• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.47-57
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• 2009

Objective : Purpose of this study is to study how Sensory Integration (SI) Intervention Program affect body-scheme and praxis ability of children with Developmental Disability (DD). Method : The SI intervention was programmed based on the theory of SI by Jean Ayres. Thirty children with DD underwent the SI program for six weeks. The effect of the SI intervention was evaluated in terms of body-scheme and praxis ability. Assessments used in this study are One-Point Imitation Test (OPIT) and 6 Body Puzzle Test (6BPT) for body-scheme; Praxis Test Sheet (PTS) for linguistic order, oral motor control, sequential praxis and Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) for postural praxis. Data of this study was analyzed by the paired t-test to compare before- and after the SI intervention. Results : Results of this study are (1) in the OPIT, there is significant difference on body-scheme ability (p<0.01); (2) in the PTS, there is significant difference on all three items (p<0.01); and (3) in the SIPT, there is significant difference on sensory integration and praxis function. Conclusions : From the results, it is concluded that sensory integration intervention is effective on body-scheme and praxis functions for children with developmental disability.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.11-27
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• 2013

Objective : This is a descriptive study using a program review collaborative group program by special educator and occupational therapist for supporting children's school tasks, and it is designed to explore how changed school performance skills and to analyze how applied intervention methods including sensory integrative approach. Methods : Participants were 6 male elementary students(5 = 1st grade, 1 = 2nd grade). Pilot program had reviewed and its results used as base for planning main program. Main program was implemented by collaborative process with teacher and occupational therapist for 1 year. School AMPS was used to assess school task participants, and informal motor and process skill observation was used to assess self-help activities. Description of records by professions about intervention strategies through assessments was described as qualitative way. Japanese sensory inventory was used by parents. Results : Through the collaborative process, assessing children, planning and modifying program, establishing intervention strategies were implemented. Self-help abilities in group program were increased much more independently. School task abilities were increased slightly but skills changed irregularly and unexpectedly and their reasons became considered more complex from sensory processing reasons to social and emotional reasons. Conclusion : Sensory integration had benefits for primary group program and more complex intervention strategies became to emerge demands for person- environment-task challenges. Collaborative practice with teacher and occupational therapist was supplement and synergic effect for children and group dynamics. More objective and comprehensive methods for measure collaboration and group effect would be needed in further study.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

Objective : Purpose of this study is to discuss benefits and implications of the clinical reasoning process and re-evaluation in the OTIPM by introducing a single case that occupational therapy intervention is provided based on the OTIPM. Methods : The case subject is a boy aged 5 years and 10 month who had diagnosed as attachment disorder and anxiety disorder from a pediatric psychiatrist before. The boy is referred to sensory integration therapy clinic and underwent occupational therapy intervention service twice a week for four month. Therapeutic activities for the intervention were consisted of sensory integration activities for restorative model, care-giver education for educational model, and performance skill training for acquisitional model. Measurements used in the initial evaluation are JSI-R, DDST-2, Social Maturity Test, KPPS-R, and observation-based performance task analysis. For the performance task analysis, performance skill items were constructed based on the Occupational Therapy Process Framework (OTPF), and those were assessed by the evaluation system of Assessment of Motor and Process Skill (AMPS) and Evaluation of Social Participation (ESI). Results : The detail process of implementing of the OTIPM in this study is reported by following four phases; 1) establish client-centered performance context; 2) establish baseline and interpret cause (initial evaluation); 3) intervention planning and implementing; and 4) recognize intervention outcome (reevaluation). Conclusion : In this case, occupational therapist could provide the client an occupation-based intervention within comprehensive performance context based on the OTIPM. Therapist could clearly identify the cause of problematic performance skills and behaviors and so provide effective intervention to improve client's occupational performance. Additionally, it was found that client's satisfaction of the intervention can be raised when the concept of 'who is the client' is expanded based on the OTIPM. From this study, it is proposed that OTIPM may be a model educible 'comprehensive' enhancement of 'specific' occupational engagement, as it considers both improvement of occupational performance and satisfaction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.226-229
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• 2014

