PURPOSE: This research is a correlative study to assess the relationships of musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders and health promotion behavior of the daily plant construction workers. METHODS: The subjects were comprised of 306 daily plant construction workers by self-reported questionnaires on October 19, 2011. The instruments used for this study were musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders (NIOSH) and health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLP-II). The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 14.0. RESULTS: The scores of health promotion behavior of daily plant construction workers were 2.13, and the scores of health promotion behavior were significantly different depending on gender (t=-2.51, p=.013), religion (t=3.10, p=.002), owning house (t=2.59, p= .010), exercise (t=6.01, p<.001), time to rest during work (t=2.21, p=.027), and work satisfaction (F=8.97, p<.001). The musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders attack rate was 90.5%. The results of the correlative study to assess relationships showed significant negative correlation between musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders and health promotion behavior (r=-1.45, p=.011). CONCLUSION: The results of the study showed that it was lower level of health promotion behavior level. Therefore, to increase the health promotion behavior of the daily plant construction workers, a great deal of efforts are required at the level of the government, employers and workers.

PURPOSE: This research is a correlative study to assess the relationships of musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders and health promotion behavior of the daily plant construction workers. METHODS: The subjects were comprised of 306 daily plant construction workers by self-reported questionnaires on October 19, 2011. The instruments used for this study were musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders (NIOSH) and health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLP-II). The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 14.0. RESULTS: The scores of health promotion behavior of daily plant construction workers were 2.13, and the scores of health promotion behavior were significantly different depending on gender (t=-2.51, p=.013), religion (t=3.10, p=.002), owning house (t=2.59, p= .010), exercise (t=6.01, p<.001), time to rest during work (t=2.21, p=.027), and work satisfaction (F=8.97, p<.001). The musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders attack rate was 90.5%. The results of the correlative study to assess relationships showed significant negative correlation between musculoskeletal subjective symptoms disorders and health promotion behavior (r=-1.45, p=.011). CONCLUSION: The results of the study showed that it was lower level of health promotion behavior level. Therefore, to increase the health promotion behavior of the daily plant construction workers, a great deal of efforts are required at the level of the government, employers and workers.

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Child* ; Humans

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Humans ; Infant, Newborn*

BACKGROUND: There has been no clinical study of skin problems of the amputee in Korea and at Veterans Hospital, we have experienced so many skin problems of amputees. OBJECTIVE: We tried to observe skin problems of amputees and to relate them with sweating, poor hygiene, poor fit of socket, mechanical trauma, and duration of wearing prosthesis. METHODS: 125 extremity amputees who visited the Seoul Veterans Hospital during the period of 5 years from Jan. 1994 to Dec. 1998 were analyzed clinically. RESULTS: The study results are summarized as follows: 1. Among the 125 extremity amputees, the number of male patients was 124(99.2%) and that of female patients was 1(0.8%). The age distribution showed a peak incidence in the 7th decade(30.4%), followed by the 5th decade(28.8%), 6th decade(24.8%), and the mean age was 56.4 years. 2. The most common type of amputation was below the knee amputation(74 cases), the second was above the knee amputation(37 cases). 3. The duration of wearing prosthesis was above 20 years in 88 patients(70.4%), 16-20 years in 15(12%), 11-15 years in 11(8.8%), and 1-5 years in 6(4.8%). 4. The skin problems of the amputees were superficial fungal infection, chronic ulcer, intertriginous dermatitis, callus, corn, verrucous hyperplasia, verruca which were 63 cases(50.4%), 26 cases(20.80%), 17 cases(13.6%), 6 cases(4.8%), 5 cases(4%), 5 cases(4%), 3 cases(2.4%) respectively. 5. The predisposing factors of the dermatoses were mechanical trauma(84 cases) which acted as a cause of the chronic ulcer, intertriginous dermatitis, corn and callus, sweating(80 cases) and poor hygiene(11 cases) as those of superficial fungal infection, and poor fitting(6 cases) as that of verrucous hyperplasia. CONCLUSION: Superficial fungal infection and chronic ulcer were the main skin problems of the amputee. The longer the duration of wearing prosthesis, the more skin problems developed. The mechanical trauma and sweating were the major predisposing factors of stump dermatoses, especially of chronic ulcer and superficial fungal infection. Amputation is only the beginning of a long period of rehabilitation, and the treatment of the patient and the affected skin goes on for the rest of the patient's life. This clinical study suggests that the dermatologist must be concerned of the care of amputee's skin problems.
Age Distribution ; Amputation ; Amputees* ; Bony Callus ; Causality ; Dermatitis ; Extremities ; Female ; Hospitals, Veterans ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Hyperplasia ; Incidence ; Knee ; Korea ; Male ; Prostheses and Implants ; Rehabilitation ; Seoul ; Skin Diseases ; Skin* ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Ulcer ; Warts ; Zea mays

A 65-year-old woman with a deeply infiltrating basal cell carcinoma in the right ala underwent full-thickness excision of most of the ala, including the alar rim, crease, and the adjacent cheek, leaving a 'through-and-through' defect. Reconstruction was performed by using the reverse nasolabial flap and a cartilage graft across the alar defect, harvested from the concha, to prevent nostril collapse and to maintain the alar shape. The reverse or turnover nasolabial flap is a variant of the conventional nasolabial flap; however, it may be more suited for the repair of a full-thickness, lateral alar defect. The reverse nasolabial flap functions both as an inner liner and an outer cover and the repair is performed as a single-stage procedure. Furthermore, this flap can provide both excellent function and excellent cosmetic outcome.
Aged ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Cartilage* ; Cheek ; Female ; Humans ; Nasal Cartilages ; Surgical Flaps ; Transplants*

