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Three cases of paralytic strabismus which were treated electra-acupuncture at extraocular muscles (외안근 전침 자극을 이용한 마비성 사시 환자의 치험 3례)

  • Kim Nam Kwen;Hwang Chung Yeon
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.247-250
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    • 2003
  • Objectives : Strabismus refers to the muscle imbalanced that results from improper alignment of the visual axes of the two eyes. It may be divided into paralytic and nonparalytic strabismus. Paralytic strabismus is primarily result from neurologic problem and nonparalytic strabismus is more strictly opthalmologic problem. We try to improve the remedial value of acute paralytic strabismus. Methods : We treated the cases by use of electra-acupuncture at paralytic extraocular muscles. The cases were treated almost daily and every treatment were enforced 10 minutes. We use the PG-306 electra-acupuncture products(Suzuki Iryoki Co. Japan) and apply the low consequence wave of 1-8Hz Results : We found that two cases were recovered almost three months and one case is treated till now and improved. So we try to apply this treatment in many cases and make the treating protocol of acute paralytic strabismus.

The morphological study of Cornea in Man College Students (남자대학생들의 각막 형태 연구)

  • Kim, Douk Hoon;Yoo, Jae Tae
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2002
  • The physiology and morphology of cornea has effected on the ocular refractive status. Therefore the measurement of the anterior corneal surface by keratometer is used the treatment of the spectacles and contact lens by optician, optometrist, and ophthalmologist. Furthermore, currently the most corneal topographic mapping system have used the clinical optical shop, eye research center, and eye hospital. Because this method have a very fine data comparative to the previous instrument. The authors have measurement the cornea of the man college students by the corneal topographic mapping method. Especially this data will applied the clinical practice for the contact lens fitting. Especially in Korea, many man college students use the contact lens for the visual acuity and a beauty. Therefore the contact lens wear have increase per every year.

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A Study Measuring the Subjective Sensation and Objective Physiological Responses of Breast Prostheses (인조유방의 감촉에 대한 주관적 평가와 인체 생리적 반응 연구)

  • Oh, Hee-Kyoung;Oh, Hee-Sun;Kim, Jooyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.610-625
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    • 2020
  • This study suggests an alternative breast-prosthesis-making process for female breast cancer patients. From June 2018 to July 2018, we conducted a study using nine females between the ages 40-50 who never had breast cancer. We recorded the reported subjective sensations and objective physiological responses to different types of artificial breast materials: Trulife silicon breast prostheses (TS) and hand-made silk breast prostheses (HS). Considering the materials used in TS and HS individually, we studied the subjective sensation with regards to how each material functioned in a photo (VP), movement (VM) and the visual tactility (VT) sense. The results showed that comparing VP and VT led to more significant differences than those comparing VM and VT. In addition, there was a significant difference in terms of tactile sensation when comparing TS and HS with respect to subjective responses to texture. Subjects reported that HS felt more comfortable and gave a better cooling sensation. However, the measured objective physiological responses indicated that skin temperature was higher with HS than TS when touched. This research contributes to scholarship around alternative and new materials to build breast prostheses for women with breast cancer.

Comparative Luminance and Correlated Color Temperature of Work-place by a Fluorescent and LED Light Sources (LED광원과 형광광원에 의한 작업면의 휘도 및 색온도 비교)

  • Baik, Seung heon;Jeong, In Young;Kim, Jeong Tai
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2008
  • According to the tendency of energy efficiency and environment-friendly chracteristics, demend of High-efficiency lighting using LED(Light Emitting Diode)are being increased actively and applied in various fields. However, In order to adequate application of LED light sources, it is necessary to lighting environment and luminous characteristics of LED light sources. This Study aims to characterize the work-plane lighting environment by LED light sources comparing with fluorescent light sources which are widely used. For the sake of this study, a fluorescent light source and 5 LED light sources were introduced and luminance and correlated color temperature were measured to evaluate luminance contrast. The experimental model is Mock-up which is $4.9m{\times}7.2m$ with a height of 2.9m. The test room was set up partition and desks. Luminance and correlated color temperature were measured work-plane on the desk which was set up local lighting by the Radiant Imaging ProMetric 1400. The optical characteristics data of LED can give a lot of advantages to design LED lighting appliances. Hereafter, the object of research will be conducted to evaluate effects of LED light sources on working performance, survey of visual performance, preference and physiology of subjects.

Effects of Korean Medicine Treatments on Pain Reduction of Thoracolumbar Compression Fracture Patients : A Restrospective Observational Study (흉추 및 요추 압박골절 환자의 통증 감소에 대한 한의학적 치료 효과 : 후향적 관찰연구)

  • Oh, Seung Joon;Jo, Dong Chan;Li, Yu Chen;Lee, Eun Jung
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.283-290
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    • 2018
  • The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of Korean medicine treatments on pain reduction of thoracolumbar compression fracture patients. We analysed 48 patients who have been diagnosed as thoracolumbar compression fracture on Computed Tomography(CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) scan and had admitted to Dunsan Korean Medical hospital from January 1,2014 to April 4, 2017. The analysis was conducted as retrospective study which analyzes patient's medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS statistics 24 program. We used Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and pain reduction scale to evaluate pain reduction of patients. The result showed that there were statistically significant pain reduction on thoracolumbar compression fracture patients treated with korean medicine treatments. In conclusion, we found that the korean medicine treatments showed positive effect on pain reduction of thoracolumbar compression fracture patients.