편측무시는 뇌졸중 환자에게서 나타나는 지각 손상중의 하나로 말초 운동 및 감각 신경의 손상과 상관없이 손상된 대뇌반구의 반대편의 공간과 신체의 지각이 감소된 상태로 양방향에서 동시에 주어지는 자극에 대해서 한쪽 자극만을 지각하며 뇌손상 반대편의 신체 움직임의 인식 부족과, 무시된 공간쪽으로의 적은 눈 움직임을 보인다. 이와 같은 편측무시를 측정하는 기존 방법으로는 Albert Test, Line bisection Test, Star Cancellation Test 등이 있다. 하지만, 기존 편측무시 평가 방식에는 여러 가지 단점들이 발생한다. 항상 새로운 평가용지가 필요, 검사시간이 오래 소모되고, 모든 작업을 수작업으로 진행, 종이로 데이터를 관리, 수작업이므로 인력낭비 발생한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 아날로그 방식에서 나오는 문제점들을 누구나 사용하고 있는 스마트 디바이스를 이용해 디지털방식으로 전환하여 기존의 비효율적이던 방식을 개선시키고자 평가시스템을 개발하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.37-46
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• 2009

Background : Theory of Sensory Integration (SI) was initially developed with an effort to understand children's behavior by Jean Ayres and has been evolved with extensive research by occupational therapist practitioners and researchers since in the latter of the 20 century. With extension of recognition to SI, various professions begin to refer their clients who are children with sensory integration dysfunction. Upon those referrals, occupational therapists normally use Short Sensory Profile (SSP) to screen and decide whether SI therapeutic intervention is needed or not. Objective : Purpose of this study is (1) to examine any difference between different age groups and genders for children who are seven to nine years old; (2) to compare the score results of those Korean children with the original Standard which is established for American children: and (3) to compare tendency of response for each item between children with- and without SI dysfunction. This study was intended to validate test items of the SSP and determine whether the original standard of SSP is applicable for Korean children. Method : 155 students (81 for male, 74 for female) underwent SI evaluation using the Korean-translated SSP. 52 student (22 for male, 30 for female) were 7 years old, 54 students (32 for male, 22 for female) were 8 years old, 49 students (27for male, 22 for female) were 9 years old. Results : There is no significant difference of SSP score by neither age nor gender. In comparison the average score and sensory integrative disorder with the American Standard, there is significant difference on score of sub-item and total score. For six items, there is no significant difference on the tendency of response between children with- and without SI dysfunction. Conclusions : It is concluded that the original standard is suitable for Korean children aged seven to nine. The six test items that children without SI dysfunction shown similar tendency to respond are questionable to be appropriate as screening test item. It is suggested to proceed to do further item analysis study and extend the study to broad age groups, so develop the most appropriate Standard of SSP for Korean children.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.45-55
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• 2018

Objective : The purpose of this systematic review was to inform intervention of sensory integration in adult patients and to provide evidence regarding occupational therapy. Methods : Studies for this review were collected by searching the Pubmed, Scopus, SAGE Journal, Medline, RISS database for articles from 1980 to 2017, using the following keywords: "(sensory integration OR sensory processing OR sensory integrative OR sensory based OR sensory defensiveness) AND adult" A total of 8 studies were included in the analysis. The selected papers were analyzed by using PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) framework. Results : The participants' diagnoses were learning disabilities, intellectual disability, dementia and sensory processing disorder. Assessment tools and intervention methods varied according to the researcher's intent. In most studies, sensory integration intervention was shown to be effective. Conclusion : This study was able to confirm that sensory integration intervention was available and effective for adult patients. This was intended to provide clinical evidence for occupational therapists, and further studies should be conducted to establish the application of sensory integration interventions to adults based on this study.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.15-28
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• 2011