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Female ; Indomethacin* ; Obstetric Labor, Premature* ; Pregnancy ; Ritodrine*

BACKGROUND: Desmosomes are cell-cell adhesion complexes that provide mechanical integrity to keratinocytes by linking them to keratin intermediate filaments. Desmosomes are composed of two major transmembrane proteins, desmoglein and desmocollin. In humans, four desmoglein isoforms have been identified: Dsg1, Dsg2, Dsg3, and Dsg4. Desmogleins are Ca2+-dependent adhesion molecules and play important parts in the formation and maintenance of desmosomes. Desmoglein-1 is the main skin-associated desmosomal cadherin. It is expressed throughout the epidermis, but most prominently in the differentiated layers. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to observe the distribution pattern of desmoglein-1 in the skin and oral mucosa during fetal development. METHODS: Skin was obtained from the sole and scalp of 35 fetuses, ranging from 10 to 37 weeks of gestational age. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on paraffin embedded tissue using anti-human monoclonal antibody against desmoglein-1. RESULTS: Expression of desmoglein-1 in the epidermis appeared in the upper layer of the sole, but the basal layer was negative at the 10th gestational age. Thereafter, stratification began with stronger expression in the middle layer than in the basal layer of the sole and scalp epidermis. Expression in the middle spinous layer is stronger in the fetal period than in other layers of the epidermis. Expression in the superficial layer seemed to increase in later stages. Expression of desmoglein-1 in hair was strong in the infundibulum, inner root sheath, sebaceous glandular epithelium, and eccrine duct epithelium. Expression of desmoglein-1 in oral lip mucosa was very weak or negative in the upper half of the mucosal epithelium, though the lower half was strongly positive, while the skin side of the mucosa was similar with the sole skin. CONCLUSION: Desmoglein-1 may play a complementary role in the maintenance of epithelial integrity along with other desmogleins, because desmoglein-1 distribution is slightly different from that of desmoglein-3 in epidermis, hair and mucosa in fetal skin development.
Desmogleins ; Desmosomes ; Epidermis ; Epithelium ; Fetus ; Gestational Age ; Hair ; Humans ; Intermediate Filaments ; Keratinocytes ; Keratins ; Lip ; Mouth Mucosa ; Mucous Membrane ; Paraffin ; Protein Isoforms ; Proteins ; Scalp ; Skin

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate findings in MRI which maybe useful in differential diagnosis of cervical lymph node enlargement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the MRI findings of cervical lymph node enlargement in surgically proven 13 patients. We analyzed the location, size and shape, signal intensity, margin between node and surrounding structures degree and patterns of contrast enhancement RESULTS: No disease specificity in location and size of lymphadenopathy. was demonstrated in MRI. Most lymph nodes shows isointensity or slightly increased signal intensity to adjacent muscle on T1WI and high signal intensity on T2WI. Most of the cases showed contrast enhancement with metastatic lymph nodes showing ring-like and/or patchy enhancement. Tuberculous lymphadenopathy showed homogeneous or rather thick walled ring-like enhancement and one or multiple central nonenhancing portions of eccentrical location in the node. Relatively homogeneous enhancements were noted on reactive lymphold hyperplasia, Lymphoma and Castleman's disease. CONCLUSION: MR imaging was helpful in differentiation of cervical lymph node enlargements. Tuberculous lymphadenopathy showed characteristic findings of rather spherical shaped, thick walled ring enhancement and multiple eccentrically located central nonenhancing portions.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphatic Diseases* ; Lymphoma ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity

BACKGROUND: Desmocollins (Dsc) are calcium-dependent transmembrane glycoproteins of desmosomes that are important in the junction complex of epidermis and maintain structural integrity of the skin from external stressors. Among three Dscs (Dsc 1, 2, 3), Dsc 1 and 3 are distributed on skin. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to observe the Dsc 1 distribution pattern on the skin and oral mucosa during fetal development. METHODS: Skin was obtained from the sole and scalp of 33 fetuses, ranging from 10 to 37 weeks of gestational age. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on the paraffin-embedded tissue using a Dsc 1 monoclonal antibody. RESULTS: Dsc 1 was expressed in the suprabasal layer but not in the basal layer of the epidermis of the sole at the 10th week of gestation. Thereafter, Dsc 1 expression further increased in the suprabasal layer with initiation of stratification and increased gradually in the granular layers of the sole and scalp epidermis. Dsc 1 was strongly expressed in the superficial layer of the infundibulum and inner root sheath of the hair follicle but was not expressed in the sebaceous cells or other hair components. The eccrine duct epithelium was focally and weakly positive for Dsc 1 expression. Furthermore, Dsc 1 was not expressed in oral mucosa, although the oro-cutaneous portion was strongly expressed in the superficial layer. CONCLUSION: Dsc 1 was strongly expressed in the suprabasal cells of the epidermis during fetal skin development, and expression increased gradually in the granular layer and inner root sheath of the hair follicle. However, Dsc 1 was not expressed in basal cells or in oral mucosa. Dsc 1 may play a role in the maintenance of epithelial integrity as part of desmosomes.
Desmocollins ; Desmosomes ; Epidermis ; Epithelium ; Fetus ; Gestational Age ; Glycoproteins ; Hair ; Hair Follicle ; Mouth Mucosa ; Pregnancy ; Scalp ; Skin