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Effects of Home-based Virtual Reality on Upper Extremity Motor Function for Stroke - An Experimenter Blind Case Study

가정-중심 가상현실이 만성뇌졸중환자의 팔 운동기능에 미치는 영향 - 실험자 맹검 단일실험연구

  • Lee, Jung-Ah (Department of Motor and Cognitive Rehabilitation, Korea National Rehabilitation Center Research Institute) ;
  • Hwang, Su-Jin (Department of Physical Therapy, Nambu University) ;
  • Song, Chiang-Soon (Department of Occupational Therapy, Chunnam-Techno College)
  • 이정아 (국립재활원 재활연구소 운동인지재활과) ;
  • 황수진 (남부대학교 물리치료학과) ;
  • 송창순 (전남과학대학 작업치료과)
  • Received : 2012.02.29
  • Accepted : 2012.07.12
  • Published : 2012.07.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the home-based virtual reality (VR) on upper extremity motor function in hemiparetic stroke patients. Two matched subjects with left hemiplegia were volunteered to participate in this study. One subject received the home-based VR whereas the other subject recovered a modified home-based constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT). Both interventions were given for 4 hours x 5 times a week for 4 weeks. Outcome measures included Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Motor Activity Log (MAL), and Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT). The VR-trained subject showed considerable improvement in all the tested motor functions when compared with the home-based CIMT. Specifically, the FMA measure demonstrated that the VR subject showed 17% enhancement whereas the CIMT subject showed 5% increase. Similarly, Amount of Use (AOU) and Quality of Movement (QOM) of the MAL scores of the VR subject showed 40% and 20% increase whereas the CIMT subject showed 0% and 20% increase, respectively. The WMFT scores of the VR subject and CIMT subject showed 20% increase. Our home-based VR was effective in upper extremity motor recovery of chronic hemiparetic patients even when compared with the well-established CIMT approach in stroke victims.

본 연구의 목적은 만성 편마비 뇌졸중 환자를 대상으로 상지 운동기능 회복을 위하여 적용한 가상현실 가정운동프로그램의 가능성을 알아보기 위함이다. 만성 뇌졸중 환자 2명을 대상으로, 한 명의 참여자는 가상현실운동프로그램을 가정운동프로그램으로 처방하여 실행하였고, 다른 한 명의 참여자는 강제-유도운동치료를 가정운동프로그램으로 처방하여 실행하였다. 치료기간은 4주간으로 1주일에 총, 5회로 1회에 4시간씩 실시하였다. 평가는 뇌졸중 기능회복평가(Fugl-Meyer Assessment; FMA), 운동활동척도검사(Motor Activity Log, MAL), 그리고 울프운동기능검사(Wolf Motor Function Test; WMFT)를 이용하였다. 가상현실 운동프로그램을 가정운동프로그램으로 실시한 대상자가 모든 운동기능평가에서 상당한 기능적 회복을 보여주었다. 특히, FMA 점수는 가상현실프로그램을 사용한 대상자는 17% 향상된 반면, 강제유도운동치료를 가정운동프로그램으로 실시한 대상자는 5% 증가하였다. 또한, MAL 점수의 환측 상지를 이용하는 양(Amount of Use; AOU)와 움직임의 질(Quality of Movement; QOM)점수에서도 가정중심 가상현실 프로그램을 이용한 대상자가 각 40%, 20% 향상된 반면, 강제유도운동치료를 받은 대상자는 각각 0%, 20% 증가하였다. 가상현실 프로그램을 사용한 대상자와 강제유도운동치료를 받은 대상자의 WMFT 점수가 모두 20%증가하였다. 본 연구결과, 만성 편마비 뇌졸중 환자의 상지 운동 기능 향상을 목적으로 가정운동프로그램을 설계할 때 가상현실 운동프로그램이 강제-유도운동치료보다 더욱 효과적인 것으로 사료된다.

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