Publications by authors named "Ho-Jun Kwak"
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- The study focused on how a nasogastric tube (NGT) affects swallowing in stroke patients by comparing three groups: stroke patients with a NGT, stroke patients without one, and healthy adults.
- Results showed that stroke patients with the NGT had less hyoid bone movement while swallowing than those without it, but their movement improved to normal levels after the NGT was removed.
- The findings suggest that NGT negatively impacts swallowing mechanics in stroke patients, but these effects are reversible upon removal of the tube.
The fabella is a small sesamoid bone generally located in the tendon of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius behind the lateral condyle of the femur. Fabella syndrome is the occurrence of posterolateral knee pain associated with the fabella. It is a rare cause of knee pain that is often misdiagnosed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the effect of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) on hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) syndrome.
Methods: In this monocentric, randomized, patient-assessor blinded, placebo-controlled trial, patients with HSP were randomly divided into the rESWT (n=17) and control (n=17) groups. Treatment was administered four times a week for 2 weeks.
[Purpose] To report the effects of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (RSWT) on heterotopic ossification (HO). [Subjects and Methods] Two cases of neurogenic HO in the upper extremity were administered RSWT using the MASTER PLUS(®) MP 2000 (Storz, Tägerwilen, Switzerland) and ultrasonographic guidance. The RSWT protocol consisted of 3,000 pulses at a frequency of 12 Hz during each treatment.
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