' had a positive effect on the students' psychological wellbeing. Second, effects of subordinate factors (autonomy, controling environment, personal growth, positive relations) in comparison in pre and post test of program had an influence very positive or positive, while one factor (purpose in life) didn't show a positive effect.

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Complementary health education and clinical guidance for treating women experiencing infertility along with unexplained resistant hyperprolactinemia

  • Atef M.M. Darwish;Dina A.M. Darwish
    • Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.158-165
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    • 2023
  • This study prospective randomized controlled trial aims to test the impact of adding health education, awareness of some contributing factors and clinical guidance to therapeutic cabergoline given to infertile women with unexplained resistant hyperprolactinemia. It comprised 120 infertile women with unexplained persistent hyperprolactinemia not responding to therapeutic doses of cabergoline 1.5-2 mg/week who were subjected to proper history taking to exclude concomitant drug intake or possible brain problems in all cases. They were classified into group A (60 cases) who received health education and clinical guidance to search for possible contributing factors and were instructed to avoid them in addition to proper therapeutic doses of cabergoline, while group B (60 cases) received proper therapeutic doses of cabergoline only without clinical guidance. After 1 month, serum prolactin (PRL) was measured for all cases. All cases had high PRL level at the start of the study (79.9±28.4 [39-195] and 78.2±19.9 [42-189] in group A and B, respectively) without any significant difference. Pretreatment counselling revealed that lifestyle factors, sexual behaviors or feeding habits may contribute to resistant hyperprolactinemia in all cases without a significant difference between both groups. Serum PRL dropped significantly more in group A (20.14±10.31 [11-45] vs. 49.32±37.03 [12-100]) after combined health education, clinical guidance of the couple and proper treatment. It is concluded that lifestyle factors, sexual behaviors, and feeding habits would affect the response of hyperprolactinemia to treatment. Health education and clinical guidance with some advice to avoid them, would concomitantly improve the response of resistant hyperprolactinemia to therapeutic doses of dopamine agonists.

An evaluation of the stress effect of different occlusion concepts on hybrid abutment and implant supported monolithic zirconia fixed prosthesis: A finite element analysis

  • Yesilyurt, Nilgün Gulbahce;Tuncdemir, Ali Riza
    • The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.216-225
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    • 2021
  • PURPOSE. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of canine guidance occlusion and group function occlusion on the degree of stress to the bone, implants, abutments, and crowns using finite element analysis (FEA). MATERIALS AND METHODS. This study included the implant-prosthesis system of a three-unit bridge made of monolithic zirconia and hybrid abutments. Three-dimensional (3D) models of a bone-level implant system and a titanium base abutment were created using the original implant components. Two titanium implants, measuring 4 × 11 mm each, were selected. The loads were applied in two oblique directions of 15° and 30° under two occlusal movement conditions. In the canine guidance condition, loads (100 N) were applied to the canine crown only. In the group function condition, loads were applied to all three teeth. In this loading, a force of 100 N was applied to the canine, and 200-N forces were applied to each premolar. The stress distribution among all the components of the implant-bridge system was assessed using ANSYS SpaceClaim 2020 R2 software and finite element analysis. RESULTS. Maximum stress was found in the group function occlusion. The maximum stress increased with an increase in the angle of occlusal force. CONCLUSION. The canine guidance occlusion with monolithic zirconia crown materials is promising for implant-supported prostheses in the canine and premolar areas.

Accuracy and Safety in Pedicle Screw Placement in the Thoracic and Lumbar Spines : Comparison Study between Conventional C-Arm Fluoroscopy and Navigation Coupled with O-Arm$^{(R)}$ Guided Methods

  • Shin, Myung-Hoon;Ryu, Kyeong-Sik;Park, Chun-Kun
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.204-209
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    • 2012
  • Objective : The authors performed a retrospective study to assess the accuracy and clinical benefits of a navigation coupled with O-arm$^{(R)}$ system guided method in the thoracic and lumbar spines by comparing with a C-arm fluoroscopy-guided method. Methods : Under the navigation guidance, 106 pedicle screws inserted from T7 to S1 in 24 patients, and using the fluoroscopy guidance, 204 pedicle screws from T5 to S1 in 45 patients. The position of screws within the pedicle was classified into four groups, from grade 0 (no violation cortex) to 3 (more than 4 mm violation). The location of violated pedicle cortex was also assessed. Intra-operative parameters including time required for preparation of screwing procedure, times for screwing and the number of X-ray shot were assessed in each group. Results : Grade 0 was observed in 186 (91.2%) screws of the fluoroscopy-guided group, and 99 (93.4%) of the navigation-guided group. Mean time required for inserting a screw was 3.8 minutes in the fluoroscopy-guided group, and 4.5 minutes in the navigation-guided group. Mean time required for preparation of screw placement was 4 minutes in the fluoroscopy-guided group, and 19 minutes in the navigation-guided group. The fluoroscopy-guided group required mean 8.9 times of X-ray shot for each screw placement. Conclusion : The screw placement under the navigation-guidance coupled with O-arm$^{(R)}$ system appears to be more accurate and safer than that under the fluoroscopy guidance, although the preparation and screwing time for the navigation-guided surgery is longer than that for the fluoroscopy-guided surgery.

Performance Analysis of Pursuit-Evasion Game-Based Guidance Laws

  • Kim, Young-Sam;Kim, Tae-Hun;Tahk, Min-Jea
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.110-117
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    • 2010
  • We propose guidance laws based on a pursuit-evasion game. The game solutions are obtained from a pursuit-evasion game solver developed by the authors. We introduce a direct method to solve planar pursuit-evasion games with control variable constraints in which the game solution is sought by iteration of the update and correction steps. The initial value of the game solution is used for guidance of the evader and the pursuer, and then the pursuit-evasion game is solved again at the next time step. In this respect, the proposed guidance laws are similar to the approach of model predictive control. The proposed guidance method is compared to proportional navigation guidance for a pursuit-evasion scenario in which the evader always tries to maximize the capture time. The capture sets of the two guidance methods are demonstrated.

Electromyographic Conmparative Study on Elevator Muscles before and after Occlusal Splint Therapy in Group Function Patients (Group function군에 대한 교합장치치료 전후에서 저작근의 근전도학적 연구)

  • Soo-Guen Lee;Keum-Back Shin;Bok Choi
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.205-215
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    • 1995
  • 저자는 두개하악장애 환자에 대한 교합장치 치료시 group function 교합이 있는 환자에서도 canine guidance교합으로 변화시켜 치료함이 정당한지를 근전도학적 측면과 임상적 측면에서 알아보고자 Group function 교합을 가진 20명의 두개하악장애환자와 10명의 정상인을 대상으로 교합장치치료 전, 도중, 후의 좌우측 교근 및 전측두근의 근전도를 측정하고 두개하악장애지수를 조사한 수 이들 자료를 분석 평가하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 정상인군에서 최대이악물기상태의 좌우측 교근 및 전측두근의 근전도는 교합장치치료 도중의 cannine guidance교합시가 교합장치치료전후의 group function 교합시에 비해 낮게 나타났다(P<0.01). 2. 두개하악장애군에서 최대이악물기 상태의 좌우측 교근 및 전측두근의 근전도는 교합장치치료 도중의 canine guidance교합시 교합장치치료전후의 group functin교합시에 비해 낮게 나타났다. (P<0.01). 3. 두개하악장애지수는 교합장치치료 전에 비해 치료 후 감소되는 경향을 나타냈었다(P<0.01)

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