Background: The transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TNES) is the most used non-invasive treatment method in physical therapy. As the mobile TENS (MTENS) has become popular, patients with pain have started using MTENS to reduce pain.
Objectives: To evaluate pain, range of motion, and muscle strength before and after using MTNES in patients with wrist pain.
Design: Quasi-experimental research.
Methods: We conducted an experiment with 80 patients; 15 patients were dropped out, and 35 and 30 patients were evaluated in the experimental group (EG) and control group (CG), respectively. Before and after using MTENS for 4 weeks, patients were evaluated using visual analogue scale (VAS), grip power, range of motion (ROM), and digital infrared thermography imaging (DITI). In the EG, electricity was applied for the MTENS device, while electricity was not applied in the CG. Results: A significant difference in pain reduction was observed between the EG and CG. In the EG, a significant difference in grip strength was also noticed before and after using the MTENS; patients showed significantly increased power grip and tip pinch. A significant difference was observed in pre-rest and post-test wrist ROM and DITI values.
Conclusion: MTENS is an appropriate procedure for patients with wrist pain.
Recently, with the development of technologies for the fourth industrial revolution, convergence and complex technology are being applied to aircraft, electronic home appliances and mobile devices, and the number of parts used is increasing. Increasing the number of parts and the application of convergence technologies such as HW (hardware) and SW (software) are increasing the No Defect Found (NDF) phenomenon in which the defect is not reproduced or the cause of the defect cannot be identified in the subsequent investigation systems after the discovery of the defect in the product. The NDF phenomenon is a major problem when dealing with complex technical systems, and its consequences may be manifested in decreased safety and dependability and increased life cycle costs. Until now, NDF-related prior studies have been mainly focused on the NDF cost estimation, the cause and impact analysis of NDF in qualitative terms. And there have been no specific methodologies or examples of a working-level perspective to reduce NDF. The purpose of this study is to present a practical methodology for reducing NDF phenomena through data mining methods using quantitative data accumulated in the enterprise. In this study, we performed a cluster analysis using market defects and design-related variables of mobile devices. And then, by analyzing the characteristics of groups with high NDF ratios, we presented improvement directions in terms of design and after service policies. This is significant in solving NDF problems from a practical perspective in the company.
본 연구는 오존수를 이용한 인체공학적 샴푸대가 분리 가능하고 미세분사 형식의 샤워헤드 와 높낮이 조절이 가능한 샴푸대를 개발할 수 있는 장치기술 및 그 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 개발결과 기존의 장치보다 피시술자 머리가 세발대 안으로 들어오는 인체공학적 디자인과 목받이 부분을 높게 제작하여 물튀김 방지를 완성하였다. 실험결과 물을 공급하는 통에 부착되어 있는 온수 유지 히터를 통 해 피시술자의 기호에 맞는 온도를 설정하여 시술 시 지연 시간 없이 온수 세발 가능하도록 온도센서를 통하여 확인한 결과 수온유지(38℃)가 일정하게 유지되었다. 그리고 오존수 변환장치 설치로 자체 살균 (1PPM) 및 정화 기능까지 가능한 장치의 효용성을 알 수 있었다. 오존수를 20분 정도 측정한 결과 오 존 농도가 1PPM 이하로 측정되어 안정성을 확보하였다. 최종적으로 오존수를 20분 정도 측정한 결과 오존 농도가 1PPM 이하로 측정되어 안정성을 확보하였고, 온수장치와 오존수 변환장치와 함께 이동 샴 푸대의 모든 부분이 사용자가 사용하기에 불편함이 없도록 설계 하였다.