• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2018

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the impact peak force and kinematic variables in running speed and investigate the relationship between them. Method: Thirty-nine male heel strike runners ($mean\;age=21.7{\pm}1.6y$, $mean\;mass=72.5{\pm}8.7kg$, $mean\;height=176.6{\pm}6.1cm$) were recruited in this investigation. The impact peak forces during treadmill running were assessed, and the kinematic variables were computed using three-dimensional data collected using eight infrared cameras (Oqus 300, Qualisys, Sweden). One-way analysis of variance ANOVAwas used to investigate the influence of the running speed on the parameters, and Pearson's partial correlation was used to investigate the relationship between the impact peak force and kinematic variables. Results: The running speed affected the impact peak force, stride length, stride frequency, and kinematic variables during the stride phase and the foot angle at heel contact; however, it did not affect the ankle and knee joint angles in the sagittal plane at heel contact. No significant correlation was noted between the impact peak force and kinematic variables in constantrunning speed. Conclusion: Increasing ankle and knee joint angles at heel contact may not be related to the mechanism behind reducing the impact peak force during treadmill running at constant speed.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2017

Noise complaints among neighbors in apartment building are mainly caused by floor impact noise that is structure born noise due to occupant induced floor vibration. To control this noise problems many researchers have investigated floor systems and finishing materials. Light-weight impact noise affects by finishing materials, but heavy-weight impact noise induced by heel impacts during normal walking or jumping of children is concerned with structural system and floor vibration. To figure out the characteristics of floor impact noise and transmission of floor vibration due to human activities, vibration tests were conducted in apartment buildings. Impact hammer, heel drop and walking activities were loaded at center of upstairs living room, and accelerations of slabs for both upstairs and downstairs and sound pressure levels for downstairs were measured. The acceleration ratio of transmitted floor vibration to downstairs and human induced vibration in upstairs was between 0.5 and 1.0 according to slab size, wall, and load type. And floor impact noise occurred in the range of natural frequency of slab.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.186-193
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• 2003

Floor vibrations in residence and office buildings are typically induced by heel drop and walking movement of occupants. The criteria of most vibration provisions have been developed based on the vibration caused by heel drop impact rather than walking. There may be considerable differences between the vibration characteristics induced by walking and heel drop. The effect of walking vibration was not well reflected on current provisions. In this paper, shaking table test was performed to investigate the human perception level against the vibrations due to walking and heel drop. This study attempts to compare the human Perception level of two different vibration sources. Also, this study investigates the effect of damping on a Perception level under heel drop and walking vibration.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

Excessive pronation and impact force during running are related to various running injuries. To prevent these injuries, three type of running shoes are used, such as cushioning, stability, and motion control. Although there were may studies about the effect of midsole hardness on impact force, no study to investigate biomechanical effect of motion control running shoes. The purpose of this study was to determine biomechanical difference between cushioning and motion control shoes during treadmill running. Specifically, plantar and rearfoot motion, impact force and loading rate, and insole pressure distribution were quantified and compared. Twenty male healthy runners experienced at treadmill running participated in this study. When they ran on treadmill at 3.83 m/s. Kinematic data were collected using a Motion Analysis eight video camera system at 240 Hz. Impact force and pressure distribution data under the heel of right foot were collected with a Pedar pressure insole system with 26 sensors at 360 Hz. Mean value of ten consecutive steps was calculated for kinematics and kinetics. A dependent paired t-test was used to compare the running shoes effect (p=0.05). For most kinematics, motion control running shoes reduced the range of rearfoot motion compared to cushioning shoes. Runners wearing motion control shoe showed less eversion angle during standing less inversion angle at heel strike, and slower eversion velocity. For kinetics, cushioning shoes has the effect to reduce impact on foot obviously. Runners wearing cushioning shoes showed less impact force and loading rate, and less peak insole pressure. For both shoes, there was greater load on the medial part of heel compared to lateral part. For pressure distribution, runners with cushioning shoes showed lower, especially on the medial heel.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2013

본 연구는 골프 드라이버의 임팩트 위치에 따른 소리의 특성을 평가하고자 하였다. 일정한 임팩트 소리를 발생시키기 위하여 골프공 자유낙하 장치를 고안하여 사용하였다. 임팩트 소리의 시간에 따른 진폭과 주파수영역에서 파워의 피크값 분포가 드라이버 헤드면의 임팩트 위치에 따라 다르게 나타났으나 재현성이 부족하여 비교할 수 없었다. 드라이버의 임팩트 부위에 따른 소리를 구분하기 위하여 대안적인 방법으로 파워스펙트럼 누적합(cumsum)을 사용하였다. 파워스펙트럼 누적합의 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%에 해당하는 주파수를 비교한 결과 드라이버 면의 중앙(center)에서 발생하는 임팩트 소리의 40% 누적합주파수가 바깥쪽(toe)과 안쪽(heel)에서 발생하는 임팩트 소리에 비하여 유의하게 낮은 것을 관찰하였다. 이러한 결과는 드라이버 헤드면의 중앙이 바깥쪽 또는 안쪽에 비하여 임팩트 소리의 저주파수 성분 파워가 상대적으로 높다는 것을 시사하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2010