Clinical Report of One Patient with the Wallenberg's syndrome by Cheonghunhwadam-tang (청훈화담탕(淸暈化痰湯) 투여를 통한 Wallenberg증후군 환자 치험 1례)

  • Kim, Yong-Jeong;Yun, Jong-Min;Park, Sae-Wook;Lee, Min-Goo;Lee, Si-Hyeong;Lee, Seung-Eon
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.284-288
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    • 2005
  • The main symptoms of the Wallenberg's syndrome are ataxia of gait, clumsiness of ipsilateral limbs, nausea and vomiting, vertigo, visual disturbance such as difficulty in focusing blurred vision diplopia, numbness, dysphagia, hoarseness, hiccup, nystagmus, Horner's syndrome. The purpose of this paper is to report the patient with the Wallenberg's syndrome who was improved by oriental medical treatment. The vertigo of the Wallenberg's syndrome is classed as the pungwhadam(風火痰) and we prescribed Cheonghunhwadam-tang. The intensity and frequency of vertigo wewe dramayically improved.

Clinical Case of the Korean Medical Treatment for the Patient with Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome (전골간신경 증후군의 치료증례 보고)

  • Min, Seon Jeon;Kim, Jin Hee;Kim, Min Su;Yeam, Seung-Ryong;Kwon, Young-Dal
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.425-429
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest a possibility of the Korean medical treatment in patient with anterior interoseous nerve entrapment syndrome. The patient treated with acupunture, herbal medicine and Needle-embedding Therapy from April 19th to May 15th. We measured Visual Analotgue Scale(VAS), and Observed the change in body tempreture using Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging(DITI). After received Korean medical treatment, the patient showed improvement in muscle strength, sensation, VAS, temperature differential. Therefore we can consider Korean medical treatment before operation in interosseous nerve syndrome.

Jaw Tremors with Agitation : Two Cases Report (번조(煩躁)를 동반한 턱떨림 환자 2례에 대한 증례 보고)

  • Han, In Sik;Sun, Seung Ho;Oh, Hyun Suk;Lee, Deuk Soo;Lee, Yong Hyun;Jeong, Jong Jin;Lee, Won Chul
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.142-147
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to report the effect of Korean medicine and acupuncture in jaw tremor with Agitation. We studied two inpatients who had jaw tremor with agitation in the OO University Korean medicine hospital. They was treated with acupuncture (LU8, LR4, HT3, LR2) and herbal medicine. The effect of treatment was evaluated by Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and motor examination of Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale(UPDRSIII). Both VAS of jaw tremor symptom and agitation and UPDRSIII score of tremor were decreased. The result suggest the combination treatment of herbal medicine and acupuncture might be effective for the jaw tremor with agitation.

Research Trends on the Acupuncture Treatment of Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (어깨 충돌증후군의 침치료에 관한 연구 동향)

  • Yoon, Kwang Sik
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate reasearch trend of acupuncture treatment on shoulder impingement syndrome. This study investigated the recent studies about acupuncture treatment for shoulder impingement syndrome via searching Korean and foreign electronic databases(Research Information Services, National Digital Science Library, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integated Services, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure). The search term was searched by combining 'shoulder impingement sydrome', 'subacrominal pain', 'acupuncture', 'needle therapy', and was limited to the articles published from 2005 to 2017. 14 studies were found to be analyzed according to the type of study, the number of cases, the type of treatment, the instruments for assessment and published year. 14 studies were published since 2005, 6 case reports, 8 randomized controlled trials. In the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome, treatments such as acupuncture, acupotomy, pharmacopuncture, laser acupuncture, combined treatment of exercise and rehabilitation were performed. Visual analogue scale(VAS), range of motion(ROM) and various questionnaires were used as primary assessments. In each study, acupuncture treatment was reported to have a significant effect in the pain, range of motion and disability of shoulder impingement syndrome. In order to ensure objective evidence on acupuncture treatment, large scale case reports and randomized controlled trials should be continued.

Intraocular Injection of Muscimol Induces Illusory Motion Reversal in Goldfish

  • Lee, Sang-Yoon;Jung, Chang-Sub
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.469-473
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    • 2009
  • Induced activation of the gamma-aminobutyric $acid_A$ ($GABA_A$) receptor in the retina of goldfish caused the fish to rotate in the opposite direction to that of the spinning pattern during an optomotor response (OMR) measurement. Muscimol, a $GABA_A$ receptor agonist, modified OMR in a concentration-dependent manner. The $GABA_B$ receptor agonist baclofen and $GABA_C$ receptor agonist CACA did not affect OMR. The observed modifications in OMR included decreased anterograde rotation $(0.01\sim0.03\;{\mu}M)$, coexistence of retrograde rotation and decreased anterograde rotation $(0.1\sim30\;{\mu}M)$ and only retrograde rotation $(100\;{\mu}M\sim1\;mM)$. In contrast, the $GABA_A$ receptor antagonist bicuculline blocked muscimol-induced retrograde rotation. Based on these results, we inferred that the coding inducing retrograde movement of the goldfish retina is essentially associated with the GABAA receptor-related visual pathway. Furthermore, from our novel approach using observations of goldfish behavior the induced discrete snapshot duration was approximately 573 ms when the fish were under the influence of muscimol.