강풍, 폭우 등 이상기후의 대형화와 빈도 증가로 인해 나무가 부러지거나 쓰러지는 훼손이 증가하고 있으나 나무 내부의 공동, 부후 등 구조적 결함은 육안조사로 판별이 어렵기 때문에 예측을 통한 사전대응에 한계가 있다. 비파괴 음파단층촬영은 나무에 미치는 물리적 훼손을 최소화하면서 내부결함을 추정하는 방법으로 내부결함 진단에 효율적이 나 수종별 정확도에 차이가 발생하기 때문에 현장적용 전 측정결과의 신뢰성 분석이 선행되어야 한다. 이번 연구는 우리나라 대표 수종인 소나무와 은행나무 노거수를 대상으로 음파단층촬영의 신뢰성 검증을 위해 침입성 드릴저항 측정을 교차 적용하여 목재 내부결함을 측정하고 평가결과를 비교하였다. 두 집단 간 결함부 측정 평균값에 대한 t검정 결과 소나무는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없는 반면, 은행나무는 유의성에 차이가 있었다. 선형회귀분석 결과 두 수종 모두 드릴저항그래프의 결함이 증가할 때 음파단층영상 결함이 증가하는 양의 상관관계를 보였다.

The aims of the current study were to assess reliability of range of motion (ROM) measurement of glenohumeral internal rotation (GIR) with a pressure biofeedback stabilization (PBS) method and to compare the reliability between manual stabilization (MS) and the PBS method. In measurement of pure glenohumeral joint motion, scapular stabilization is necessary. The MS method in GIR ROM measurement was used to restrict scapular motion by pressing the palm of the tester’s hand over the subject’s clavicle, coracoid process, and humeral head. The PBS method was devised to maintain consistent pressure for scapular stabilization during GIR ROM measurement by using a pressure biofeedback unit. GIR ROM was measured by 2 different stabilization methods in 32 subjects with GIR deficit using a smartphone clinometer application. Repeated measurements were performed in two test sessions by two testers to confirm inter- and intra-rater reliability. After tester A performed measurements in test session 1, tester B’s measurements were conducted one hour later on the same day to assess the inter-rater reliability and then tester A performed again measurements in test session 2 for confirming the intra-rater reliability. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) (2,1) was applied to assess the inter-rater reliability and ICC (3,1) was applied to determine the intra-rater reliability of the two methods. In the PBS method, the intra-rater reliability was excellent (ICC=.91) and the inter-rater reliability was good (ICC=.84). The inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the PBS method was higher than in the MS method. The PBS method could regulate manual scapular stabilization pressure in inter- and intra-rater measuring GIR ROM. Results of the current study recommend that the PBS method can provide reliable measurement data on GIR ROM.

The purpose of this study was to measure intra-rater and inter-rater reliability and range of motion for measurement of passive shoulder internal rotation range of motion and to compare anterior glide distance of humeral head in three methods. Fifty healthy subjects and fifty patients with shoulder musculoskeletal pain were recruited for this study. The subjects' passive shoulder internal rotation range of motion was measured by visual estimation, manual stabilization, and pressure biofeedback unit methods. In two trials, measurements were performed on each subject by two examiners. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC(3,1)) was used to determine the reliability of each measurement. The intra-rater reliability of the three methods was excellent (ICC=.77~.93) in both groups. The inter-rater reliability of the visual estimation method was poor (ICC=.20, .29), the manual scapular stabilization method was poor and fair (ICC=.09, .50), and the pressure biofeedback unit method was excellent (ICC .86, .75) in the experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, the difference of examined range of motion by each examiner was significant in the visual estimation method and manual scapular stabilization method, but there was an insignificant difference between the groups is the pressure biofeedback unit method. This result suggests that the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of a pressure biofeedback unit was better than the other methods. The difference in distance of the anterior glide of humeral head was insignificant among all the methods. The pressure biofeedback unit method was the most reliable method, so it is proposed to be a new and reliable method to measure internal rotation range of motion.