Objective : The purpose of the study was to investigate effects of sensory integration therapy on self-regulation capacities of children with cerebral palsy. Methods : Subjects of this study were four years old girl and six years old boy, living in P city. Both were diagnosed as diplegia. Research design used in this study is ABA' design for a single-subject research. The experimental period was 12 weeks with 22 sessions of treatment. It was divided into three phase: 6 sessions for baseline phase (A), 14 sessions for treatment phase (B), 2 sessions for baseline phase (A'). There was no treatment on the baseline phases, and sensory integration therapy focused vestibular and proprioceptive stimuli was conducted on the treatment phase. At each session, subjects' behaviors has been recorded with a Digital Camera for 10 minutes and then the occurrence frequency of problematic behavior was identified based on the operational definition of it. Results : In comparison with the baseline phase (A), the occurrence frequency was reduced during the treatment phase for three types of problematic behavior associated with the self-regulatory capacities. The tendency of reducement was maintained during baseline phase (A'). Conclusion : Based on the result, it was implied that sensory integration therapy has a positive effect on the self-regulation capacities in children with cerebral palsy.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.144-153
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• 2016

This study examined the recent study trends through a systematic review of the effect of sensory integration intervention and the objective reason to show the areas where sensory integration intervention is effective. The databases, Medline and EMBASE, were searched for "Occupational therapy", "Sensory integration therapy", "Sensory processing", "Weighted vest", and "Wilbarger protocol". For the analysis studies, 14 studies on the effects of sensory integration intervention from 2010 to 2015 were analyzed and organized according to the principle of PICO. According to the result, there were 4 studies each of evidence levels I and e V, which was the largest number of studies (28.6%). The result from frequency analysis of the measurement used for measuring the effects of intervention showed that GAS and VABS-II were used in the 4 studies (11.8%). 71.4% of children with autism spectrum were the major subject group in the analysis studies and sensory integration intervention had an effect on the motor performance, sensory processing, behavior, learning-related education, and occupation performance area. This study result will be useful for establishing sensory integration as an interventional program in occupational therapy practice. In further studies, it will be important to verify the intervention effect of sensory integration in another rehabilitation area.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.59-69
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• 2009

Objective : The purpose of the study is to examine the length of institutionalization and sensory modulation for preschooler without disabilities, and to investigate the relationship between the length of institutionalization and behavioral problem. Method : Mothers of preschoolers without disabilities between ages of 3 and 7 who attend D kindergarten was participated. Nursery school teacher of institutionalized children without disabilities between ages of 3 and 7 who attend child-welfare facilities was participated. We used Short Sensory Profile(SSP) and Children Behavior Check list. The results were analyzed with SPSS 11.0. Results : There was no significant difference between longer length of institutionalization and shorter length of institutionalization in sensory modulation and behavioral problem. Regarding the sensory modulation and behavior problem according to child-welfare facilities, means showed the statistically significant difference. Regarding sensory modulation of test items, movement sensitivity and low energy/weak showed the statistically significant difference in home-reared children than institutionalized children. Conclusions : The results of the study showed high correlation environmental effect in institutionalized children. Further research is needed to improve environmental for institutionalized children.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.04a
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• pp.486-489
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• 2016

가상현실 기반 훈련시스템은 3D 모델링 기법으로 개발되어 실시간 렌더링(Realtime Rendering)되는 훈련용 콘텐츠와 운동감 제공을 위한 모션플랫폼, 촉감 제공을 위한 햅틱장치 등 다양한 하드웨어를 이용하여 인간 감각에 대한 모의 체험환경을 제공함으로써 높은 훈련 몰입감을 제공한다. 훈련시스템의 구성요소 중 하드웨어들은 설계 성능을 바탕으로 정량적 시험평가로서 검증(Verification)과 확인(Validation)이 가능하나, 훈련환경에 대한 사실적 가시화가 요구되는 훈련용 콘텐츠는 시현을 위한 실시간 렌더링 성능 등의 정량적 시험평가 만으로 검증과 확인에 어려움이 많다. 본 연구에서는 일반 소프트웨어와 콘텐츠 소프트웨어 테스팅 요소 차이와 상용게임 콘텐츠와 훈련용 콘텐츠의 차이점을 분석하고, 훈련용 콘텐츠의 정량적 시험평가를 위한 명세서의 작성과 활용을 제안한다.