• Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.63-74
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• 2022

PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare the effects of manual therapy with stabilization exercises to manual therapy alone, on neck pain and body functions in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain. METHODS: Twenty patients with chronic mechanical neck pain were recruited and randomly allocated into two groups. A control group(n = 10) was given the manual therapy alone and an experimental group(n = 10) was given the manual therapy with stabilization exercises. The intervention was carried out 3 days per week for 4 weeks. The cervical resting pain, the most painful motion pain, craniocervical flexor endurance, forward head posture and neck disability index were used to assess participants at baseline and after 4 weeks. RESULTS: A comparison of the parameters before and after the intervention showed that both groups experienced significant improvements in the resting pain, the most painful motion pain, craniocervical flexor endurance, and forward head posture except for the forward head posture in the control group. A comparison of the parameters between the groups did not show a significant difference. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that the combined intervention of manual therapy with stabilization exercise does not seem to be more effective than manual therapy alone for improving neck pain, craniocervical flexor endurance, forward head posture, and the neck disability index in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain.

• Journal of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.18-27
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to review the studies of musculotendinous releasing manual therapy and suggestions for clinical application. Methods: Derive research questions using the scoping review methodology. Searching for related studies, the studies were selected, and the data were analyzed and reported. We searched domestic database for studies on musculotendinous releasing manual therapy reported till April 2023. We reviewed 82 studies excluding duplicate studies and 13 studies were selected. Results: Five studies were literature studies and eight studies were clinical studies. Among the five literature studies, two studies investigating and analyzing general manual therapy, one study investigating manual therapy applied to frozen shoulders, and one systematic literature review to investigate the economic effects of manual therapy, one study using tools. There was one study examining research trends in manual therapy. Eight clinical studies were conducted on patients with Achilles tendinitis, tennis elbow, meralgia paresthetica and obesity. Conclusions: Musculotendinous releasing manual therapy is thought to be applicable not only to musculoskeletal disease but also to changes in body shape due to connective tissue.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.9-21
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• 2012

Background: The purpose of this study was to analysis and to give information about the type of orthopedic manual physical therapy research by KAOMPT Journal from 1995 (Volume 1) to 2011 (Volume 17). The number of research paper were total 212 studies. Method: The studies were analysed with retrospective descriptive study. The results of data analysis was as follow; Results & Conclusion: 1. The studies was analysed 6 study field; manual therapy for disease field (130 studies), the therapeutic (16 studies), the effects of manual therapy education method, learning model (7 studies), medical insurance, history, politics of manual therapy (3 studies), and others (19 studies). 2. In the manual therapy of disease field, there were 4 groups of disease; bone disease (43 studies), soft tissue and muscles disease (57 studies), nerve disease(24 studies), and the others (6 studies). The main disease were low back pain, stroke, HIVD. 3. In the assessment, and intervention field, there were only 5 studies during from 1995 to 2000, but the studies from 2001 to 2011 were more increased 21 studies. 4. In the effects of manual therapy education method, learning model, there were very few studies (7 studies), so it will be needed more studies in this field. 5. In the other fields such as more political issue, history, medical insurance for the manual therapy there were few studies, so it will be needed more advanced studies in this field.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.411-417
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• 2018

This paper proposes and implements an on-line instruction manual system which can generate the instruction manual page for the target device at the smartphone on the spot. The instruction manual app. on smartphone scans a QR code or reads NFC tag attached in the instruction manual management module embedded in the target device, and receives instruction manual data from the instruction manual management module through the Bluetooth communications and finally shows the refined instruction manual pages on the smartphone display using a Web-based templates. For the evaluation we embedded the instruction manual management module for an industrial generator with its instruction manual data. Assuming a circumstance of blackout we show that the proposed system can reduce the repair work within two steps compared to three steps in the existing one without the proposed system.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 2000

PURPOSE; The main purpose of this study is to develop a new learning model of Orthopedic Manual Therapy. METHOD; From 1997 to 1999, this survey was made of 318 students who had attended in Orthopedic Manual Therapy subject. RESULT; Results show that regard satisfaction with lecture was as 'good' by 235 person(73.3%). And the most interest subject among the therapists was orthopedic manual therapy(44.63%), next NDT(25.62%). CONCLUSION; This study suggest a new learning model of orthopedic manual therapy used by Role-play model and Coner study model. So we can be lecture effectively to focus students.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.93-97
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• 2010

Purpose: The first purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reciprocal inhibition that influence changes in pain when applied to patients with culf cramps. The second purpose of this study was to determine the effect of manual therapy on iliaosacral joint that influence changes number of occurrences when applied to patients with frequent nocturnal culf cramps. Methods: The first study using reciprocal inhibition techniques to 20 patients with calf cramps and saw the change in pain. The second study using manual therapy on iliaosacral joint to 2 patients with frequent nocturnal culf cramps and saw the change in number of occurrences during the week. Results: The pain and number of occurrences were significantly difference between pre-treatment and post treatment. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, we found that reciprocal inhibition decreased pain and that manual therapy on iliaosacral joint decreased number of occurrences.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.43-55
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• 2004

This thesis is designed to discuss the development of the Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy and establish a development strategy for the future. The development has been achieved with the enthusiasm and interest of physical therapists from all over the country over the past 10 years since the establishment and the Academy has been receiving attention from the medical part. The Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy will develop a variety of training programs for the research and development of orthopedic manual therapy and will establish a development strategy and master plan for the future in order to lay a foundation for orthopedic manual therapy.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.93-100
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• 2010

It is recommended that the villagers should organize their own council based on the resources which the village owns to manage the experience programs in the experience village, but it is criticized that there is no consideration about inhabitants abilities when the project is about to be constructed and the programs is developed. This research is purposed to develop the manual which is depending on urban-rural correlative experience programs conduct that is developed by the test to increase inhabitants abilities effectively. Therefore, the manual of the programs should be utilized as a early guide to help the village jump up to the standard level of program procedure, and the inhabitants should create ideas continually to develop better programs on the basis of the manual rather depending on the manual. And for another, the manual should often be upgraded to understand the process of historical changes of the village.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.148-153
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• 2008

Although manual traction, one of pain therapies, was applied in clinic to relief pain, the study was rare on the manual force and displacement of ligaments at knee joint during manual traction. The aim of this study is to quantify not only manual force at knee joint but also elongated displacement of joint ligament by C-arm scanning and motion analysis. Twenty-one healthy subjects were tested with manual traction from grade I to grade III under neutral position by a physical therapist. We calculated traction force using joint farces of both hands and elongated displacement of joint ligament were measured. The results showed that traction forces by C-arm scanning analysis were averagely 1.67-fold greater than those by motion analysis, but elongated displacements were instead averagely 2.36-fold smaller than motion analysis. Finally, we could estimate relationship between traction force and elongated displacement at knee joint by two methods.

• Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.59-63
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• 2014

Purpose : To determined the effect of self-stretching and manual therapy on ankle joint about ROM and persisting effect. Method : Twenty participants(6 male, 14 female) ramdomly divided into self-stretching and manual therapy group. Each participant started with lunge test then self-stretching and manual therapy intervention was performed. After intervention lunge test was performed again. Last lunge test was performed after 30 minute break. Result : Result of lunge test showed both self-stretching and manual therapy group have significant difference in immediate increase of ROM and persistence effect(p<0.05). However, persistence effect of each group did not show significant difference(p>0.05). Conclusion : Manual therapy and well-designed self-stretching by therapist showed the effect in increase ROM.