During running, the human body experiences repeated impact force between the foot and the ground. The impact force is highly associated with injury of the lower extremity, comfort and running performance. Therefore, shoemakers have developed shoes with various midsole properties to prevent the injury of lower extremity, improve the comfort and enhance the running performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate influence of midsole hardness on shock absorption along the human body during running. Thirty two expert runners consented to participate in the study and ran at a constant speed with three different pairs of shoes with soft, medium and hard midsole respectively. Using accelerometers we measured the shock absorption from shoe heel to cervical vertebral column. In conclusion, at the shoe heel, shock was the greatest with the hard midsole. However because most shock was absorbed between shoe heel and the knee, notable influence of midsole was not detected upper knee. At shoe heel, regardless of midsole hardness, the shock of younger female was the greatest. The authors expect to apply this result for providing a guideline for utilizing proper midsole hardness for manufacturing age and gender-specific shoe.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집(I)
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• pp.70-73
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• 2006

Recently, several researches have been performed on the prediction of vertical vibration on structures by using an analytical method. However, these studies have been focused on mainly the vibration analysis through analytical modeling of structures. This study aims to investigate the characteristics of vertical vibration transfer in terms of the directions of transfer(upward transfer and downward transfer) on the shear wall building structures due to heel-drop impact forces. In order to examine the characteristics of vertical vibration transfer, the mode analysis and the impact experiment were conducted several times on two shear wall building structures. The results of this study suggest that the characteristics of vertical vibration transfer are similar in terms of the directions of transfer.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2019

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of midsole hardness of running shoe on muscle fatigue and impact force during distance running. Method: Ten healthy college recreational runners who were performing distance running at least three times a week participated in this experiment. They were asked to run for 15 minutes in the treadmill at 10 km/h with running shoes having three different types of midsole hardness (Soft, Medium, Hard). EMG signal and insole pressure were collected during the first and last one minute for each running trials. Data were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures. Results: Midsole hardness did not affect the consistency of stride length. For the median frequency of the EMG signal, only VL was affected by midsole hardness; that of medium was greater than other midsoles (p<.05). The loading rate of impact forces increased by midsole hardness (p<.01). Conclusion: Although soft midsole could attenuate impact forces at heel contact, it might have a negative effect on the fatigue of muscle which could decelerate the body after heel contact. Therefore, it is necessary to select the optimum hardness of midsole carefully for both reduction impact forces and muscle fatigue.

• Clinical Pain
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2019

Plantar heel pain is a common clinical problem in foot and ankle clinics. Typically, several conditions such as plantar fasciitis, fat pad atrophy, and calcaneal fracture may lead to plantar heel pain. However, subcalcaneal bursitis occurred between plantar fascia and plantar fat pad has rarely been described as a cause of plantar heel pain. To our knowledge, subcalcaneal bursitis has been reported only once, but there was no mention of preceding factors. We firstly present a case of subcalcaneal bursitis occurred after excessive walking exercise known as "Nordic walking" and successfully managed with conservative treatments that relieve impact on plantar heel.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.379-386
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• 2009

주행 중 인체는 발과 지면 사이의 반복적인 충격력을 경험한다. 충격력은 하지의 부간 편안함 그리고 주행 능력과 높은 연관성이 있다. 이에 신발 메이커들은 하지의 부상을 줄이고 편안함을 향상시키며 주행 능력을 개선하기 위하여 다양한 특성의 중저를 가진 신발을 개발하여 왔다. 본 연구의 목적은 남녀 주행 시 수직 지면반력 및 착지각도에 미치는 신발 중저 경도의 영향을 조사하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 전문 주자 남녀 각각 다섯 명이 본 실험에 참여하여 연질 중질, 경질의 운동화를 순차적으로 신고 동일한속도로 주행하도록 하였다. 결론적으로 성별과는 무관하게 최대 수직 지면반력, 충격력 정점, 디딤 시간은 신발 중저의 경도의 영향을 주지 못하였다. 하지만 중저가 경질이 될수록 부하 시간은 감소하고 부하율은 증가하였다. 이때 남성 참여자가 중저의 변화에 대하여 큰 차이를 보이지 않은 반면 여성 참여자는 상대적으로 더 민감한 반응을 보였다. 저자들은 본 연구의 결과가 향후 성별에 특화된 신발의 적절한 중저 경도를 결정하기 위한 가이드라인을 제공하는데 적용되기를 기대하는 바이다.